NOTE: This opportunity is full-time employment position only (no 1099 or C2C engagements, or third parties or staffing agencies, please). The candidate MUST be a U.S. Citizen, local to the Washington DC area, and available to be on-site full-time. 

Daily Responsibilities

• Review existing operational events and propose refinements, automation, and/or broaden handling capabilities as appropriate with focus on service uptime and performance.
• Interact with other stakeholders in the client community for troubleshooting/solution development/etc. This interaction could include other members of other members of Enterprise Operations, Cybersecurity, the networking team, cloud team, technology support partners, etc.
• Identify and report on current vulnerability/risk state of client Virtual Server and Container hosting architecture.
• Assist in the development and performance of quality control checks for service uptime and operations.
• Assist in the development and performance of operational metrics for service uptime and operations.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen (no dual status), as mandated by our government client.
• Must be able to complete/pass/hold at minimum a federal Public Trust Investigation.
• This position is full-time on-site in Washington DC.
• 8+ years of professional IT experience.
• 6+ years of experience in a storage engineer role.
• Must have in depth knowledge of network switching in Dell Blade systems and Firewall Management for Virtual Infrastructures.
• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
• Experience with VMware Aria Operation suite.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and when necessary, coordinate working sessions with technical staff and supportive vendors/resellers.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) on 2 or more of the following: Kubernetes, Server Hosting, Virtual Networking, Network and Application Security, Scripting/Programming.
• Demonstrate experience working with at least 3 of the following technologies:
•      VMWare (by Broadcom) Products (examples: vCenter, vSphere, others).
•      Omnissa (formerly VMware) Products (e.g. Workspace One, Horizon VDI, others).
•      Microsoft Windows Server Operating Systems and/or Linux Based Server Operating Systems.
•      Dell and/or HPE Blade/Rack Server Hardware.
•      Kubernetes Container Infrastructure (e,g. Tanzu, Docker, others) .
•      Dell and/or Cisco Chassis Network and Storage Switch configuration is PREFERRED.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent years of experience.

Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. $140k - $145k.