VMware Administrator - TS/SCI Clearance

SBS • Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, United States • 4d ago

Strategic Business Systems is seeking a VMware Administrator to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This is part of a team that ensures the customer's ability to provide mission critical intelligence and successful use of its information technology (IT) networks worldwide.

This role is onsite in Ft Belvoir, VA.

Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI (willing to sit for CI Poly)

Required Certifications:

Required Security Environment Certification: CompTIA Security+ CE or equivalent
Required Computing Environment certification: VMware Certified Technical Associate or equivalent to start.
Required Computing Environment certification: VMware Certified Professional or higher can obtain within 180 days of hire date.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Operate and sustain the on-going daily operational use of a VMware infrastructure including updating, testing and deploying the vSphere and vCenter product releases. This includes identifying concerns or issues encountered during installation, testing and deployment of new software releases.
Manage and administer physical and virtual servers, primarily Windows and Linux servers
Support and management of server virtualization, server provisioning, physical server maintenance, security compliance and daily operations
Manage VMware vSphere, with emphasis on automation, and enterprise storage and backup system administration, installation, and on-going maintenance experience.
Maintain server lifecycle - provisioning, maintenance, and decommissioning of the hardware
Maintain the virtualized server environment via configuration, implementation, management, and support activities
Monitor the virtual server infrastructure environment’s health status, service performance, and utilization
Implement and maintain continuous compliance to information security policies and technical standards, report and remediation of non-compliances
Maintain the security baseline compliance via configuration, implementation, and remediation activities
Apply regular security patches and software update
Troubleshoot, maintain integrity, and configure network components along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance
Integrate new technologies into new and existing systems including the transition and migration of corporate systems
Perform systems administration of desktop and server systems connected to local and wide area networks. Desktop system management responsibilities involving account monitoring, security, Operating System (OS) installation, and other local area system administration related functions
Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems
Manage IT system infrastructure and any processes related to these systems
Provide support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all the client/server/storage/network devices, mobile devices, etc. support, administer and maintenance of enterprise data center systems comprised of both physical and virtual servers, storage, backups, monitoring and automation as well as eventually Hybrid Cloud management

Desirable Skills / Experience:

Experience with ESX OS, and VMware vCenter, and 6-8 years virtualization experience
Design, implementation, and sustainment experience in VMware, VDI and similar environments.
Demonstrated experience establishing, maintaining, and executing O&M processes and procedures in support of VMware, and similar environments.
Extensive infrastructure knowledge and hands-on experience with DoD datacenters & infrastructure
3+ years of experience deploying and maintaining data center Infrastructure preferably within the DOD.
5+ years of hardware experience to include compute, network, & storage
2+ years of experience implementing DOD Security Controls
Ability to provide in-depth experience in trouble-shooting IT systems
Be able to provide detailed analysis and feedback to agency management and internal customers for escalated tickets
Experience working large teams of technical professionals

Education Required:

Masters Degree and 10 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree with 12 years of experience

About SBS:

Strategic Business Systems, Inc. (SBS) is a National Information Technology Services company headquartered in the Washington D.C. Metro area. SBS provides IT infrastructure design, integration, and operation services. Our expertise encompasses the full spectrum of infrastructure technologies, including the latest network, server, data storage, disaster recovery, security, and Internet technologies.

Security Requirements:

The candidate selected for hire must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance, per client security requirements. Applicants who do not meet the security clearance requirement will not be contacted for this position.

Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearance requirements, US citizenship is required.

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position, however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

No unsolicited agency referrals please.

If interested in learning more about this opportunity, please send your resume to recruiting@sbsplanet.com .

EEO Disclaimer
SBS is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, gender, gender identification, sex, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, religion, marital status, parental status, citizenship status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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