Automation and Platform Hosting Systems Engineer

BAE Systems • Herndon, VA

5d • $149,603 - $254,317

About The Position

BAE Systems is seeking an experienced System Engineer to lead automation, virtualization, and management of its enterprise hosting environment. The role maintains and supports infrastructure, administers virtual machines, and ensures system health, performance, and availability. It focuses on automating infrastructure tasks, improving operational efficiency, and integrating infrastructure services. The ideal candidate has Nutanix experience and a strong background in automation, scripting, infrastructure management, virtualization, cloud technologies, and IT infrastructure, along with problem-solving skills and an aptitude for learning additional capabilities within a Nutanix-based system.

The engineer will develop automation solutions and frameworks; maintain enterprise Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure; administer virtual machines, hypervisors, storage, and networking; and monitor infrastructure health, performance, availability, and capacity. The role also covers Linux systems administration, networking troubleshooting, infrastructure engineering and operations, incident response, root cause analysis, security controls, technical documentation, change management, and collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams.

BAE Systems describes its culture as collaborative and performance-driven, and says it offers a flexible work environment. The listed full-time salary range is $149,603–$254,317. Benefits offered to eligible regular employees scheduled to work at least 20 hours per week include health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; life and accident insurance; an employee assistance program; a legal plan; insurance discounts; paid time off and holidays; and various leave programs. Recognition awards and other incentives may also be available.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 11 years of hands-on experience in automation, systems engineering, infrastructure engineering, virtualization administration, or a related technical discipline.
• Practical experience administering and troubleshooting at least one enterprise hypervisor platform, such as VMware ESXi/vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM/Linux-based virtualization, Nutanix AHV, or a comparable enterprise virtualization technology.
• Experience supporting production server and virtualization infrastructure.
• Experience diagnosing complex technical issues involving multiple infrastructure components.

Nice To Haves

• Strong experience with PowerShell, Bash, Python, REST APIs, or infrastructure automation.
• Experience with Nutanix AHV, Prism Central, Prism Element, or Nutanix Cluster Management.
• Experience with hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI).
• Familiarity with distributed storage technologies and storage protocols.
• Experience with Nutanix Flow or other micro-segmentation solutions.
• Understanding of virtual networking, software-defined networking (SDN), or network overlays.
• Familiarity with VXLAN, Open vSwitch (OVS), or similar virtual network technologies.
• Experience supporting enterprise Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, PKI, or LDAP-integrated infrastructure.
• Knowledge of enterprise backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Familiarity with security hardening standards, vulnerability remediation, and compliance requirements.
• Experience operating infrastructure in restricted, isolated, or disconnected environments.
• Experience supporting Cisco-based network infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement automation solutions using scripting languages such as Bash, PowerShell, and Python.
• Automate infrastructure tasks, including machine deployment, infrastructure lifecycle activities, and configuration management.
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks and tools to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual errors.
• Maintain and support enterprise Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure, including physical compute hosts, virtualization clusters, and supporting services.
• Administer virtual machines, hypervisors, virtual storage, and virtual networking components.
• Monitor infrastructure health, performance, availability, and capacity.
• Perform routine maintenance, system updates, firmware upgrades, patching, and infrastructure lifecycle activities.
• Troubleshoot virtual machine, hypervisor, compute, storage, and network connectivity issues.
• Assist with deployment, configuration, migration, and decommissioning of virtual machines and supporting infrastructure.
• Support backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and business continuity requirements.
• Administer and troubleshoot Linux-based operating systems and supporting infrastructure services.
• Perform Linux command-line administration, system diagnostics, log analysis, and service management.
• Troubleshoot operating system performance, authentication, file systems, processes, and network connectivity.
• Apply security hardening, patch management, and configuration management practices.
• Support integration between Linux, Windows, and enterprise infrastructure services.
• Troubleshoot Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking issues affecting hosts, hypervisors, virtual machines, and management services.
• Work with VLANs, subnets, IP addressing, routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, and TCP/IP.
• Support virtual switches, network interfaces, NIC teaming or bonding, and network redundancy.
• Assist with firewall connectivity troubleshooting, network segmentation, and access control requirements.
• Collaborate with network and security engineering teams to resolve connectivity and performance issues.
• Participate in the design, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of enterprise hosting infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure incidents involving compute, storage, networking, operating systems, and virtualization platforms.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Support infrastructure monitoring, event management, and capacity planning.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, engineering procedures, build guides, and standard operating procedures.
• Support infrastructure security controls, system hardening, role-based access, and configuration compliance.
• Participate in change management, maintenance windows, system upgrades, and infrastructure validation.
• Work with cross-functional engineering teams to support new services and infrastructure requirements.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Health savings accounts
• 401(k) savings plan
• Disability coverage
• Life and accident insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Legal plan
• Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental, military, and bereavement leave, and applicable federal and state sick leave
• Company recognition program with monetary or non-monetary awards
• Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior