Senior IT Systems Engineer-Secret

Sunayu•Washington, DC

3d•$101,150 - $126,437•Onsite

About The Position

Sunayu, LLC is hiring a Senior Virtualization Engineer to provide operational support for VMware/Nutanix clusters at Air Force District of Washington (AFDW). The work will include designing, deploying, configuring, and maintaining VMware/Nutanix clusters. This role involves monitoring system metrics to ensure high availability, scalability, and peak performance of the VMware/Nutanix infrastructure. The engineer will perform troubleshooting and root cause analysis for complex technical issues, provide SME-level support for VMware & Nutanix infrastructures, and train other engineers on its use, maintenance, and cluster analysis. Responsibilities also include maintaining patches and upgrades for all hyper-converged software, applications, and underlying hardware from Nutanix and VMware. The position will lead and support projects involving the migration of virtual machines and applications from legacy platforms to the Nutanix platform. Developing and maintaining comprehensive virtualization documentation for system configurations, security plans, and operational procedures is crucial for compliance audits and system integrity. The role requires participation in weekly Internal Design Review (IDR)/Change Control Board (CCB) meetings. Collaboration with other engineers to monitor and maintain physical hosts, storage, network, and security infrastructure, reporting issues and outages as necessary to management, is expected. The engineer will utilize VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations Manager (vROPS)) to monitor the vCenter environment and determine future virtualization capacity. Close collaboration with cybersecurity personnel, network engineers, and application owners to deliver secure, robust, and efficient solutions is essential. Ensuring compliance with DoD mandates, including DISA STIGs and NIST SP 800-171, is a key requirement. Support for on-call rotations is also part of the role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 12+ years of related experience or a Master's degree and 10+ years of experience, additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
Must possess an active DoD Security Clearance (Secret or Top Secret).
10+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering with a strong focus on VMware and/or Nutanix environments.
Requires a current 8140 IAT Level II (Intermediate or Advanced) certificate (CompTIA Security+).
Active VMware Certified Professional (6.0 or higher) & Active Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP) or Nutanix Certified Systems Engineer (NCSE).
Verifiable experience working within a DoD or defense contractor environment, with a strong understanding of its unique operational and security demands.
Deep knowledge of virtualization technologies, including VMware and Nutanix.
Strong expertise in Nutanix AOS, AHV, Prism, and Flow.
Proficiency in managing Windows Server and Linux environments.
Hands-on experience implementing and managing systems compliant with DISA STIGs and NIST SP 800-171.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Nice To Haves

Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible or Terraform, and scripting languages like Python or PowerShell.
Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including switching, VLANs, firewalls, and micro-segmentation.
Experience working in air-gapped or classified network environments (e.g., SIPRNet) is highly desirable.
Experience Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) with Omnissa.
Knowledge of Air Force, Pentagon, and/or AFNCR.
Experience working at the Pentagon, Joint Base Andrews (JBA), and Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB).

Responsibilities

Designing, deploying, configuring, and maintaining VMware/Nutanix clusters.
Monitor system metrics to ensure high availability, scalability, and peak performance of the VMware/Nutanix infrastructure.
Perform troubleshooting and root cause analysis for complex technical issues.
Provides SME level support for VMware & Nutanix infrastructures and trains other engineers on its use, maintenance, and cluster analysis.
Maintain patches and upgrades to all hyper-converged software, applications, and the underlying hardware from Nutanix and VMware.
Lead and support projects involving the migration of virtual machines and applications from legacy platforms (e.g., VMware) to the Nutanix platform.
Develop and maintain comprehensive virtualization documentation for system configurations, security plans, and operational procedures to support compliance audits and ensure system integrity.
Participate in weekly Internal Design Review (IDR)/ Change Control Board (CCB).
Collaborate with other engineers to monitor and maintain physical hosts, storage, network, and security infrastructure, reporting issues and outages as necessary to management.
Utilize VMware Aria Operations (FKA vRealize Operations Manager (vROPS)) to monitor vCenter environment and determine future virtualization capacity.
Work closely with cybersecurity personnel, network engineers, and application owners to deliver secure, robust, and efficient solutions.
Ensure compliance with DoD mandates, including DISA STIGs and NIST SP 800-171.
Support on call rotational.