Senior Virtualization & Storage Engineer

INFORMATION SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS, INC•San Diego, CA

1d•$160,000 - $170,000•Onsite

About The Position

Information Systems Solutions (ISS) is seeking a Senior Virtualization & Storage Engineer to support NIWC PAC within a classified SWAN environment. This is a hands-on senior engineering role focused on designing, optimizing, and sustaining enterprise virtualization and storage platforms that underpin mission-critical systems. You will be providing deep expertise in VMware ESXi environments and Dell enterprise storage systems. This position is 100% onsite.

Requirements

Secret Clearance Level
IAT II Certification (CySA+, CompTIA Security+, CCNA - Security, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP)
10+ years of relevant experience; senior-level role with exposure to complex tasks.
Experience operating within DoD cybersecurity frameworks (RMF, STIG compliance).
VMware vSphere / ESXi
vCenter administration
Xen
Dell enterprise storage platforms
Experience supporting DoD or classified environments.
Strong troubleshooting skills across compute, storage, and network layers.

Nice To Haves

Migration from VMware to Xen experience preferred

Responsibilities

Engineer, administer, and optimize VMware vSphere / ESXi environments.
Manage clusters, resource pools, distributed switches, and high availability configurations.
Perform host lifecycle management, patching, and upgrades.
Troubleshoot performance issues across compute, memory, and network virtualization layers.
Design and maintain resilient virtualization architectures supporting classified workloads.
Support VM provisioning automation and integration with DevSecOps workflows.
Engineer and administer Dell enterprise storage platforms (PowerStore, Unity, PowerMax, or equivalent).
Configure and manage SAN/NAS environments.
Implement LUN provisioning, storage tiering, replication, and snapshot strategies.
Optimize storage performance and capacity planning.
Ensure backup integrity and disaster recovery readiness.
Troubleshoot storage connectivity and performance issues (iSCSI, FC, NFS, etc.)
Support containerized and traditional VM-based workloads.
Migration from VMware to Xen experience preferred
Integrate virtualization platforms into secure CI/CD and infrastructure automation efforts.
Support compliance with DISA STIGs, RMF controls, and DoD cybersecurity requirements.
Collaborate with Windows, cloud, network, and security engineers to maintain secure and resilient infrastructure.
Contribute to automation efforts using scripting (PowerShell, PowerCLI, Python, etc.).
Maintain architecture documentation and operational runbooks.