Senior Virtualization Systems Admin (Citrix)

BAE Systems

2d•$118,504 - $201,457

About The Position

BAE Systems is offering an exciting opportunity to support an important and dynamic Department of Justice customer as a Senior System Administrator-Virtualization (SSA/Virtualization) supporting a highly capable and diverse team driving technical innovation. The SSA/Virtualization shall plan, lead and, if necessary, conduct site-surveys and uses the information acquired to produce a complete delineation of products and services, support equipment, computer, and electronic equipment installations required for the site to fully support mission operations. The SSA/Virtualization shall plan, direct, and, if necessary, conduct regular, special, and integrated system test programs on virtualization equipment. The SSA/Virtualization shall prepare and conduct special reports and presentations that contain actionable information, which is pertinent to individual site operations. The SSA/Virtualization shall conduct integrated equipment system tests. She/he shall plan, prepare and conduct on the job training to Customer and junior Offeror personnel, as required. The SSA/Virtualization shall coordinate with other field engineers to the benefit of the customer. The SSA/Virtualization shall support the unit with other duties as assigned within the scope of work.

Requirements

The candidate must have an Active TS Security clearance and willing to undergo a Counter Intelligence Polygraph after onboarding. Candidate will not be considered without it.
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, and 10 years work experience or equivalent experience
SME Level- This is a senior level position. At a minimum, the individual shall have ten (10) plus years of experience in designing, managing, administering, documenting, troubleshooting, and supporting multiple, heterogeneous computer networks in both production and development environments.
Install, configure, implement, and validate installation of components on networks including but not limited to:
Citrix XenServer and XenApp
Citrix NetScaler
Citrix - Version 22+, currently on 2402, the team is okay if candidate is lighter on the Citrix side if their PowerShell skillset is stronger, experience with deploying and configuring controllers, need to have more experience with Virtual vs. Netscaler, MCS is preferred over PVS (PVS is not used).
Microsoft (current Version) Failover Cluster
Microsoft (current Version) Hyper-V Manager
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
Hypervisors and virtualization sub-systems
Container Systems
PowerShell scripting
Splunk - dashboard management experience
Sys Admin duties - Certs, DHP, Microsoft services, network troubleshooting, Windows server 2019/2022
Infrastructure as Code methodologies
Administer a variety of virtualization environments including Windows, Citrix and Linux
Demonstrate strong customer service skills
Resolve operational technical challenges and articulate ideas, concepts, and needs to management
Perform duties independently, without direct supervision, and without detailed guidance from superiors
Author and utilize scripting languages, mainly but not limited to PowerShell, to automate tedious, repetitive, and/or error prone tasks related to installation, configuration, and management of IT systems and services
Step in mid-problem and provide advanced troubleshooting and support to others
Optimize existing systems in light of new technologies as they come to market
Provide support to administrators across an enterprise
Evaluate the effectiveness of existing technologies in contrast to emerging technologies
Explore emerging technology through independent research
Liaise between field support and management
Properly setup, from the box, new components without direct assistance
Participate in the Change Control process meetings, providing direct and candid feedback regarding ideas for proposed changes to systems
Document, test, and deploy modernization technologies to existing production environments
Draft, review, and finalize procedures, security documentation, and general usage instructions for any familiar component

Nice To Haves

Microsoft Azure cloud experience highly desired
Python experience preferred
SQL experience preferred
Experience working on digital forensics technology or related technologies for law enforcement or intelligence community customers is a plus
Experience working on an Agile team
Willingness to implement Lean principles, Agile engineering and DevSecOps
Ability to participate in strategy sessions for the planning, development, documentation, and review of project-related documents
Ability to participate and support the gathering, identifying, and documentation of the system and software requirements, as well as security requirements

Responsibilities

Plan, lead and, if necessary, conduct site-surveys and uses the information acquired to produce a complete delineation of products and services, support equipment, computer, and electronic equipment installations required for the site to fully support mission operations.
Plan, direct, and, if necessary, conduct regular, special, and integrated system test programs on virtualization equipment.
Prepare and conduct special reports and presentations that contain actionable information, which is pertinent to individual site operations.
Conduct integrated equipment system tests.
Plan, prepare and conduct on the job training to Customer and junior Offeror personnel, as required.
Coordinate with other field engineers to the benefit of the customer.
Support the unit with other duties as assigned within the scope of work.

Benefits

health, dental, and vision insurance
health savings accounts
a 401(k) savings plan
disability coverage
life and accident insurance
employee assistance program
a legal plan
discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance
paid time off
paid holidays
paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave
employee recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards