General Dynamics-posted about 2 months ago
Full-time • Mid Level
Onsite • Springfield, VA
5,001-10,000 employees
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Transform technology into opportunity as a Software Virtualization Engineer with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you'll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Software Virtualization Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI Cleared Software Virtualization Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer in Springfield, VA or Arnold, MO. GDIT is looking for a Software Virtualization Engineer to support the virtualization of a variety of mission applications as part of the User Facing and Data Center Services Contract supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency systems.

  • Development of Virtualized Packages for Mission Baseline Applications
  • Applications will be consumed both by VDI sessions and thick clients
  • Applications include those with plugins and advanced graphics requirements
  • Work with application testers and mission SME's to validate mission application behavior
  • Incorporate any required sequencing changes into the app sequencing process
  • Identify facets of user application settings (registry, AppData, etc.) that need to be persisted across sessions in a non-persistent VDI environment
  • Identify automation opportunities for application sequencing and work with the engineering team to streamline the sequencing process for mission applications, once established
  • Assist the virtualization team and VDI team with application delivery infrastructure configuration, as needed
  • Improve backup/Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations.
  • Articulating knowledge, discoveries, designs, etc. rapidly and concisely in written detailed designs, test plans and test cases, implementation plans, operational guides, and training guides under project management time and cost-constrained deadlines.
  • Performing work without appreciable direction and exercising considerable latitude in the determination of technical objectives of assignments.
  • Working with VMware software defined data center products and tools for troubleshooting and performance tuning.
  • Analyze, test, and apply regular security patches and software update as required
  • In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of Virtualization products and capabilities
  • Ability to analyze and apply virtualization product capabilities to changing program requirements
  • Good work ethic and active desire to learn.
  • Skillful time management and organizational skills to set and meet deadlines.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Create and maintain technical documentation and provide training to other team members
  • Incident resolution and fulfillment of software requests
  • Performs all other work as assigned.
  • Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience with Systems Administration/Virtualization. (Additional Education, Training, Certifications or Work Experience can be substituted in lieu of degree or work experience)
  • A degree may be substituted with additional years of experience
  • 8140.01M IAT Level II certification
  • 3+ years of experience with VDI technologies, including VMware Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, or Microsoft Remote Desktop Services.
  • 2+ years of experience with Citrix XenApp or comparable application virtualization technology (Microsoft App-V, FlexApp, App Volumes, etc)
  • US Citizenship Required
  • Experience with Windows Desktop (10/11) and Server (2012+) Operating Systems
  • Utilize scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell) to automate tasks and manage deployments.
  • Experience with non-persistent desktop environments
  • Experience with profile management solutions such as VMware DEM or Liquidware Labs' Profile-Unity
  • Familiarity with ActiveDirectory, specifically Group Policy
  • Understanding of load-balancing application delivery services
  • Understand principles of ITIL
  • Able to create architectural design documents and presentations
  • Able to test and apply hardware and software updates
  • Understand architectural frameworks such as TOGAF
  • Virtualization compute environment certification, i.e. VMware Certified Associate for Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
  • Familiarity with ticketing systems (Service+, ServiceNow, Remedy, etc)
  • Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
  • To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
  • To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
  • We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
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