SR System Administrator- DCGS Infrastructure
About The Position
Systems Administrator, Senior Full Time Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Secret Clearance Job Requirements: vSphere / ESXi Administration: Deep experience managing clusters, hosts, resource pools, DRS/HA, and VM lifecycle operations in enterprise environments. vCenter Operations: Skilled in configuring, monitoring, and optimizing vCenter, including performance tuning, capacity planning, and role‑based access control VMware Networking & Storage: Strong understanding of vSwitches, distributed switches, VLANs, iSCSI/NFS/FC storage, and datastore performance considerations. Cluster Design & Scaling: Ability to architect resilient, scalable clusters and optimize workloads for performance and availability. Performance Troubleshooting: Skilled at diagnosing CPU ready issues, memory ballooning, storage latency, and network bottlenecks using VMware tools and logs. Automation & Templates: Experience creating "gold" images, VM templates, and leveraging automation to standardize deployments. Hybrid Cloud Integration Concepts: Understanding of cloud landing zones, hybrid identity, network connectivity (VPN/ExpressRoute/Direct Connect), and workload migration patterns. Cloud Offerings: Knowledge of VMware Cloud options, AWS, Azure, or similar platforms to support cloud‑based vSphere integration Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Familiarity with Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools as environments move toward cloud‑native practices. Understanding how virtualization supports container platforms, DevOps pipelines, and modern application architectures. Strong grasp of routing, switching, firewalls, load balancers, DNS, DHCP, and how they interact with virtualized environments. Windows & Linux Administration: Skilled in patching, performance tuning, and troubleshooting across both OS families. Skilled at translating technical concepts for leadership, collaborating with security, networking, and application teams. Supporting junior admins, leading technical initiatives, and driving best practices across the team.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience administering VMware ESXi, vCenter, and vSphere in enterprise environments.
- Strong knowledge of virtual networking, storage technologies, and performance troubleshooting.
- Experience with backup/DR platforms and enterprise monitoring tools.
- Solid understanding of Windows and Linux server administration.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and hybrid‑cloud concepts
Nice To Haves
- Experience with VMware Cloud offerings, AWS, Azure,or similar offerings.
- Hands‑on experience with workload migration tools (HCX, vMotion across environments, cloud migration services).
- Exposure to IaC tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
- Knowledge of container platforms, DevOps practices, or modern application architectures.
Responsibilities
- managing clusters
- managing hosts
- managing resource pools
- managing DRS/HA
- managing VM lifecycle operations in enterprise environments
- configuring vCenter
- monitoring vCenter
- optimizing vCenter
- performance tuning
- capacity planning
- role‑based access control
- architect resilient, scalable clusters
- optimize workloads for performance and availability
- diagnosing CPU ready issues
- diagnosing memory ballooning
- diagnosing storage latency
- diagnosing network bottlenecks using VMware tools and logs
- creating "gold" images
- creating VM templates
- leveraging automation to standardize deployments
- patching
- performance tuning
- troubleshooting across both OS families
- translating technical concepts for leadership
- collaborating with security, networking, and application teams
- supporting junior admins
- leading technical initiatives
- driving best practices across the team
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
