Systems Engineer II (Virtualization Engineer) VDI

ECS Tech Inc•Pocatello, ID

1d•Onsite

About The Position

ECS is seeking a Systems Engineer II (Virtualization Engineer) VDI to work in our Pocatello, ID office. The Contractor shall be responsible for engineering all VDI design, deployment, and maintenance of VDI systems and components within the FBI. The Contractor shall install, patch, upgrade, update, and document the current environments, design, document and deploy upgrades, and provide on-site expertise for both Citrix and VMware VDI environments currently in use by the FBI.

Requirements

Must have a current Top-Secret Clearance with the capability of obtaining SCI / CI-Poly to meet contract requirements.
Six+ years of relevant experience designing and implementing virtual platforms for desktop, applications, and server virtualization solutions is required.

Nice To Haves

Government prefers Citrix Certified Associate - Virtualization (CCA-V), VMware Certified Professional – Desktop Management (VCP-DTM), and/or Nutanix Certified Professional -Multicloud Infrastructure (NCP-MCI), or equivalent professional level desktop virtualization vendor certification.

Responsibilities

Proactively address performance and anticipated user requirements
Support both a Windows and Linux mixed environment.
Hands on experience in implementing and supporting Citrix Xen Desktop, VMware vSphere, Hypervisor Management, Active Directory, GPO Management, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Deployments.
Design overall VDI solutions, conduct planning, requirements analysis, pre- and post- implementation support, training, and maintenance
Responsible for ensuring that the client’s performance, security, user experience, reliability, availability, and all other functional and non-functional requirements are met.
Maintain system documentation.
Assist with system accreditation and monitoring.
Engineer, deploy and O&M the Microsoft operating system baseline images for use on all FBI enterprise endpoints. All baseline images must meet DISA STIG and internal FBI Security recommendations. Incremental baseline releases are due Quarterly, NLT the 15th of each month (January, April, July, and October).
Provide engineering, deployment, and transition to O&M services for abroad range of current and future Microsoft applications and technologies, or other third-party tools that integrate with Microsoft products. Currently utilized technologies include but are not limited to: Microsoft End Point Configuration Manager (MECM), Microsoft System Center Software Portal (MSCSP), and Microsoft Office products.
Create automation scripts and deploy orchestration and automation processes and products to support the FBI’s VDI, workstation and Controlled Interface environments which are expected to provide reduced spin up / spin down times, standardized deployments, business process automation, self-service portals, user and customer experience enhancements, automated patching, and maintenance.
Responsible for the engineering, deployment and O&M of hyper converged server and storage solutions for use in the FBI’s VDI environments. Currently implemented hyper converged technologies include but are not limited to Nutanix, Dell, and VMware.
Responsible for the engineering, deployment and O&M of enterprise sever virtualization solutions supporting the FBI’s VDI, print and application and OS delivery environments. Current implemented server virtualization technologies include but are not limited to VMware and Hyper-V.
Ensure technical documentation exists for all systems and is kept up to date to include inventory and patch levels of all systems to include hostnames, property numbers, IP addresses, enclave, number of cores, number of processors, admin passwords, certificates, and service accounts on a monthly interval.
Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability.
Monitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes.
Maintain security, recovery, and redundancy strategies.
Participate in the design of information and operational support systems.
Provide 3rd level support.
Install, configure, test, and maintain system management tools for all data center network components.
Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution.
Provide real-time alerts and dashboard information on system performance and availability.
Document system configurations to include passwords, access controls, version number, and revision numbers, patch levels, and inventory to include hostnames, TCP/IP addresses, number of processors, and number of cores, memory, and license keys.