Virtual Systems Engineer

CACI International•Dahlgren, VA

About The Position

The Opportunity: Responsible for applying interdisciplinary engineering skills in the technical planning, systems integration, verification and validation, cost and risk and supportability and effectiveness analyses for complex solutions or products. These solutions or products typically encompass non-information technology related engineering or scientific disciplines and may require hardware, aerospace, communications, cyber, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, or other specialized engineering domain knowledge. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, and detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into technical specifications.

Requirements

BS or equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics or Engineering discipline.
This is an entry-level position. No prior work experience is required.
Secret-level security clearance. (US Citizenship is required in order to obtain a security clearance from the DoD.)
Proficiency with Linux Operating Systems.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of Aegis Combat/Weapon Systems
Working knowledge of bash/csh/PowerShell/Python scripting.
Working knowledge of software defined networking principles and technologies (VMware NSX, Cisco ACI, etc.)
Knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)/RedHawk systems.
Working knowledge of Virtual Machines (VM) platforms (i.e. VMware ESXi and vCenter, KVM/QEMU, etc.).
Working knowledge of Cisco IOS and/or NX-OS network appliance operating systems.
Experience with Ansible, Terraform, and YAML data serialization.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain components of a virtual system.
Troubleshoot, resolve, and document problems within virtual system in accordance with approved procedures to include: Verification of proper operation of the system. Optimizing and resolving issues associated with the virtualized environment. Optimizing and resolving issues with load cycling process.
Review/correct and develop effective scripts in BASH, PowerShell, and Python to automate system load cycling and configuration procedure and provide user-friendly scripts to automate routine tasks.
Provide inputs and review documentation pertaining to applicant’s area of responsibility. You will be responsible for writing and submitting for review new procedures as required.
Develop tools to expand insight into the virtual system operation and performance.
Develop tools to improve provisioning of virtualized systems.
Provide start up and shut down support of the development and deployed systems.
Support delivery, installation, configuration and light-off of virtual system
Report status at internal and customer meetings.