Virtualization Engineer

GD Information Technology•Springfield, WA

1d•$162,037 - $219,227•Hybrid

About The Position

GDIT is seeking a Virtualization Engineer for its Federal Civilian Division to support a large-scale, global Data Center and Cloud Services contract for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Technology. The position architects, designs, and optimizes virtual infrastructure across enterprise hybrid environments, with a focus on mission uptime, scalability, performance, and security. It supports domestic and international managed sites and includes architecture development, engineering governance, modernization planning, lifecycle management, automation, monitoring, and integration. The role provides architectural leadership across VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Azure Stack HCI, and Linux/KVM platforms, including environments with more than 1,500 virtual machines. It supports 24x7x365 platform operations, migrations, cluster consolidation, monitoring and capacity planning, and compliance with security policies and standards. The engineer collaborates with service providers, engineering, cybersecurity, and operations teams, and produces technical documentation and knowledge-transfer materials. This is a contingent position expected to start in Spring 2027. The role is hybrid in the National Capital Region, with periodic travel to customer and data center sites and less than 10% travel. The scheduled work week is 40 hours. The stated likely salary range is $162,037–$219,227, with actual salary dependent on experience, location, and contractual requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
At least 8 years of experience supporting enterprise virtualization or data center engineering environments.
At least 3 years supporting production environments with more than 1,500 virtual machines.
An active Top Secret security clearance.
U.S. citizenship.
Technical skills in VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, NSX, and PowerCLI.
Technical skills in Microsoft Hyper-V, SCVMM, Failover Clustering, and Azure Stack HCI.
Technical skills in Linux virtualization, including KVM/qemu, oVirt, or RHV.
Technical skills in hybrid-cloud compute virtualization across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
One of the following certifications: VMware Certified Implementation Expert 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCIX-DCV); Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate; Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert; Red Hat Certified Specialist in Virtualization (EX318); or AWS Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional.
Ability to work in a hybrid arrangement within the National Capital Region and periodically travel to customer and data center sites.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Experience or skills with Tanzu, OpenShift Virtualization, or KubeVirt.

Responsibilities

Architect and validate enterprise virtualization solutions across VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter/vSAN, Microsoft Hyper-V/SCVMM, Windows Failover Clustering, Azure Stack HCI, and Linux/KVM platforms.
Develop virtualization roadmaps and modernization strategies, including cross-platform migrations, interoperability, and workload placement optimization.
Create high-level and low-level designs spanning compute, storage, networking, and cloud integrations for multi-hypervisor environments.
Provide architectural oversight for enterprise environments supporting more than 1,500 virtual machines across VMware, Hyper-V, and KVM clusters.
Evaluate and implement virtualization enhancements, including Azure HCI, VMware Cloud on AWS, and container-native virtualization such as KubeVirt or OpenShift Virtualization when appropriate.
Support 24x7x365 virtualization operations, maintaining configuration baselines, patching, lifecycle management, and performance tuning.
Guide engineering teams in troubleshooting and operationalizing complex VMware, Hyper-V, and Linux/KVM environments.
Lead hypervisor migration initiatives, cluster consolidations, and cross-platform workload transitions.
Integrate monitoring tools such as vROps, SCVMM, Prometheus, and hyperscaler monitoring tools into DT observability frameworks.
Provide capacity planning and forecasting across virtualization stacks and hybrid-cloud compute footprints.
Ensure virtualization architectures align with DT security policy, FedRAMP, NIST RMF, STIGs, Zero Trust principles, and platform-specific security models.
Implement RBAC, segmentation, encryption, secure boot, and compliance controls across VMware, Hyper-V, and KVM systems.
Support capacity planning, utilization modeling, and forecasting for DT’s multi-site virtualization footprint.
Recommend modernization investments, hardware refresh cycles, and licensing requirements; contribute to resource optimization, VM rightsizing, and engineering decisions aligned with sustainability goals.
Collaborate with service providers, engineering teams, cybersecurity stakeholders, and operations staff to standardize virtualization practices.
Produce engineering documentation, diagrams, SOPs, runbooks, and knowledge-transfer materials.
Lead engineering pilots, platform evaluations, and introduction of new virtualization technologies.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages.
401(k) plan with company match.
Competitive pay.
Paid time off, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, and paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts.
Dental plan options.
Vision plan.
Short- and long-term disability benefits.
Life insurance.
Accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance offerings.
Full-flex work weeks where possible.
AI-powered career tool to identify career steps and learning opportunities.
Internal mobility team focused on career goals.