Virtualization Engineer

Leidos•Arlington, VA

1d•$107,900 - $195,050•Onsite

About The Position

Leidos is seeking a Virtualization Engineer to support the Compartmented Enterprise Services Office (CESO) Task Order for the GIG Service Management – Operations II (GSM-O II) contract. This person should be a seasoned, self-motivated, professional with at least 10 years of hands-on engineering and testing experience in virtualized on-premise and cloud environments. A skilled knowledgeable engineer with experienced in developing and implementing a VMWARE ESXi infrastructure. With the CESO program, the Defense Information System Agency (DISA) is looking to transform the existing Secure Web Services (SWS) environment, used to provide secure information sharing to the community, into a more mature service offering to meet the DoD and IC community. As part of this task order, Leidos will manage the commercial cloud migration and fully automate the continuous development & continuous integration environment, fourth estate consolidation, professionalize services – ITIL/DevSecOps based processes, improve the customer experience 1st call resolution, and achieve development of a service catalog for Defense Working Capital Fund (DWCF) Model. This position is 100% onsite in Arlington, VA with occasional/situational travel in and outside of the Washington Metro Area.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of directly relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
6+ years of hands-on VMWARE experience in both engineering, operations and maintenance roles.
Strong knowledge of VMWARE concepts and best practices:
Experience working in a high op-temp, Top Secret environment.
Candidate must possess an active DOD TS/SCI security clearance
Candidate must be willing to take and maintain a CI/Poly
8570 IAT Level II Baseline Certification (e.g. CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, SSCP)

Nice To Haves

VCP- VMWare Certification desired
Prior experienced with DISA and DISA’s support to mission partners

Responsibilities

Provide Tier 3 support to members of the operations virtualization administrators.
Maintain all HW and SW components at vendor supported levels.
Maintain expert knowledge of ESXi hosts, clusters, and vSAN.
Support mission-critical Continuity of Operations (COOP).
Develop and/or participate in After Action Reports (AARs)
Provide expert advice and direction regarding the management and operation of all VMWARE clusters in the DISA CESO enterprise architecture.
Evaluate current technologies and processes associated with DISA CESO to identify gaps.
Provide requirements and strategies for future cybersecurity operations.
Active participant in meetings with DISA CESO and mission partner working groups.
Adhere to applicable DOD STIGs, DISA applicable orders, and JSIG policy, guidelines, and regulations.