VMware Infrastructure Engineer (1448)

Zapata Technology•Augusta, GA

About The Position

The VMware Infrastructure Engineer is a member of a skilled IT team responsible for designing, operating, and evolving the virtualized infrastructure that underpins a rapidly scaling intelligence application. This role supports both steady-state operations and modernization initiatives, including the planned transition from traditional virtual machine–based deployments to containerized platforms such as Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift. This role will be at Fort Gordon in Augusta, GA. The VMware Infrastructure Engineer performs system integration and infrastructure engineering activities that include virtualization design, capacity planning, system analysis, testing, documentation, and operational support. The role provides direct support to development, security, and operations teams, collaborates with technical writers and testers, manages configuration baselines, and ensures system reliability through disciplined change management and patching practices. Source control and configuration management tools are used to track infrastructure changes and maintain system integrity across environments. This position is responsible for architecting, deploying, and maintaining VMware-based environments, including compute, storage, and networking components, in support of mission applications operating across multiple IC networks. The engineer designs scalable, resilient virtual infrastructure, performs upgrades and lifecycle management of VMware platforms, and troubleshoots performance and availability issues. Documentation of infrastructure administration procedures—including provisioning, scaling, backup, recovery, and decommissioning—is an essential responsibility. In addition to core VMware operations, the engineer actively supports platform modernization efforts by enabling container-ready infrastructure and hybrid architectures. This includes preparing virtual environments for container platforms, integrating virtualization with DevSecOps pipelines, and supporting the migration of workloads from virtual machines to containerized deployments. The role works closely with application and DevSecOps teams to ensure VMware environments can serve as a stable foundation for Kubernetes and OpenShift adoption, including networking, storage, and security integrations required for container orchestration platforms.

Requirements

Strong knowledge of VMware technologies and enterprise virtualization concepts
Understanding of DevSecOps practices and Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Ansible or Puppet
Experience administering Linux systems within virtualized environments, including command-line operations, service management, and system configuration
Familiarity with networking, storage concepts, and security controls in virtualized data centers
Ability to support complex, multi-environment deployments
Understanding of containerization concepts and orchestration platforms, including how traditional virtual infrastructure supports and transitions to Kubernetes-based architectures
Experience working alongside data ingestion or application teams
Ability to collaborate across disciplines
Must have IAT Level II certification.
TS//SCI clearance required.
A bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience in performing similar or related work is required. Four years of experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Haves

Experience includes supporting intelligence community environments and understanding mission-driven operational constraints.
Familiarity with container platforms such as Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift, especially in hybrid VM-to-container transition scenarios, is highly desirable.
Experience integrating virtualization platforms with CI/CD pipelines, security scanning tools, and compliance frameworks further strengthens a candidate’s fit for this role.

Responsibilities

Virtualization design
Capacity planning
System analysis
Testing
Documentation
Operational support
Direct support to development, security, and operations teams
Collaborates with technical writers and testers
Manages configuration baselines
Ensures system reliability through disciplined change management and patching practices
Architecting, deploying, and maintaining VMware-based environments, including compute, storage, and networking components
Designs scalable, resilient virtual infrastructure
Performs upgrades and lifecycle management of VMware platforms
Troubleshoots performance and availability issues
Documentation of infrastructure administration procedures—including provisioning, scaling, backup, recovery, and decommissioning
Actively supports platform modernization efforts by enabling container-ready infrastructure and hybrid architectures
Preparing virtual environments for container platforms
Integrating virtualization with DevSecOps pipelines
Supporting the migration of workloads from virtual machines to containerized deployments
Works closely with application and DevSecOps teams to ensure VMware environments can serve as a stable foundation for Kubernetes and OpenShift adoption, including networking, storage, and security integrations required for container orchestration platforms.