VMWare Support Engineer
About The Position
WWT is seeking a VMware Systems Administrator to support, maintain, and optimize a virtualized infrastructure with the Navy. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands‑on work with VMware technologies, understands enterprise virtualization best practices, and can collaborate across teams to ensure a stable, secure, and high‑performing environment. The ideal candidate will possess good communication, presentation, and writing skills. They will have a proven track record of being a problem solver and team player who is capable of working in a technically challenging environment supporting the Navy.
Requirements
- BA/BS or equivalent years of combined experience and training.
- 5+ years of IT experience with 1-2 years of hands on experience working with the technologies listed above.
- DoD 8570 Certification: IAT Level II or higher (Security+ CE, CISSP, or equivalent).
- 3–5 years of experience administering VMware vSphere environments.
- Strong understanding of ESXi, vCenter, clusters, HA, DRS, and vMotion.
- Experience with virtual networking, including vSwitches, distributed switches, VLANs, and NIC teaming.
- Familiarity with SAN/NAS storage, LUN provisioning, and datastore management.
- Ability to troubleshoot performance issues across compute, storage, and network layers.
- Experience with Windows or Linux server administration in virtualized environments.
- Strong understanding of virtualization best practices and capacity planning.
- Minimum Secret security clearance, TS/SCI preferred
- This is a full-time direct hire position and you must currently have an active Secret Security Clearance or above. We are not able to offer visa sponsorship, 1099 status, or work with C2C for this role.
Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain VMware vSphere environments, including ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, clusters, and resource pools.
- Monitor and optimize virtual machine performance, capacity, and resource allocation.
- Perform VM provisioning, configuration, cloning, snapshots, and lifecycle management.
- Manage and troubleshoot vCenter, ESXi, and related VMware components.
- Support storage integration with VMware, including SAN/NAS connectivity and datastore management.
- Maintain and optimize HA, DRS, vMotion, and other VMware availability features.
- Apply patches, updates, and firmware upgrades to VMware hosts and supporting hardware.
- Troubleshoot virtualization‑related issues across compute, storage, and networking layers.
- Collaborate with Windows/Linux system administrators to support virtualized workloads.
- Maintain documentation for system configurations, procedures, and infrastructure diagrams.
- Participate in on‑call rotations and provide Tier 2/3 support for escalated issues.
- Assist with planning and executing infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and capacity expansions.
Benefits
- Health and Wellbeing: Health, Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
- Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Time Off: PTO and Sick Leave (starting at 20 days per year) & Holidays (10 per year), Parental Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement
- Additional Perks: Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
