Contractual Network Virtualization Engineer Jobs in Colorado

Job Description
GeoControl Systems, Inc.as a HUBZone company, is required to maintain a Federally mandated level of employees that reside (home residence) in a qualified HUBZone. ONLY applicants whose home address lies in a qualified HUBZone will be considered for this position.
You can verify whether you reside in a HUBZone by using the following website:
https://maps.certify.sba.gov/hubzone/map
Description of Duties:
The Network Virtualization Engineer supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and
Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The candidate will:
• Will serve as a Network Virtualization Engineer and Developer supporting network build out and deployments to the
C2BMC Test Facility as necessary to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
• Work on complex assignments and perform a wide range of VMware system administration activities with little to no
direct supervision.
• Provide root-cause analysis for recurring or critical problems.
• Work closely with a team of system administrators, network engineers, and cybersecurity administrators to maintain a
high-quality test environment for the government customer.
• Perform vulnerability remediation and mitigation to reduce cybersecurity risks and ensure DoD compliance.
• Conduct daily system monitoring, system backup and restoral, and application upgrades to ensure optimal and
continuous system operations.
• Document necessary system changes and actions in appropriate systems of record to ensure historical data is captured
per customer and mission requirements.
• Advise Government customer on system status, optimization and improvement efforts in accordance with program
objectives and design baselines as needed.
• Assist system administration team with the deployment of new virtual machines.
• Perform administration of virtualization environments to include troubleshooting, break/fix activities, the patching and
remediation of servers, and system audit log reviews as needed.
• Have good written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience briefing customers and management.
The successful candidate will:
• Have a strong understanding of troubleshooting and configuration of VMware to include protocols and switching, best practice
configurations, connectivity, and networking concepts.
Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered for the position. The
selected candidate may be assigned as an employee for one of our teammate companies.
Requirements
• Must have 10, or more, years of general (full-time) work experience
o May be reduced with completion of advanced education
• Must have 7, or more, years of directly related experience.
• Must have 1, or more, years of experience working in a management or leadership role
• Must have experience in Internet Protocols (e.g. DNS, HTTP, SMTP, SSL); Firewall configuration and troubleshooting;
Multiple network types of telecommunications infrastructures.
• Must be an effective communicator with excellent writing and presentation skills using Microsoft PowerPoint and Visio
drawing tools.
• Must be able to work collaboratively in a team environment with other highly motivated network engineers as well as
independently on large field projects.
• Must have a deep understanding of Foundational VCF Infrastructure including Virtualization (vSphere), Networking (NSX)
and Storage (vSAN)
• Must be able to use SDDC Manager to patch, upgrade and provide overall system maintenance.
• Must have a fundamental understanding of how traffic flows through logical routers with the ability to implement these
concepts in an NSX environment.
• Must be able to configure distributed stateful firewalling, NAT, load balancing and micro segmentation using NSX.
• Must have experience with the design, installation, upgrading and migration of storage using VMware vSAN.
• Must be able to migrate virtual machines and workloads from deprecated versions of vSphere to VMware Cloud
Foundation.
• Must have a current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE, CySA, etc.) or higher
• Must have, or obtain, an active DoD Secret Security Clearance

• Must reside in a HUBZone or be willing to relocate before start date

• https://maps.certify.sba.gov/hubzone/map

Desired Requirements:
• Have a demonstrated understanding of the project management lifecycle and related processes.
• Have experience with PIM, L2 and L3 multicast and type I encryption devices
• Have experience with VXLAN, Juniper Apstra, VMWare Aria and RHEL Ansible
• Have experience with HPE server products
• Have experience creating and configuring virtual distributed switches.
• Have a VMware Certified Technical Associate - Data Center Virtualization (VCTA), VMware Certified Professional - Data
Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) , VCAP Design, VCAP Deploy or VCDX-DCV Certification
• Have knowledge of Missile Defense, DoD communications systems and MDIOC operations.
• Have a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or Juniper Networks Certified Associate (JNCIA) certification
• Have experience with network monitoring
• Have experience with Python or Powershell programming and scripting.
• Have a degree in an IT or Engineering related discipline
• Have an understanding of various development life cycles such as the Systems Engineering life cycle (SELC), ITIL,
SDLC, etc
This position is expected to pay $ 110,000 - $ 130,000 annually; depending on experience, education, and any
certifications that are directly related to the position.
Benefits
Benefits
GCS health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Typical benefits offered include flexible work schedules and opportunities to work remotely, educational reimbursement, retirement benefits (401K, Roth), health benefits, tax saving options, disability benefits, life and accident insurance, voluntary benefits, paid time off and paid holidays, and parental and pregnancy leave.