Contractual Network Virtualization Engineer Jobs

Job Summary:
Sparibis LLC is a professional solution firm that clients rely on to access the best talent to drive their business success. They are seeking a Virtualization Engineer to lead the management of virtualization technologies, including VMware and Hyper-V, and to design, implement, and troubleshoot information systems hosted on various platforms.
Responsibilities:
• Designing, building, implementing, and troubleshooting information systems hosted on VMware, AWS, and Azure.
• Planning, designing, troubleshooting and ongoing optimization of virtualization environment.
• Lead system upgrades, migrations, and continue to evolve the existing architecture
• Assists in the creation, maintenance/administration, and troubleshooting of the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE)
• Manage and balance virtual machine resources across hosts in the clusters.
• Maintains awareness of new virtualization products and administration methods.
• Lead the installation, configuration, and maintenance of virtual machines (VMs) and virtual infrastructure across on-prem and CSP provided data centers through VMware orchestration tools.
• Connect host or VM to network and storage components and configure
• Monitoring and optimizing the performance of virtual environments, ensuring efficient resource allocation.
• Diagnosing and resolving complex issues related to virtualization, including VM performance, connectivity, and security.
• Implementing and managing advanced backup and disaster recovery solutions for virtual environments.
• Ensuring the security of virtual environments by applying patches, updates, and security configurations.
• Maintaining comprehensive documentation of virtualization configurations, procedures, and policies.
• Working closely with other IT teams to support virtualization needs and integrate virtual solutions with other systems.
• Using Ansible Automation, IaC and Version Control
• Configure, troubleshoot, and design large, complex systems using RedHat Satellite servers
• Maintain operating system reliability across RHEL 8, 9, and 10.
• Providing guidance and mentorship to junior virtualization administrators and other IT staff.
• Researching and reporting on new technologies and how they provide value to the organization.
• Implementing and managing backup and disaster recovery solutions to ensure data integrity and availability.
• Travels to sites as necessary for hands-on troubleshooting and support of new system fielding.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance.
• 6+ years of professional experience in Virtualization administration with focus on leading VMware, Hyper-V, and other similar technologies.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field or equivalent professional experience.
• Must be able to be onsite in Melbourne, FL Monday – Friday for project execution.
• Experience as a Virtualization Lead, leading system upgrades, migrations, and continue to evolve the existing architecture.
• Experience leading the installation, configuration, and maintenance of virtual machines (VMs) and virtual infrastructure across on-prem and CSP provided data centers.
• Experience with overseeing on-prem hardware infrastructure (e.g., servers and storage), the on-prem hypervisor (Hyper-V) environment (e.g., VMWare, vSphere), and CSP infrastructure.
• Experience overseeing the installation, configuration, and maintenance of virtual machines (VMs), virtual infrastructure, and physical infrastructure (including rack mounting and hardware configuration).
• Experience monitoring the performance of virtual environments and optimizing resource allocation to ensure efficient operation.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving issues related to virtualization, including VM performance, connectivity, and security.
• Experience with the automation of IT administration and server provisioning using tools such as: Infrastructure as Code (IaC): AWS CDK, Terraform, OpenTofu, and Puppet.
• Ansible Automation: Experience with Ansible Tower and Ansible Playbooks.
• Version Control: Git, GitLab, Bitbucket.
• Comprehensive understanding of RedHat Satellite Linux and ability to configure, troubleshoot, and design large systems using RedHat Satellite servers.
• RHEL Deployment and Maintenance: Understanding of deployment requirements for RHEL 8, 9, and 10.
• Scripting: Python, Perl, Bash.
• Experience integrating infrastructure management tools with APIs to enable deployment of Infrastructure as Code integrated into CI/CD deployment pipelines.
• Customer service driven.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be detail oriented.
Preferred:
• Experience in systems engineering or other engineering roles in an aerospace program environment a bonus.
Company:
Sparibis is a solutions and services firm that provides consulting solutions, cyber security engineering, and data management services. Founded in 2018, the company is headquartered in Orlando, USA, with a team of 11-50 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.