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Job Summary:
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence. They are seeking a highly skilled Senior VMware Engineer to support a federal government customer within the Intelligence Community, responsible for the architecture, deployment, and optimization of secure VMware virtualized environments.
Responsibilities:
• Lead and manage administrative, engineering, and design activities for enterprise virtualized server infrastructure supporting classified mission environments.
• Architect, deploy, and maintain VMware vSphere 8.x environments, including the design and implementation of new ESXi clusters from the ground up.
• Design, deploy, and support multiple VMware vSphere production clusters within classified and SCIF-accessible environments.
• Maintain and support VMware infrastructure operating on Dell and Nutanix hardware platforms.
• Perform VMware infrastructure monitoring, health analysis, and performance optimization across enterprise environments.
• Conduct infrastructure capacity planning, resource allocation analysis, and ESXi cluster load balancing activities.
• Configure and manage VMware vCenter, ESXi hosts, distributed virtual switches (VDS), storage integration, and high availability configurations.
• Implement and maintain VMware features including HA, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion, and lifecycle management.
• Support secure virtualization architectures compliant with federal and IC cybersecurity requirements.
• Troubleshoot complex virtualization, compute, storage, and networking issues within classified production environments.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, cybersecurity personnel, network engineers, and government stakeholders to support operational requirements and modernization initiatives.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and engineering implementation plans.
• Support maintenance windows, upgrades, patching activities, and infrastructure lifecycle initiatives.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and operational support activities for mission-critical systems.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Active TS/SCI or Q/SCI clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) preferred
• Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D., 16 years with a HS Diploma
• 8+ years of experience supporting enterprise VMware environments.
• 5+ years of experience engineering and administering VMware vSphere in classified or federal government environments.
• Hands-on experience deploying and managing VMware vSphere 8.x environments.
• Strong experience with: VMware ESXi, VMware vCenter, VMware HA/DRS, VMware Lifecycle Manager, VMware Distributed Switches, vMotion and Storage vMotion
• Experience supporting Dell and Nutanix infrastructure platforms.
• Strong understanding of virtualization performance tuning, resource optimization, and capacity planning.
• Experience with SAN/NAS storage technologies and enterprise networking concepts.
• Familiarity with STIG compliance, RMF processes, and federal cybersecurity standards.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills in complex enterprise environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred:
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP) or VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) certification.
• Experience with Nutanix AHV or hybrid virtualization environments.
• Experience with automation and scripting technologies such as PowerShell, PowerCLI, Python, or Ansible.
• Familiarity with backup and disaster recovery solutions supporting VMware environments.
• Experience supporting air-gapped or highly restricted classified systems.
• Knowledge of enterprise monitoring and logging platforms.
Company:
Peraton Fearlessly solving the toughest national security challenges. Founded in 1992, the company is headquartered in Woodbridge, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.