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Senior IT Engineer Position Overview

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Senior IT Engineer who will utilize industry and domain knowledge and experience to perform technical analysis, develop working prototypes, and recommend best practice business changes for a DoD client and the CTO. This role will leverage extensive VMware virtualization expertise and cloud infrastructure experience to drive innovation and technical excellence. The position requires self-motivation, strong communication and collaboration skills, creativity, a broad range of technical knowledge and skill, and the ability to perform research and develop practical, cost-effective, secure, IT-based solution recommendations to solve client business challenges.

Key Areas of Expertise

The Senior IT Engineer should be familiar with:

• Enterprise IT architecture, IT management, on-premises IT platforms, compute storage networking, cloud technologies, cybersecurity, and the concepts of Agile project management and software-defined approaches to infrastructure and software deployment
• Deep understanding of on-premises (VMware) and clouds (AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle, and/or on-premise cloud such as VMware VCF)
• VMware vSphere environment design, deployment, and optimization for mission-critical applications
• Business acumen with the ability to understand and map business requirements to technical requirements
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) implementation and management using VMware Horizon View
• Storage solutions integration, including SAN/NAS technologies and NetApp storage systems
• Backup and disaster recovery strategies for enterprise environments
• Windows Server administration and Active Directory management
• Hyper-V virtualization technology and cross-platform virtualization strategies

Core Responsibilities

• Lead technical solution design and architecture for enterprise-scale virtualization and cloud systems
• Manage and optimize VMware vCenter environments to ensure high availability and performance
• Implement and maintain cloud infrastructure solutions across multiple platforms
• Provide technical leadership for infrastructure monitoring, patch management, and system updates
• Design and implement robust backup and recovery solutions for virtual environments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement innovative solutions
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues to minimize downtime and maintain optimal performance
• Mentor junior team members and provide technical direction on complex engineering tasks
• Develop and maintain technical documentation for enterprise systems

Qualifications

• Minimum ten (10) years of IT experience in engineering delivery of data center, enterprise services, or enterprise scale applications (500+ Users) in any of the following areas:
  • Proficiency in virtual networking configuration and VLAN management
  • Experience with service engineering and/or migration into cloud platforms such as but not limited to Microsoft Azure, Google, AWS, etc.
  • Background in VDI implementation and management
  • Familiarity with thin client management
  • Experience with scripting for automation of administrative tasks, such as but not limited to Python, Bash or PowerShell
  • Knowledge of Cisco UCS environments and management
  • Experience with backup solutions such as CommVault
  • Understanding of federal IT compliance frameworks including NIST, FedRAMP, and DoD-specific requirements
  • Background in supporting mission-critical applications with high availability requirements
  • Minimum three (3) years' experience leading a small team, providing technical direction and delegating complex engineering tasks
  • Minimum two (2) years' experience in design, developing, and/or deploying cloud-based systems with peers and C-Suite level client leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• Must possess or obtain within 6 months Security+ CE or equivalent security certification
• Deep knowledge and interest in infrastructure engineering principles and practices, and a clear ability to know how to adapt those principles to different contexts
• Experience identifying business requirements and mapping technical requirements
• Effective verbal and non-verbal communication with peers and C-Suite level client leadership

Clearance

• Must have at least Top Secret with SCI eligibility and ability to obtain polygraph