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Job Summary:
Aegis Aerospace Inc. is a woman-owned space and technology company headquartered in Houston, TX, focused on supporting the Department of Defense and NASA. They are seeking a Network Virtualization Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency by managing network build-outs, performing VMware system administration, and ensuring cybersecurity compliance.
Responsibilities:
• 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 mitigations 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
Qualifications:
Required:
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must have or obtain, an active DoD Secret Security Clearance
• Must have 10 or more years of general (full-time) work experience (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.)
Preferred:
• 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.
Company:
Aegis Aerospace (pronounced ējis) is a woman-owned space and technology company that provides turn-key solutions to government and commercial customers in the space and defense industries. Founded in 1992, the company is headquartered in Houston, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.