Position Overview
This position is for a Virtualization Engineer supporting the Army Edge Computing Capability (AECC) project that ALTESS is fielding for the US Army. The AECC solution is a hyperconverged, multitenant private cloud hosting environment for hosting Army enterprise and tactical applications. AECC is currently utilizing VMware products (ESXi, vSAN, NSX, vCloud Foundations, ARIA Automation) to implement a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) across multiple global sites. ALTESS provides value-added common and managed services that hosted Army applications will require. ALTESS is a managed service provider (MSP) and hosting services provider for Army applications. ALTESS is a Product Director office under Program Executive Office Enterprise (PEO Enterprise).
Position Duties
- Work with Government engineers to develop and maintain the AECC architecture.
- Develop, deploy, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for deployment and sustainment of the VMware suite of products in the AECC.
- As applications are hosted on the AECC solution, utilize IaC for the provisioning of the customer enclaves.
- Provide daily administration of the VMware products to include patching and upgrading of all VMware components.
- Monitor utilization of all virtualization resources and notify the AECC lead when additional resources will be required.
- Harden the VMware products per commercial best practices and the required government cybersecurity controls.
- Troubleshooting and root cause analysis of any hosting platform issues.
- Develop and maintain system, infrastructure, and process documentation (system diagrams, network topology, software configurations, device configurations, standard operating procedures).
- Provide on-call support for triage and resolution of after-hours production incidents.
- Make recommendations for improvements to security, scalability, manageability, and performance across a wide variety of network, storage, and compute services and technologies.
Required Skills
•Senior-level experience with the VMware suite of products (ESXi, vSAN, NSX, vCloud Foundations, ARIA Automation).
•Strong automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across the entire technology stack – network, storage, server, and applications.
Desired Skills
•Working knowledge of DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) and the Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) process.
- Hands-on experience with container platforms and container orchestration.
- Understanding of Kubernetes networking (CNI) and storage (CSI) principles.
•Experience with managing Kubernetes applications using Helm charts and maintaining container images in a registry.
•Experience with GitOps principles and tools (e.g., Argo CD, Flux).
Required Certifications
- Security+ or equivalent DoD 8570.01-M IA Tech Level II certification.
Clearance Required
Position Location
•Radford, VA
Education
•Bachelor's degree or higher in an IT-related field.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $135,000.00 - $155,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Relocation assistance
- Vision insurance
Education:
Experience:
- VMware: 5 years (Required)
- firewalls: 5 years (Preferred)
- F5 load balancers: 5 years (Preferred)
- routers and switches: 5 years (Preferred)
- automation: 5 years (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- CompTIA Security+ (Required)
Security clearance:
Ability to Commute:
- Radford, VA 24141 (Required)
Work Location: In person
