Description

The Digital Modernization Group at Leidos is currently seeking a motivated, career oriented System Engineer with proven experience to join the JSP Platform Services team in Norfolk, VA to support the DISA JSP customer.
SHIFT SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday, 8:00 to 5:00 PM core hours with occasional after hours' onsite work to support both a NIPR and SIPR environment.
The candidate will be responsible for the technical planning, designing, system integration, verification/validation and support for total hardware devices and systems prior to deployment to the production network. This candidate will be performing system integration efforts in support of the server and appliances in a Microsoft Windows environment, from design through implementation. This engineer will perform and assist with a wide variety of design, planning and installation, configuration and upgrading of both virtual and physical servers and related hardware and software in a LAN, WAN and stand-alone environment. Provides investigation, diagnostic testing and repair/resolution of server systems, hardware, software and infrastructure. Creates and delivers technical drawings and diagrams and approves Standard Operating Procedures and work instruction.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for co-designing, technical planning, and implementing complex integrated total systems configuration for virtual appliances and physical hardware builds, installs, and upgrades.
• Provided technical review and recommendations to leadership in consideration for equipment procurement evolutions
• Responsible for planning and evaluating virtual and physical system services and coordinate engineering configuration change review board (ECRB/CAB) documentation and brief board on technical details, requirements and milestones.
• Routinely perform systems requirements analysis, analyze technical functionality and system quality assurance.
• Execute virtual and physical Data Center systems integration such as ESXi Hypervisor, VDI, and other required infrastructure upgrades, system enhancements, and enterprise LCM evolutions.
• Create, modify, and maintain Standard Operating Procedures/Work Instruction documentation.
• Regularly STIG vCenter, OS, ESXi, virtual machines, Microsoft Server OS, and Linux OS (i.e. RHEL, Oracle Linux)
• Plan and create Microsoft Server and Linux based operating system engineering and integration
• Regularly perform maintenance and upgrades on VMware Horizon VDI environment
• Perform system image builds IAW planned projects and initiatives and prepare deployment as required
• Perform virtual system deep-dives, log analysis, and Linux command line execution in support of troubleshooting efforts and problem resolution
• Respond to system faults, analyzing and correcting applications or system faults to reestablish service
• Maintain and update relevant system and process documentation.
• Successfully manage time and technical responsibilities, set accurate expectations and meet deliverable deadlines while working in a team collaboration environment.
• Maintain, update, install required certificates and track certificate revocation dates to ensure continuity of services.
• Test and implement patches for ESXi, vCenter, VMware Tools, HPE Blades (iLO/BIOS/Firmware/VC/OA), and Dell Servers (iDRAC, BIOS, Firmware)
• Implement and support Dell PowerStore Storage/SAN solutions
• Understanding of system hardening, tools, guidelines and benchmarks and routinely conduct STIG compliance spot-checks on various Linux, Linux-like and Windows endpoints using SCAP and CLI

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

• Requires BS degree and 2 - 4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 - 10 years of prior relevant experience. Experience in lieu of degree may be accepted.
• Knowledge and experience with VMWare ESXi Hypervisor technical integration of bare metal blade servers as well as rack server technology and hardware solutions.
• Understanding of VM Kernel Operating System installation and virtual server on physical server implementation.
• Experience and knowledge with implementing virtualization of DFS nodes based on Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) in supported of file shares and folder redirections within VDI
• Understanding of power shell scripting or programming for systems management.
• Experience with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) / DaaS
• Experience implementing end-user profile management solution based on FSLogix, VMware Clustered VMDKs, Clustered Shared Volumes, and Scale-Out File Server (SOFS)
• Strong understanding of enterprise, network, systems, operations and support.
• Excellent writing and speaking skills
• Experience with creating and maintaining network and computer datacenter diagrams, rack elevations, and drawings
• Experience with applying DoD STIG requirements and using SCAP tool
• Experience working with system security applications (ACAS) and mitigating vulnerabilities
• 8570/8140 IAT Level II or III: Security CE, VMWare VCA and System OS Cert (e.g. Linux Windows server)
• Active DoD Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• 8570/8140 IAT Level III certification (CASP CE, CISSP or assoc)
• VMWare VCA (VMWare Certified Professional) certification
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ900) or Microsoft Config & Operating Azure Virtual Desktop (AZ140)

Original Posting Date: 2024-03-19
While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range: Pay Range $65,000.00 - $117,500.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.