What are the responsibilities and job description for the Virtualization Engineer position at Johnson Technology Systems Inc (JTSI)?
Job Details
We are hiring candidates for Virtualization Engineer to support our Federal Client and Project
Company Name: - JTSi (Johnson Technology Systems, Inc.)
Title: Virtualization Engineer
Location: Radford, VA (onsite)
Time zone: US EST
Citizenship: US Persons
Clearance: DOD Secret (Fully Adjudicated) as a minimum
Required Certifications:
- Security or equivalent DoD 8570.01-M IA Tech Level II certification.
- Must have (or obtain within 6 months of hire) VMware Certified Professional (VCP), Advanced Professional (VCAP), or Design Expert (VCDX) certification in any of the following tracks:
- Data Center Virtualization
- Cloud Management and Automation
- Network Virtualization
- Application Modernization
Position Requirements
This position is for a Virtualization Engineer. The Solution is a Flexpod solution supported vSphere and ESXI with Cisco UCS and Cisco X-Series blades with a mix of storage from NetApp and Pure. The solution is a hyperconverged, multitenant private cloud hosting environment for hosting Army enterprise and tactical applications. It s utilizing the full suite of VMware products (ESXi, vSAN, NSX, vCloud Foundations, ARIA Automation, Tanzu) to implement a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) across multiple global sites. Project provides value added common and managed services built on top of the VMware foundation, that hosted Army applications will require. Project is a managed service provider (MSP) and hosting services provider for Army applications.
Position Duties:
- Work with Government engineers to develop and maintain the architecture.
- Develop, deploy, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for deployment and sustainment of the VMware suite of products.
- As applications are hosted on the 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 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, Tanzu).
- 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.
If you are available, interested, planning to make a change, or know of a friend who might have the required qualifications and interest, please call me ASAP on / If you do respond via e-mail ( ) please include a daytime phone number so I can reach you. In considering candidates, time is of the essence, so please respond ASAP with your updated resume.
Established in 2003, JTSi is a Professional IT & Engineering Services provider with years of documented experience in the Information Technology and Engineering services field. JTSi has a proven track record for successfully delivering mission critical Professional services to the Government and the industry. JTSi SAP team delivers solutions to its clients by clearly understanding their core business problems. We deliver quality services at equitable rates and focus on constant improvement in all areas of our operation, austerely complying to the customer s desire. We view our-selves more as a business partner than a mere provider of consulting services. At JTSi customer is always first and partnering is our means to customer satisfaction. We do what we say!