Software Virtualization Engineer

Overview

Clearance Required:  Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly is required upon application for initial consideration **This position is not open for any clearance upgrades or sponsorship.**

Certification Required: 8140.01M IAT Level II certification

At Bcore, our strength comes from how we deliver impact to the mission. Whether it’s architecting critical IT solutions, producing actionable intelligence, or developing cutting edge technology, we succeed because of the expertise, collaboration, and agility of our teams. Our Mission Services division combines enterprise IT, cloud solutions, DevSecOps, systems engineering, software development, and operational support. Our goal is not to simply support efforts, but to ignite a technology revolution, bridging the growing technology gap between the Government and commercial space. 

Do you want to join a team that is building tailored technical solutions to modernize our government’s mission and our client’s business?  Do you have a desire to change how people work?  Are you interested in helping to protect our nation’s cyber interests? Join our growing team supporting customer missions as a Software Virtualization Engineer on the UDS contract at NGA.

Responsibilities

• Development of Virtualized Packages for Mission Baseline Applications
  • Applications will be consumed both by VDI sessions and thick clients
  • Applications include those with plugins and advanced graphics requirements
• Work with application testers and mission SME's to validate mission application behavior
• Incorporate any required sequencing changes into the app sequencing process
• Identify facets of user application settings (registry, AppData, etc.) that need to be persisted across sessions in a non-persistent VDI environment
• Identify automation opportunities for application sequencing and work with the engineering team to streamline the sequencing process for mission applications, once established
• Assist the virtualization team and VDI team with application delivery infrastructure configuration, as needed
• Improve backup/Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations.
• Articulating knowledge, discoveries, designs, etc. rapidly and concisely in written detailed designs, test plans and test cases, implementation plans, operational guides, and training guides under project management time and cost-constrained deadlines.
• Performing work without appreciable direction and exercising considerable latitude in the determination of technical objectives of assignments.
• Working with VMware software defined data center products and tools for troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Analyze, test, and apply regular security patches and software update as required
• In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of Virtualization products and capabilities
• Ability to analyze and apply virtualization product capabilities to changing program requirements
• Good work ethic and active desire to learn.
• Skillful time management and organizational skills to set and meet deadlines.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Create and maintain technical documentation and provide training to other team members
• Incident resolution and fulfillment of software requests
• Performs all other work as assigned.

Qualifications

Clearance Required: Active TS clearance (with SCI Eligibility) and eligibility to obtain CI Poly **This position is not open for any clearance upgrades or sponsorship.**

Certification Required: 8140.01M IAT Level II certification

Education/Experience:

• Requires Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent combination of years of experience and education
• 5 years of experience with Systems Administration/Virtualization

• 3 years of experience with VDI technologies, including VMware Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, or Microsoft Remote Desktop Services.
• 2 years of experience with Citrix XenApp or comparable application virtualization technology (Microsoft App-V, FlexApp, App Volumes, etc)

Travel Required: Occasional trips to the customer site in St. Louis, MO

Telecommuting Options: Onsite only, work tasks require access to customer networks

What is ideal?

• Experience with Windows Desktop (10/11) and Server (2012 ) Operating Systems
• Utilize scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell) to automate tasks and manage deployments. 
• Experience with non-persistent desktop environments
• Experience with profile management solutions such as VMware DEM or Liquidware Labs' Profile-Unity
• Familiarity with ActiveDirectory, specifically Group Policy
• Understanding of load-balancing application delivery services
• Understand principles of ITIL
• Able to create architectural design documents and presentations
• Able to test and apply hardware and software updates
• Understand architectural frameworks such as TOGAF
• Virtualization compute environment certification, i.e. VMware Certified Associate for Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
• Familiarity with ticketing systems (Service , ServiceNow, Remedy, etc)
• Intelligence Community Experience preferred

What you can expect from us

• Recognizing great achievements do not go unnoticed by bcore through service anniversaries, spot awards, and employee referral bonuses
• You’ll join a growing organization of passionate, top-shelf, IT engineering professionals with extensive experience in actively developing the technology revolution in the Intelligence community
• Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match and potential Profit Sharing, Universal Leave, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses, and more!
• Compensation is unique to each candidate and compensation packages are based on education, experience, and other requirements.