VMWare Engineer

Responsibilities

We are looking to add a VMware Systems Engineer/Administrator to our MIDS Program's high performing team. This position requires a VMWare system administration and Windows system administration background in support of the IRS MIDS contract and will handle a variety of VMWare and Windows Admin responsibilities which include: configuring, monitoring, troubleshooting and maintaining the VMware and Windows environment. This position is responsible for ensuring that all servers operate at optimum levels. The candidate must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills. Should be comfortable working in a team environment and willing to work flexible hours. On-call and after-hours support is a requirement of this position.

What you will do:

• Experienced in large scale Production Support Server Environment
• Handling Data Center Operations with Business & Mission Critical applications
• Handling escalated incidents or high critical tickets
• Predicting Risk/Impact and Participating in Major Changes
• Reporting & Performance Dashboards with Capacity Planning
• Technical Team (5-10 members) & Vendor Management
• Technical Transition & Documentation skills
• Design, Migration and upgrading of existing infrastructure
• Administer VMware ESX VSphere Infrastructure and VSphere OS Performance tuning & management
• Provide the root cause analysis on the major incidents/problems
• Monitoring of logs and alerts
• Patch management and Antivirus management
• H/W Troubleshooting & Vendor coordination
• Firmware & BIOS Upgrade
• Understanding of capacity planning, performance monitoring & tuning
• Should have scripting knowledge for scripted installs, comfortable with using Virtual Center.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD. Additional years of experience maybe accepted in lieu of the degree
• Experience with the following:
• VMware vCenter
• VMWare NSX experience
• Windows Admin Windows and AD Admin,VMware /Citrix Admin
• Infra Performance and Optimization, Windows Admin
• Ability to conduct/lead oral stattechnical interchange meetings with clients on small to medium sized engagements
• Strong knowledge on VMware management tools
• Remote system administration experience
• Incident, Problem, Change Management
• Configuration Management
• Virtual Machine management experience
• Managing and Troubleshooting ESX Server SAN vSphere Capacity Planning & Forecasting
• Virtual Network/Storage Architecture and Connectivity planning experience
• Strong knowledge of troubleshooting skills on Windows servers & VMware
• Familiarity to Linux environment
• Strong knowledge of Storage & Networking concepts
• Must have resided in the U.S. three of the last five years
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge on any monitoring tools like SNOW, VROPS, VRO , HPE One View
• PowerShell/PowerCLI Scripting skills
• Datacenter Architecting - Wintel Stack

Benefits:

At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We're fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way.

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Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

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