Salary: $55-70/hr
Location: Pensacola, FL
Clearance: Top Secret
Remote: Hybrid/Remote work may be an option
The VMware Administrator will be supporting the development of system capabilities from the identification of requirements through the deployment of capabilities through the requirements definition, designs and develops system-oriented products and prepares related installation, testing, operation, and maintenance specifications and instructions. Defines and analyzes architecture to establish operating conditions, conducts tests, define and analyze engineering proposals and related technical data to determine feasibility of developing new capabilities and/or modifying existing capabilities. The candidate should be proficient with Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) processes and practices, Change Management practices, and collaborates with various Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), Project Teams, and Government entities.
Qualifications:
- Desired Certifications: VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
- The candidate must have 6 – 8+ years of directly relevant experience.
- Strong knowledge of VMware 6.0 or higher to include vCenter, vSphere, and ESX 6.x
- vCloud Suite Experience with rack/wiring diagrams, firmware, and driver management
- Experience with multi-site infrastructure deployments
- Experience with NSX, vROPs, and SRM
Responsibilities:
- Configuration, maintenance, monitoring, and overall support of multiple VMware environments
- Setup, install, configure, and triage ESXi Hosts (Rack Mount and Blade Servers)
- Maintain and restore VM backups and snapshots
- Meet compliance for Information Security Vulnerability Mgt. (ISVMs) and Intelligence Community Vulnerability Alert (ICVAs)
- Perform Systems Lifecycle management for all equipment, including planning, implementation, maintenance, upgrades, consolidation, and decommissioning of enterprise hardware, and software
- Detect, isolate, document, report, and resolve system outages or problems encountered during operations of the operational baseline, which includes collecting diagnostic data, restore the system operation, developing workarounds, and other activities necessary for recovery of a system
- Perform system monitoring, analyzing, documenting performance, and conducting trend analysis as required
- Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the system is compatible with defined architecture and meets customer needs.
- Develop technical documentation, including SOPs, user guides, test plans, disaster recovery, failover, and other CDRL items
- Participate in an On-Call coverage for after hours and weekends support