Virtualization Administrator II

Virtualization Administrator II

Net Impact Strategies is seeking a skilled Virtualization Administrator II to manage and maintain our virtualized IT infrastructure, ensuring its stability, performance, and security. This role involves administering both on-premises and cloud-hosted environments, resolving virtualization-related issues, and supporting IT initiatives.

• Manage and maintain the agency's virtualized IT infrastructure to ensure stability, performance, and security across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Administer and support on-prem hardware (servers, storage), hypervisor environments (e.g., VMware, vSphere), and cloud service provider (CSP) infrastructure in Microsoft Azure.
• Design, build, implement, and troubleshoot virtualized information systems hosted on VMware, AWS, and Azure.
• Provide technical support for existing and emerging virtualization technologies, assisting in planning and executing IT initiatives and projects.
• Oversee the installation, configuration, and maintenance of virtual machines (VMs), virtual infrastructure, and physical infrastructure, including rack mounting and hardware setup.
• Monitor performance of virtual environments, optimizing resource allocation to ensure efficient operation.
• Diagnose and resolve virtualization-related issues, including VM performance, connectivity, and security challenges.
• Implement and manage backup and disaster recovery solutions to ensure availability and data integrity of virtual environments.
• Ensure security compliance by applying patches, updates, and mandatory security configurations to virtual systems.
• Maintain detailed documentation of virtualization configurations, policies, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with IT teams and stakeholders to support virtualization needs and integrate virtual solutions with other systems.
• Contribute to infrastructure automation and integrate Infrastructure as Code (IaC) into CI/CD pipelines to improve efficiency and scalability.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of three (3) to five (5) years of experience in virtualization administration, with a focus on VMware, Hyper‑V, or similar technologies.
• Demonstrated experience in managing and troubleshooting VMware vSphere environments.
• Experience supporting virtualization infrastructure in Microsoft Azure.
• Proficiency in automating IT administration and server provisioning using tools such as Azure, Azure Dev Ops, Azure Automation, Azure CLI, Power Shell and VMware Power
  
  CLI, Terraform or similar IaC tools.

• VMware Certified Professional (VCP).
• Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Administrator Associate.
• Experience with converged, hyperconverged, or composable compute hardware infrastructure in an enterprise datacenter environment.
• Hands‑on experience with enterprise‑grade backup and recovery systems.
• Experience administering cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with managing and maintaining Fibre Channel Storage and/or Network‑Attached Storage systems.
• Experience in physical datacenter management.
• Knowledge of network virtualization technologies.

Net Impact Strategies Inc. (Net Impact) has been a trusted advisor driving impact through digital transformation for the Federal Government for over a decade. We solve complex problems with innovation and agility to create meaningful, transformative, and enduring change. As trusted advisors, Net Impact professionals partner with customer agencies to deliver solutions that empower them to not only meet their missions but also realize their strategic vision through agile, outcome‑focused solutions addressing both strategic and tactical requirements.

• Your health comes first – we offer comprehensive medical, dental, & vision insurance that starts the first of the month after you join the team.
• Invest in your future – 401(k) Plan – Immediately vested employer contributions; no matching required.
• Work hard, play hard – we offer a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policy, one (1) additional day of paid wellness leave per calendar year, and observe ten (10) federal holidays.
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