Senior Virtualization Engineer

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A Robust benefits package to include Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, FSA, 401(k) with company matching, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Life and AD&D Insurance, Paid Time Off, 11 Paid Holidays, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Professional Development Program, Military Leave Support, Referral bonuses and more!

Joint Base Andrews, MD

Day Shift Core hours: 07:30 am - 2:00 pm;support on-call rotation if needed

Kayla Tek is seeking a Senior Virtualization Engineer to provide operational support for VMware/Nutanix clusters supporting the Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) at Joint Base Andrews, MD. This candidate will serve as a key technical leader supporting mission-critical VMware and Nutanix infrastructure environments within a highly secure setting. The ideal candidate will be responsible for architecting, deploying, optimizing, and maintaining virtualization platforms while ensuring maximum performance, scalability, and compliance with federal cybersecurity standards.

This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge hyper-converged technologies, lead major migration initiatives, collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams, and directly support critical Air Force operations. The ideal professional will bring deep VMware and Nutanix expertise, a strong background in secure enterprise infrastructure, and a passion for delivering resilient, high‑performing solutions in a complex defense environment.

• Requires a current 8140 IAT Level II (Intermediate or Advanced) certificate (CompTIA Security+).
• Active VMware Certified Professional certification, version 6.0 or higher.
• Active Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP) or Nutanix Certified Systems Engineer (NCSE) certification.

• Active DOD Secret clearance (final) at a minimum

• Provide operational support for VMware and Nutanix clusters supporting the Air Force District of Washington (AFDW).
• Responsibilities include designing, deploying, configuring, and maintaining VMware/Nutanix clusters; monitoring system metrics to ensure availability, scalability, and performance; and performing troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis for complex technical issues.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for VMware and Nutanix infrastructure, including mentoring and training other engineers on platform use, maintenance, and cluster analysis.
• Maintain patches and upgrades for all hyper-converged software, applications, and underlying Nutanix and VMware hardware.
• Lead and support projects involving the migration of virtual machines and applications from legacy platforms, including VMware, to the Nutanix platform. Develop and maintain comprehensive virtualization documentation for system configurations, security plans, and operational procedures to support compliance audits and ensure system integrity.
• Participate in weekly Internal Design Review (IDR) and Change Control Board (CCB) meetings.
• Collaborate with engineers to monitor and maintain physical hosts, storage, network, and security infrastructure, and report issues or outages to management as needed.
• Use VMware Aria Operations, formerly vRealize Operations Manager (vROPS), to monitor the vCenter environment and assess future virtualization capacity.
• Work closely with cybersecurity personnel, network engineers, and application owners to deliver secure, robust, and efficient solutions that comply with DoD mandates, including DISA STIGs and NIST SP 800‑171.
• Support the…