Senior Virtualization Engineer

Description

Unleash Your Potential

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customer’s success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

Looking for an exciting career opportunity in the information technology field? Look no further than the Leidos Defense Group! We are seeking a talented Senior Virtualization Engineer to join our team on the AFNCR IT Services program at Joint Base Andrews.

As a Senior Virtualization Engineer, you will be responsible for providing support services for information systems for Headquarters Air Force (HAF), Air Force District of Washington (AFDW), Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other Air Force activities within the AFNCR. With missions that include the Pentagon, Joint Base Andrews, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, and other locations, leased spaces, and alternate sites, you'll be working in a fast-paced, challenging, and rewarding environment where AFNCR operations must never fail.

Your primary support areas will include IT Operations and Maintenance, Plans, Projects, and Engineering.

If you're looking for a career with a company that values your skills and offers plenty of opportunities for growth and development, apply today to join the Leidos Digital Modernization!

Your greatest work is ahead!

The Mission
The Leidos Defense Group provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions.

From scanning for illicit material at ports and borders to predicting future events and instability up to five years in advance, our products help customers make the world safer.

Are you ready to join a team dedicated to a mission? Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, share your resume with us today!

Primary duties are as follows:

• Provide operational support for VMware/Nutanix clusters Air Force District of Washington (AFDW). This include designing, deploying, configuring, and maintaining VMware/Nutanix clusters.

• Monitor system metrics to ensure high availability, scalability, and peak performance of the. VMware/Nutanix infrastructure. Perform troubleshooting and root cause analysis for complex technical issues.

• Provides SME level support for VMware & Nutanix infrastructures and trains other engineers on its use, maintenance, and cluster analysis.

• Maintain patches and upgrades to all hyper-converged software, applications, and the underlying hardware from Nutanix and VMware.

• Lead and support projects involving the migration of virtual machines and applications from legacy platforms (e.g., 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)/ Change Control Board (CCB).

• Collaborate with other engineers to monitor and maintain physical hosts, storage, network, and security infrastructure, reporting issues and outages as necessary to management.

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