AECC - Virtualization Engineer Security Clearance

Position: AECC - Virtualization Engineer with Security Clearance
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Your role and responsibilities This position is for a Virtualization Engineer supporting the Army Edge Computing Capability (AECC) project that ALTESS is fielding for the U.S. Army. AECC is a hyperconverged, multitenant private cloud hosting environment for Army enterprise and tactical applications. The solution leverages VMware products (ESXi, vSAN, NSX, vCloud Foundation, ARIA Automation) to implement a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) across multiple global sites.

ALTESS operates as a managed service provider (MSP) under Program Executive Office Enterprise (PEO Enterprise), delivering value-added common and managed services for hosted Army applications.
Responsibilities:
* Develop, deploy, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for VMware suite deployment and sustainment within AECC.

* Utilize IaC for provisioning customer enclaves as applications are hosted on AECC.

* Administer VMware products daily, including patching and upgrading all components.

* Monitor virtualization resource utilization and alert AECC leadership when additional capacity is needed.

* Harden VMware products using commercial best practices and government cybersecurity controls.

* Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis for hosting platform issues.

* Create and maintain documentation, including system diagrams, network topology, configurations, and SOPs.

* Provide on-call support for after-hours production incident triage and resolution.

* Recommend improvements for security, scalability, manageability, and performance across network, storage, and compute services. Required education Bachelor's Degree Required technical and professional expertise
* Extensive experience with the VMware suite (ESXi, vSAN, NSX, vCloud Foundation, ARIA Automation), including deployment, administration, and optimization.

* Advanced automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) expertise for streamlining virtualization operations.

* Strong troubleshooting skills across the full technology stack-network, storage, server, and applications-paired with excellent verbal and written communication abilities.

* Must live within 50 miles of Radford, VA as this job requires in person work at least 3 days per week

* Must hold and maintain an Active DoD Secret clearance Preferred technical and professional experience
* Working knowledge of DoD STIGs and the Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) process.

* Hands-on experience with container platforms and orchestration, including Kubernetes networking (CNI), storage (CSI), Helm chart management, and container image maintenance.

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