System Administrator; VMWare

Job Brief

Sign‑on and relocation expenses are offered on a case‑by‑case basis.

The Alaka`ina Foundation Family of Companies (FOCs) is looking for a System Administrator (VMWare) to support our government customer at Fort Shafter, Hawai'i.

• Provide enterprise storage and data protection/recovery services, operating, maintaining, securing, and administering related equipment/solutions/tools across multiple enclaves in remote datacenters throughout the DoDIN‑A Pacific Theater.
• Manage capacity and performance in accordance with required service levels, using clustered high‑availability configurations.
• Manage user access controls to VM and SAN storage resources, including credentials, SAN fabric, and system/switch ACL configurations.
• Perform periodic system operations checks and required status reporting.
• Implement, expand, upgrade, harden, and provision approved resources following change‑management policies and procedures.
• Manage and monitor trouble tickets and change tasks daily.
• Coordinate and deconflict efforts with other technical teams (Networks, Virtualization, Active Directory, Cyber Security/Compliance).
• Execute authorized service interruption (ASI) maintenance actions with minimal impact to users and services, sometimes after‑hours.
• Participate in cyber security inspections and exercises as directed.
• Comply with all related contract Performance Work Statement (PWS) and Service Level Agreement (SLA) requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Hours:

10×5 core hours for team coverage (8×5 on‑site shifts per employee).

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field, preferred.
• Must hold at least one baseline IA certification under the IAT II position category per DoD 8570.01‑M at hire.
• Must obtain the designated Computing Environment (CE) certification (VMware vSphere 8 or approved storage vendor certification) within six months of hire.

• Enterprise Storage Administration and/or hyper‑converged stack experience (e.g., Dell Compellent, HP 3
  
  PAR, Net App Flex Pod, Dell VxRail, data protection platforms). Experience installing, cabling, configuring, and provisioning with vendor engineering assistance. Preference for COOP/DR principles, tools, and BCP; backup and recovery tool administration (Net Backup, Commvault, or similar).
• Enterprise System Administration on Microsoft Windows Server platforms (Win
  2016 or Win
  2019). Knowledge of Windows/Azure Active Directory, Group Policy, server hardening, security patching, PKI certificate management, and access controls. Preference for enterprise application or database administration (IIS, SharePoint, SCCM, SCOM, NAS file‑share). Familiarity with Power Shell or other CLI scripting.
• Enterprise Network Administration with TCP/IP architecture, switch and SAN protocols, and management. Preference for Cisco switch experience for Ethernet and fiber‑channel fabric configurations.
• Enterprise Server Virtualization experience with VMware vSphere or MS Hyper‑V GUIs.
• Knowledge of DoD information assurance, cybersecurity principles, and DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF). Preference for experience with cybersecurity inspections and artifact creation, DISA STIGs, and CSSP requirements.
• Experience with datacenter operations (power, PDU, HVAC, rack setup, cable management). Ability to interface with local datacenter personnel for labor planning across multiple time zones.
• Experience with IaaS, PaaS, hybrid cloud services, and cloud solutions.
• Experience executing ITIL/ITSM service‑process policies (incident, change, configuration, asset, vendor, project management).

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Minimum Secret clearance (TS eligible based on investigation type T5).

• Competitive salaries.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Medical, dental, disability, and life insurance coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Paid time off.
• 11 paid holidays.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer of individuals with disabilities and veterans. We do not illegally discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of any protected categories. If you are a person with a disability and you need an accommodation during the application process, please request accommodation. We E‑Verify all employees.