Senior Systems Engineer

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Optimize on-premises hardware configurations across Cisco UCS servers, Cohesity, and Pure Storage platforms, including CPU, memory, and storage tuning, to maximize application performance and sustain the existing Hill CEDC hosting environment.
• Configure and manage F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Access Policy Manager (APM), and Application Security Module (ASM) virtual instances for advanced load balancing and intelligent traffic management in support of middleware and application delivery.
• Implement robust data tiering strategies and Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)-compliant encryption solutions across on-premises and hybrid cloud storage environments, ensuring data security and compliance with Department of War (DoW) information assurance requirements.
• Sustain and enhance VMware infrastructure including vSphere, vCenter, VMware NSX, and VMware Virtual Cloud Foundation (VCF), and support containerization initiatives using Docker and Kubernetes for seamless hybrid cloud deployments.
• Manage enterprise backup solutions including Cohesity and HPE Store Once, and design comprehensive disaster recovery plans for on-premises and hybrid cloud environments, ensuring mission continuity and adherence to Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).
• Assess existing Hill CEDC workloads for cloud migration suitability, right-size cloud instances across Microsoft Azure, AWS EC2, and OCI Compute, and execute migrations in coordination with government stakeholders and application owners.
• Develop and maintain IaC pipelines using Terraform and Ansible to automate provisioning of F5 configurations, middleware deployments, and application services across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments, reducing manual effort and ensuring repeatable, auditable deployments.
• Automate hardware configuration, F5 settings, and STIG compliance enforcement using Ansible and Power Shell, ensuring adherence to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and DoW standards while securing hybrid environments with Identity and Access Management (IAM) controls and on-premises STIG implementations.
• Proactively monitor hardware, F5 configurations, and virtual machines (VMs) using Solar Winds and Jira, providing Tier 3 and above support to diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure issues and maintain system stability in support of Air Force-hosted applications.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation including hardware optimization strategies, disaster recovery procedures, architecture diagrams, and cloud transition plans to facilitate knowledge transfer, support change management processes, and meet Hill CEDC documentation and data management requirements.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related field.

• CompTIA Security+ CE (Required)
• Active Secret Clearance (Required)
• VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) (Required within 6 months of hire)
• F5 Certified Administrator (F5-CA) (Preferred)
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) (Preferred)
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations Associate (Preferred)

• 7+ years of experience in systems analysis, virtualization, and enterprise storage management.
• Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, and SAN/NAS storage solutions.
• Prior experience in DoD or government data center environments strongly preferred.

• Expert understanding of enterprise hardware infrastructure including server architecture, storage area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS systems, VMware vSphere virtualization, and multi-vendor data center environments; encompasses hardware optimization, performance tuning, capacity planning, and lifecycle management principles applicable to DoD mission‑critical hosting platforms.
• Comprehensive understanding of DoW cybersecurity policy frameworks including DISA STIG compliance, Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes (IAW DoDI 8510.01), NIST Special Publication 800‑53, and Information Assurance Vulnerability…