Virtualization Engineer Security Clearance

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

ALTESS provides value-added common and managed services that hosted Army applications will require. ALTESS is a managed service provider (MSP) and hosting services provider for Army applications. ALTESS is a Product Director office under Program Executive Office Enterprise (PEO Enterprise). Position Duties
• Work with Government engineers to develop and maintain the AECC architecture.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for deployment and sustainment of the VMware suite of products in the AECC.
• As applications are hosted on the AECC solution, utilize IaC for the provisioning of the customer enclaves.
• Provide daily administration of the VMware products to include patching and upgrading of all VMware components.
• Monitor utilization of all virtualization resources and notify the AECC lead when additional resources will be required.
• Harden the VMware products per commercial best practices and the required government cybersecurity controls.
• Troubleshooting and root cause analysis of any hosting platform issues.
• Develop and maintain system, infrastructure, and process documentation (system diagrams, network topology, software configurations, device configurations, standard operating procedures).
• Provide on-call support for triage and resolution of after-hours production incidents.
• Make recommendations for improvements to security, scalability, manageability, and performance across a wide variety of network, storage, and compute services and technologies.
• Required Skills
• Senior-level experience with the VMware suite of products (ESXi, vSAN, NSX, vCloud Foundations, ARIA Automation).
• Strong automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across the entire technology stack – network, storage, server, and applications. Desired Skills
• Working knowledge of DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) and the Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) process.
• Hands-on experience with container platforms and container orchestration.
• Understanding of Kubernetes networking (CNI) and storage (CSI) principles.
• Experience with managing Kubernetes applications using Helm charts and maintaining container images in a registry.
• Experience with Git Ops principles and tools (e.g., Argo CD, Flux). Required Certifications
• Security+ or equivalent DoD 8570.01-M IA Tech Level II certification. Clearance Required
• DoD Secret Position Location
• Radford, VA Education
• Bachelor's degree or higher in an IT-related field.