Compliance Systems Administrator; Virtualization

Position: Compliance Systems Administrator (Virtualization)
** Req :
** RQ228051

** Type of

Requisition :
** Regular

** Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
** Top Secret/SCI

** Public Trust/Other

Required:

** None

** Job Family:
** IT Infrastructure and Operations

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* Skills:

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* ACAS,DISA STIG,VMware vSphere

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* Certifications:

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* ITIL 4 Foundation | People Cert
- People Cert, Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA) | Nutanix
- Nutanix, VMware Certified Professional
- Cloud (VCP-Cloud) | VMware - VMware, CompTIA Security+ CE | CompTIA
- CompTIA

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* Experience:

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* 3 + years of related experience

** US Citizenship

Required:

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* Yes

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* Job Description:

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* GDIT has an immediate opening for a  
** Compliance Systems Administrator (Virtualization)
** supporting the CITS contract for USCENTCOM, based in Tampa, Florida. The Compliance Systems Administrator (Virtualization) plays a critical, hands-on role in strengthening enterprise security posture by directly implementing, maintaining, and remediating cybersecurity compliance controls across enterprise virtualization platforms (VMware ESXi, vCenter Server, Hyper-V, and software-defined infrastructure). This position executes direct technical hardening, patching, configuration management, and audit verification to ensure hypervisors, management appliances, and virtual infrastructure adhere strictly to Department of War (DoW) cybersecurity standards and CORA inspection requirements.

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* Duties and Responsibilities:

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* We are seeking a skilled, hands-on Virtualization Compliance Systems Administrator with practical experience configuring, securing, and maintaining enterprise virtual environments. Core responsibilities include:

+ Applying, validating, and remediating DISA STIG benchmarks directly across VMware ESXi hosts, VMware vCenter Server Appliances (VCSA), virtual switches, and hypervisor management infrastructure.

+ Deploying hypervisor firmware updates, ESXi security patches, and virtual appliance updates to remediate vulnerabilities identified in ACAS/Tenable scans.

+ Executing direct technical remediation for identified infrastructure vulnerabilities and drafting, documenting, and implementing technical Plans of Action & Milestones (POA&Ms) when immediate remediation is not feasible.

+ Hardening and isolating virtual networking components, distributed switches, VLAN segmentation, and multi-tenant isolation controls in accordance with DoW security guidelines.

+ Building, provisioning, configuring, and maintaining secure virtual machine templates, golden images, and virtual appliances compliant with enterprise security standards.

+ Developing and executing automation scripts using Power Shell and PowerCLI for automated compliance audits, snapshot enforcement, configuration verification, and bulk remediation.

+ Tracking, prioritizing, and resolving virtual infrastructure compliance findings, maintaining comprehensive audit logs and baseline documentation.

+ Extracting system configuration state baselines and generating technical artifact packages required for CORA inspection evaluators.

+ Maintaining up-to-date documentation, standard operating procedures, and technical runbooks for virtualization security configurations.

** Additional Responsibilities:*
* + Participate in technical working groups and meetings with Operations, Storage, and Cybersecurity personnel (government and contractor) to track and resolve virtualization security findings.

+ Support engineering and change management reviews by evaluating compliance impacts for virtual infrastructure upgrades and architectural modifications.

+ Perform other duties as assigned.

** What you will need to succeed:*
* Required Education & Certifications

+ Applicable Intermediate DoW 8140 or DoW 8570 Certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CySA+, or equivalent).

+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science,…