What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Virtualization Engineer position at EDC Consulting?
Job Title: Senior Virtualization Engineer
Responsibilities of the Senior Virtualization Engineer
At EDC Consulting LLC (EDC), we are seeking a highly skilled Senior Virtualization Engineer to support the U.S. Army in Radford, VA. This pivotal role focuses on designing, implementing, and maintaining a robust Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) to support Army enterprise and tactical applications. As a key member of the team, you will leverage your expertise in virtualization technologies, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and VMware solutions to ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of critical infrastructure.
The Senior Virtualization Engineer will:
Qualifications:
Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Tysons Corner, VA, EDC Consulting is a small business provider of enterprise solutions and strategic business support to the Federal Government. With more than 150 client engagements successfully delivered, EDC has extensive experience designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining complex business systems and software solutions for a wide range of Department of Defense, Federal, state, and local and commercial clients. EDC is an Oracle Platinum Partner, SAP Partner, and Premier Business Partner of the IBM Corporation. EDC offers a rich corporate culture with driven and determined leadership in a dynamic environment that was founded on openness and success. We enjoy an energetic and fun atmosphere in a culture of mutual respect. At EDC, we build upon the principals and traditions of our military. Personal responsibility, accountability and strong work ethic are a must. Our clients benefit from working alongside a winning team of smart, hard-working, creative, and successful professionals. By becoming part of the EDC team, our employees will share in our entrepreneurial spirit and success.
Please send your resume to resumes@edcconsulting.com. EDC Consulting is an equal opportunity employer.
For additional information on EDC Consulting, visit us at www.edcconsulting.com.
Responsibilities of the Senior Virtualization Engineer
At EDC Consulting LLC (EDC), we are seeking a highly skilled Senior Virtualization Engineer to support the U.S. Army in Radford, VA. This pivotal role focuses on designing, implementing, and maintaining a robust Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) to support Army enterprise and tactical applications. As a key member of the team, you will leverage your expertise in virtualization technologies, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and VMware solutions to ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of critical infrastructure.
The Senior Virtualization Engineer will:
- Work with engineers to develop and maintain the architecture.
- Develop, deploy, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for the deployment and sustainment of the VMware suite of products.
- Utilize IaC for the provisioning of customer enclaves as applications are hosted on the solution.
- Provide daily administration of the VMware products, including patching and upgrading all VMware components.
- Monitor utilization of all virtualization resources and notify the lead when additional resources are required.
- Harden VMware products per commercial best practices and the required government cybersecurity controls.
- Troubleshoot and perform 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.
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree with 10 years of experience or Bachelor’s Degree with 12 years of experience.
- Senior-level experience with the VMware suite of products (ESXi, vSAN, NSX, vCloud Foundations, ARIA Automation, Tanzu).
- 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.
- Must have (or obtain within 6 months of hire) VMware Certified Professional (VCP), Advanced Professional (VCAP), or Design Expert (VCDX) certification.
- CompTIA Security Certified
- Active DOD Security Clearance
Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Tysons Corner, VA, EDC Consulting is a small business provider of enterprise solutions and strategic business support to the Federal Government. With more than 150 client engagements successfully delivered, EDC has extensive experience designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining complex business systems and software solutions for a wide range of Department of Defense, Federal, state, and local and commercial clients. EDC is an Oracle Platinum Partner, SAP Partner, and Premier Business Partner of the IBM Corporation. EDC offers a rich corporate culture with driven and determined leadership in a dynamic environment that was founded on openness and success. We enjoy an energetic and fun atmosphere in a culture of mutual respect. At EDC, we build upon the principals and traditions of our military. Personal responsibility, accountability and strong work ethic are a must. Our clients benefit from working alongside a winning team of smart, hard-working, creative, and successful professionals. By becoming part of the EDC team, our employees will share in our entrepreneurial spirit and success.
Please send your resume to resumes@edcconsulting.com. EDC Consulting is an equal opportunity employer.
For additional information on EDC Consulting, visit us at www.edcconsulting.com.
