Systems Engineer II (VMware)

Job Title

Systems Engineer II (VMware)

Location

Pocatello, ID US (Primary)

Category

Information Technology

Job Type

Full-time

Career Level

Staff

Education

High School / GED

Travel

None

Security Clearance Required

TS

Job Description

TMC is in immediate need of a Systems Engineer II (VMware) to support our federal client located in Pocatello, Idaho.  The candidate must be a US citizen and possess an active Top Secret clearance to start due to federal contract requirements.  Duties of the Systems Engineer II (VMware) include the following:

- Design, implementation and ongoing support of the on-premise cloud Infrastructure
- Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for all VMware environments
- Create and maintain an on-premise cloud, software defined data center infrastructure for both bare-metal and virtual machines with the appropriate SAN, network, or local storage configurations, using both OEM and third-party tools that include virtual storage tools and services
- Perform automated provision/configure of all required resources for servers
- Evaluate, improve, and maintain the information security throughout the virtualized infrastructure
- Monitor and correct critical storage issues and create recovery processes and hardware for failures and performance bottlenecks
- Install, configure, test and maintain system management tools, infrastructure and server plugins
- Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability
- Monitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes
- Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies
- Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks, such as automated provisioning storage with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Participate in the design of information and operational support systems
- Provide 3rd level support
- Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution
- Ensure technical documentation exists for all systems and is kept up to date to include inventory and patch levels of all systems to include hostnames, property numbers, IP addresses, enclave, number of cores, number of processors, admin passwords, certificates, and service accounts on a monthly interval
- Integrate systems with Windows and Linux as it applies to core service dependencies. Engineer and implement solutions for multi factor authentication with FBI standardized software and hardware
- Document system configurations to include passwords, access controls, version number, and revision numbers, patch levels, and inventory to include hostnames, TCP/IP addresses, number of processors, and number of cores, memory, and license keys
- Continually transition knowledge to the government staff through training and assistance on how to use the technology using industry best practices
- Provide real-time reporting of provisioned and non-provisioned and utilized resources to include performance metrics for availability, performance and trends

Job Requirements

- US Citizenship and active Top Secret clearance required; ability to obtain SCI-CI poly required
- 8 years of experience required
- VMware Data Center Virtualization (DCV) certification within the last 5 years required
- Bachelor’s degree preferred 
- Advanced VMWare certifications such as Cloud Management and Automation (DCV-CMA) preferred

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.