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Description
SAIC is hiring a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Engineer to be located in Virginia Beach, VA. The successful candidate will provide VMware, VDI engineering and Microsoft Windows Server system administration supporting Information Warfare Training Command, Virginia Beach, VA . This position requires the ability to manage the command's Microsoft Windows and VMware virtual infrastructure, as well as participate in the change management process and incident response processes.
Responsibilities Include
Required experience and education:
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2502929
SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
Description
SAIC is hiring a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Engineer to be located in Virginia Beach, VA. The successful candidate will provide VMware, VDI engineering and Microsoft Windows Server system administration supporting Information Warfare Training Command, Virginia Beach, VA . This position requires the ability to manage the command's Microsoft Windows and VMware virtual infrastructure, as well as participate in the change management process and incident response processes.
Responsibilities Include
- Managing VMware vSphere and Horizon server Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Microsoft Windows Server infrastructure.
- Maintain the network's cybersecurity posture and assist with system accreditation efforts.
- Automate and standardize configuration of systems following industry best practices.
- Testing of upgrades and patches to maintain Windows Server 2016 and later.
- Testing of upgrades and patches to maintain VMware vSphere and Horizon versions 7 and later.
- Program in an administrative language, including PowerShell and VMWare CLI, as needed.
- Resolve difficult interoperability problems to obtain operation across all platforms.
- Review/advise on acquisition of hardware, software, needed to support the mission.
- Perform a variety of routine and non-routine tasks associated with Cyber/Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Assurance (IA) support in accordance with National and Department of Defense (DoD) standards to include the Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) / Risk Management Framework (RMF).
- Conduct systems analysis and development to keep systems current with changing technologies, security needs, and user functional requirements.
- Interact with the engineering management team and senior customer personnel on matters requiring coordination across organizational lines.
Required experience and education:
- Bachelor's Degree and two (2) years of experience; years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
- VDI experience.
- Have experience or familiarity with TCP/IP, IP subnetting, system backups, performance tuning, NAS/SAN configuration, Active Directory, GPOs, advanced scripting, LDAP, DNS, PKI, web servers, databases, Windows server and desktop operating systems, DHCP, DNS, enterprise patch management via COTS applications, server virtualization technologies such as VMware ESXi, vSphere, vCenter, Horizon View (VDI) and advanced scripting.
- Server/network design topologies, protocols and engineering standards, advanced security control implementation.
- Information Assurance vulnerability scanning tools such as, ACAS, Nessus, SCAP, STIGs, HBSS or equivalent.
- Must have an active CompTIA Security ce certification.
- Must be able to obtain VMware VCP certification within six months of hire.
- Must have an active Secret security clearance. Must be eligible for upgrade to TS/SCI.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2502929
SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
