Senior Systems Administrator II - Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI)

Overview

Working across the globe, V2X builds smart solutions designed to integrate physical and digital infrastructure from base to battlefield. We bring 120 years of successful mission support to improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness. Aligned around a shared purpose, our $3.9B company and 16,000 people work alongside our clients, here and abroad, to tackle their most complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.

We are hiring for a Senior Systems Administrator II - Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) – active TS / SCI Clearance to support our government customer based in Springfield, VA. This position is required to be onsite.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do

The Senior Systems Administrator II HCI position provides support to the Information Technology, Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Infrastructure team by providing enterprise-level, high-performance, highly available Hosting and Service Provider services in direct support of the customer’s business and mission needs.

The position is responsible for a variety of engineering and operational related assignments associated with all deployed virtualization, storage, and data protection related systems, applications, and service technologies on multiple sets of enterprise-level IT systems in support of the customer’s data center and remote site environments

Key Responsibilities

Supports all virtualization-based O&M tasking of deployed operational Infrastructure and storage solutions backed by Citrix, Microsoft, NetApp, Nutanix, Veeam, and VMware.

Produces and maintains documentation of the infrastructure team’s systems, sub-systems, and components in the customer’s IT Hosting portfolio, including technical documentation, drawings, and capacity / performance plans.

Works alongside the Senior Systems Engineer – HCI and the customer’s IT Architecture and Engineering (A&E) team.

Travel will initially be required to support the government customer.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

Education

Bachelor's degree from an accredited University; or qualified experience

Experience

5 years of experience implementing, operating, and maintaining globally dispersed enterprise-level virtualization systems (i.e. Microsoft, Nutanix and / or VMware).

5 years of experience implementing, operating, and maintaining solutions. in secure processing environments which must adhere to U.S. Government Information Assurance and Security standards such as the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).

3 years of experience implementing, operating, and maintaining globally dispersed enterprise-level storage solutions, backed by Microsoft, NetApp, and / or Nutanix, providing enterprise storage services including Block (iSCSI) and File (CIFS, NFS) level storage and data protection (disaster recovery, migration, replication, snapshots, etc.) to a variety of end-point consumers (desktops, servers, hypervisors, etc.)

Demonstrated experience implementing, operating, and maintaining HCI solutions to provide virtualization, storage, data protection, and networking services and their capabilities to offer scalable converged compute and storage for enterprise-level consumers. Ideally this HCI experience would be based on the Nutanix ECP.

Demonstrated experience monitoring and assessing virtualization and storage infrastructure systems and solutions proactively for performance degradation, capacity and sizing issues, and tuning and optimization opportunities.

Shall meet the Cyber IT / Cybersecurity Workforce (CSWF) System Administrator (451); Intermediate Level for SECNAV M-5239.2 compliance. (See Navy Cool Website).

Certifications

CompTIA Security CE

GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)

Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)

Travel Requirements

OCONUS and CONUS possibility for travel will initially be required to support the customer’s IT enterprise, specifically Infrastructure related systems, at data centers or remote sites outside and within the U.S. Travel should not exceed 15% annually

Security Clearance Requirements :

This position will require an active DoD TS / SCI clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.

Desired Qualifications :

Strongly desired to be certified in a current enterprise-level technical certification in virtualization, storage, HCI, and / or data protection, such as Microsoft, NetApp, Nutanix, or VMware. Nutanix Certified Advanced Professional (NCAP) or higher is most desired.

Strongly desired to be trained in the operations, maintenance, and best practices of Nutanix ECP solutions focusing on Acropolis, AHV, Prism, Calm, Files, Flow, Era, Volumes, Objects (previously Buckets), and Move (previously Xtract). Technical certifications in enterprise-level storage vendor technologies, such as Microsoft and / or NetApp, are also a plus. Current certification with NetApp in NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA), ONTAP is most desired.

Technical certifications in enterprise-level Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) vendor technologies, such as Citrix and / or VMware are also a plus.

Demonstrated experience in the operations, maintenance, and best practices of NetApp storage systems, to include NetApp ONTAP, NetApp FAS and All-Flash filers, AltaVault, and StorageGRID web-scale appliances.

We are committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace that values and supports the contributions of each individual. This commitment along with our common Vision and Values of Integrity, Respect, and Responsibility, allows us to leverage differences, encourage innovation and expand our success in the global marketplace. Vectrus is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability. EOE / Minority / Female / Disabled / Veteran.

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