Enterprise Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (EVDI) Engineer

TENICA is hiring an Enterprise Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (EVDI) Engineer. TS/SCI with CI poly


Job Location: Chantilly, VA


Job Description


TENICA has an immediate opening for a thin client, Enterprise Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (EVDI) Engineer with a background in VMWare, Citrix, or similar large-scale virtualized desktop environments. The successful candidate will leverage their background to oversee proposed future desktop architectures, and the optimization of cloud technology utilization. The successful candidate will conduct independent cost, schedule, and performance trade analysis against a dedicated Client/Server Service Provider's implementation approaches. The successful applicant will participate within a team of Systems Engineers and Technical Advisors (SETAs) overseeing the design, delivery, enhancement, and recapitalization of a multi-site environment consisting of a variety of legacy and next-generation technologies/services. Candidates will leverage their background in creating and implementing solutions to assess proposed approaches for solving organizational needs.


Responsibilities


On the Job Training will be provided in the customer's specific knowledge domain, but the successful candidate must be able to:


Successfully work proactively/independently as well as within a team dynamic


Understand and Represent the customer's current implementation and configuration


Clearly document and communicate current and future client/server initiatives


Evaluate system functions (e.g., data storage and processing) to ensure performance is in accordance with expectations, policies and best practices


Review, assess, and recommend performance tuning metrics for areas of improvement


Collaborate with engineering and development teams to evaluate and identify optimal virtual/cloud solutions


Educate various customers/groups on the approaches and implementations of new technologies and initiatives


Proactively perform as a change agent focused on translating customer requirements into service provider tasking


Perform technical assessments of a service provider's proposed solutions to ensure they fulfill the customer's requirements


Track, document, and communicate observations associated with the service provider's solution implementation from a cost, schedule, and performance oversight perspective


Strategically assess the customer's vision and needs to seek opportunities to influence and improve service delivery quality


Assist the customer with evaluating service demand against available capacities in an effort to help prioritize expansion verses recapitalization investment


Evaluate and recommend architecture and acquisition plans, service level terms, and perform business case analysis


Support the integration of EVDI technologies with other IT domains, such as cloud computing, client/server implementations, Big Data analysis, Quality of Service management, IT resiliency, and Continuity of Operations


Coordinate activities with IT portfolio managers, policy leads, resource managers, and program managers


Ensure meeting coordination, scope clarity, policy compliance, and alignment with strategic objectives


Capture, document, and present analysis process, findings, and project statuses to decision makers


Qualifications

Education:


Bachelors in a STEM field of study and nine (9) years or more work experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more work experience; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more work experience; Work experience of more than eleven (11) years is sufficient without a degree


PMP and/or Agile certification is a plus, but not required


ITIL certification is a plus, but not required


Desired Experience:


Five (5) or more years of experience with VMWare, Citrix XenDesktop, or similar thin client technologies


Troubleshooting Layers 1-4 within the OSI 7-Layer stack


Understanding of client/server storage, virtualization, and bandwidth requirements


Two (2) or more years of experience with Project Management


Excellent writing, organization, verbal communication, and presentation skills

Clearance Requirement:


Must Possess and maintain a Top Secret /SCI with CI clearance