Virtualization Systems Engineer

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented VMware Virtualization Systems Engineer to join our team in Chantilly, VA .

This role supports the engineering, administration, and modernization of the Sponsor's virtualization infrastructure. You will leverage your technical expertise to maintain enterprise-grade infrastructure virtualization and end-user computing solutions deployed across the environment.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Build, configure, monitor, upgrade, and troubleshoot environments using the VMware vCenter server running VMware ESXi hosts for versions 8.0.
• Create, configure, and manage virtual desktop environments by building, deploying, and maintaining desktop pools within Omnissa Horizon View Server version 8.0.
• Monitor desktop health, troubleshoot pool issues, and manage how the Horizon View Server interacts with the vCenter Server.
• Build, deploy, configure, and troubleshoot the VMware Unified Access Gateway (UAG) in conjunction with the Horizon View Server.
• Load hypervisor software, configure the BIOS, patch, upgrade, and troubleshoot HPE hardware, specifically ProLiant DL360 G10, G11, and Synergy Servers.
• Administrate and engineer Microsoft Windows Server OS (Versions 2019 and 2022) and Workstation OS (Windows 11) on both virtual and physical hosts.
• Maintain system baselines and hardware configuration management items using HPE iLO for out-of-band management of physical servers.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED with 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in Information Systems and/or systems engineering.
• Significant technical experience building, deploying, and upgrading VMware vSphere (vCenter Server and ESXi hypervisor hosts).
• Demonstrated experience engineering and managing virtual desktop infrastructure using Omnissa Horizon View Server and desktop pools.
• Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining the VMware Unified Access Gateway (UAG) for secure authentication.
• Experience inventorying, patching, upgrading, and troubleshooting physical hardware, specifically HPE ProLiant and Synergy Servers.
• Experience creating and maintaining complex infrastructure documentation for virtual machines, live migration (vMotion), and distributed workloads.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP certification) or relevant VMware certifications.
• Understanding of storage arrays and networking that integrates with VMware virtual infrastructure. 
• Experience operating and monitoring environments using VMware Aria Operations.
• Technical proficiency or familiarity with Linux operating systems.
• Self-starter with excellent people skills - able to work across teams to troubleshoot infrastructure and drive virtualization solutions throughout an organization.

Clearance Requirements:

• An active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required for this position.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, and physical server hardware.
• Frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering technical presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.