Virtualization Engineer

Job Title

Location: Melbourne, FL

Years' Experience: 6+

Education: Bachelor's degree required.

Clearance: Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance. United States Citizenship is required as part of the eligibility criteria to be able to obtain this type of security clearance.

Key Skills

• Leading the management of VMware, Hyper-V, or similar technologies.
• Experience as a Virtualization Lead, leading system upgrades, migrations, and continue to evolve the existing architecture
• Experience leading the installation, configuration, and maintenance of virtual machines (VMs) and virtual infrastructure across on-prem and CSP provided data centers.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, implementing, and troubleshooting information systems hosted on VMware, AWS, and Azure.
• Planning, designing, troubleshooting and ongoing optimization of virtualization environment.
• Lead system upgrades, migrations, and continue to evolve the existing architecture
• Assists in the creation, maintenance/administration, and troubleshooting of the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE)
• Manage and balance virtual machine resources across hosts in the clusters.
• Maintains awareness of new virtualization products and administration methods.
• Lead the installation, configuration, and maintenance of virtual machines (VMs) and virtual infrastructure across on-prem and CSP provided data centers through VMware orchestration tools.
• Connect host or VM to network and storage components and configure
• Monitoring and optimizing the performance of virtual environments, ensuring efficient resource allocation.
• Diagnosing and resolving complex issues related to virtualization, including VM performance, connectivity, and security.
• Implementing and managing advanced backup and disaster recovery solutions for virtual environments.
• Ensuring the security of virtual environments by applying patches, updates, and security configurations.
• Maintaining comprehensive documentation of virtualization configurations, procedures, and policies.
• Working closely with other IT teams to support virtualization needs and integrate virtual solutions with other systems.
• Using Ansible Automation, IaC and Version Control
• Configure, troubleshoot, and design large, complex systems using RedHat Satellite servers
• Maintain operating system reliability across RHEL 8, 9, and 10.
• Providing guidance and mentorship to junior virtualization administrators and other IT staff.
• Researching and reporting on new technologies and how they provide value to the organization.
• Implementing and managing backup and disaster recovery solutions to ensure data integrity and availability.
• Travels to sites as necessary for hands-on troubleshooting and support of new system fielding.

Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance.
• 6+ years of professional experience in Virtualization administration with focus on leading VMware, Hyper-V, and other similar technologies.
• Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field or equivalent professional experience.
• Must be able to be onsite in Melbourne, FL Monday – Friday for project execution.
• Experience as a Virtualization Lead, leading system upgrades, migrations, and continue to evolve the existing architecture.
• Experience leading the installation, configuration, and maintenance of virtual machines (VMs) and virtual infrastructure across on-prem and CSP provided data centers.
• Experience with overseeing on-prem hardware infrastructure (e.g., servers and storage), the on-prem hypervisor (Hyper-V) environment (e.g., VMWare, vSphere), and CSP infrastructure.
• Experience overseeing the installation, configuration, and maintenance of virtual machines (VMs), virtual infrastructure, and physical infrastructure (including rack mounting and hardware configuration).
• Experience monitoring the performance of virtual environments and optimizing resource allocation to ensure efficient operation.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving issues related to virtualization, including VM performance, connectivity, and security.
• Experience with the automation of IT administration and server provisioning using tools such as:
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): AWS CDK, Terraform, OpenTofu, and Puppet
• Ansible Automation: Experience with Ansible Tower and Ansible Playbooks
• Version Control: Git, GitLab, Bitbucket
• Comprehensive understanding of RedHat Satellite Linux and ability to configure, troubleshoot, and design large systems using RedHat Satellite servers.
• RHEL Deployment and Maintenance: Understanding of deployment requirements for RHEL 8, 9, and 10.
• Scripting: Python, Perl, Bash
• Experience integrating infrastructure management tools with APIs to enable deployment of Infrastructure as Code integrated into CI/CD deployment pipelines.
• Experience in systems engineering or other engineering roles in an aerospace program environment a bonus.
• Customer service driven.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be detail oriented.

About Sparibis

Sparibis LLC is a professional solution firm that Clients rely on to access the best talent to drive their business success.

Sparibis is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.