Senior Platform Engineer

Position Requirements:
We're seeking a talented Platform Engineer to help architect, deploy, and manage our on-premises Virtual Cloud (VMware) platforms, our AWS Cloud platforms while supporting emerging AI capabilities, modern containerized workloads, and enterprise virtualization environments.

What You'll Do
Design, implement, and maintain hybrid infrastructure spanning on-premises data centers and AWS GovCloud, ensuring compliance with federal security standards
Administer and optimize hyper-visor clusters (VMware vSphere, ESXi) for enterprise workloads
Manage Kubernetes fleet operations across on-premises VMware vSphere with Kubernetes (VKS) and AWS EKS
Lead application modernization initiatives, migrating and optimizing workloads across cloud and on-premises environments
Implement comprehensive audit logging, monitoring, and observability solutions across hybrid environments
Support security engineering initiatives including vulnerability management, compliance automation, and security hardening
Support emerging AI/ML capabilities and cloud-native solutions
Build and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile environment using Jira for project management
Ensure systems meet NIST 800-53 and FISMA compliance requirements
Automate operational tasks and improve platform reliability across both cloud and on-premises infrastructure
Contribute to architectural decisions and hybrid cloud strategy

Preferred Qualifications
Minimum of 7 years' experience in supporting enterprise-grade ESXi servers and VMware server software.
Experience designing, planning, testing, implementing, supporting and troubleshooting large VMware installations
Expert knowledge of ESXi server implementations and operations, VLAN, VMC, primary, secondary data center operations and hybrid cloud implementations
Experience with Aria Automation, Aria Orchestrator and Aria Operations
Experience with Powershell/Powercli scripting
On-premises data center and AWS GovCloud experience
Kubernetes fleet management experience (VKS, EKS, Mirantis)
VMware vSphere administration and cluster management
Knowledge of NIST 800-53 controls and FISMA compliance frameworks
Experience with security engineering, audit logging, and monitoring tools
Application modernization and containerization experience
Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and services
GitLab and Jira experience
VMware or Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD)
Experience in financial services or federal government environments

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status