Sr. Virtualization Systems Engineer/Architect (Hybrid)

				Overview:

* Tier One Technologies is seeking a Sr. Virtualization Systems Engineer/Architect to support our direct US Government client.
* This hybrid Contract-to-Hire position will be located in Raleigh, NC.
* SELECTED CANDIDATES WITHOUT REQUIRED CLEARANCE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION TO RECEIVE IT.

Responsibilities:

* Act as a Subject Matter Expert on best practices for server virtualizations solutions and make recommendations.
* Responsible for the design, configuration, deployment, integration, and maintenance and support of server virtualization and server infrastructure solutions. 
* Specialize in building and managing virtual computing platforms. 
* Play a critical role in data migration, virtual machine lifecycle management, troubleshooting, tuning and performance, and monitoring of the environment.
* Provide technical assistance and advice on complex activities. Formulate and define specifications, develop, modify and maintain complex systems and subsystems, using vendor engineering releases and utilities for overall operational systems. 
* Apply analytical techniques when gathering information from users, defining work problems, designing technology solutions, and developing procedures to resolve the problems. 
* Develop complete specifications to enable computer programmers to prepare required programs. 
* Review task proposal requirements, gather information, analyze data, prepare project synopses, compare alternatives, prepare specifications, resolve processing problems, coordinate work with programmers and engineers, and orient users to new systems. 
* Work with considerable freedom to make decisions on the techniques and approaches to be used. 
* Prepare recommendations for system improvement for management and user consideration.
* Architect and design server virtualization solutions.
* Perform systems administration for Windows Server and UNIX / Linux systems such as RHEL and SLES.
* Develop automation through scripting and APIs (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, PowerShell, Python, Bash, Terraform).
* Perform certificate lifecycle management for systems and applications.
* Evaluate inefficiencies with server resources and make right-sizing recommendations.
* Manage and maintain server virtualization platform on premise as well as cloud e.g. VMware, Nutanix, Harvester, OpenShift, Proxmox, Azure, AWS, GCP.
* Play a lead role in meetings relating to specific technical projects or tasks.
* Respond promptly to incidents in ServiceNow.
* Diagnose and repair system problems working closely with vendor support for all servers, software and other hardware directly or with the team members.
* Define, monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot system performance of all server virtualization and other related infrastructure systems.

Qualifications:

* A degree from an accredited College/University in the applicable field of services is required. If the individual's degree is not in the applicable field, then four additional years of related experience is required. 
* 13+ years of professional experience in supporting virtualization technologies.
* Basic understanding of data center networking (TCP/IP, switching/routing, ports and protocols, firewall concepts, load-balancing).
* Strong, demonstrable scripting experience in one or more of the following: PowerShell, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, VBScript, C++, Unix Shell, Python, Perl, Ruby, JavaScript, etc.
* Basic understanding of storage protocols (e.g. NFS, SMB, S3, FC, iSCSI, NVMe).
* Good knowledge of Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy.
* Knowledge of MS Windows Server operating systems including Server 2016, 2019, and 2022 as well as RHEL and SLES operating systems.
* Knowledge of MS database server SQL Server 2008 R2 and later.
* Knowledge of container technologies including but not limited to Docker, Kubernetes, and Rancher.
* Knowledge of IaaS in cloud using MS Azure, AWS, or GCP.
* Experience with hardening and improving the security of Windows operating systems and hardware platforms, local area networks, wide area networks, messaging, and client-server applications.
* Ability to develop and maintain IT documentation.
* Expertise working with vendors to resolve problems and implement solutions independently.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Must be eligible to obtain a Position of Public Trust clearance.
* All candidates must be a US Citizen or have permanent residence status (Green Card).
* Candidate must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.
* Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last 5 years. Military Service excluded.
			

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