This position supports a new Defense Health Agency program, and the start date will align with the program start.
You'll operate and improve a VMware vSphere estate of more than 2,000 virtual machines across two disconnected DoD enclaves in Chantilly, VA. You'll help consolidate it onto fewer, denser hosts, retire idle VMs and build new environments from code, while keeping the program's test events running.
What you'll do
- Operate vSphere 8 clusters, vCenter, ESXi hosts and vSAN storage
- Right-size VMs, retire dormant ones and move workloads during host consolidation
- Build and maintain VM templates and automation with Terraform, Packer and Ansible in GitLab CI
- Patch hosts and VMs and keep them STIG-compliant
- Work tickets, troubleshoot performance and capacity issues, and support test-event setup
Must have
- 3 or more years administering VMware vSphere in an enterprise environment
- Hands-on scripting or automation with Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI or PowerShell
- Linux and Windows server administration
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain the investigation DHA designates for privileged access
- DoD 8140 qualification for a privileged infrastructure role, or the ability to earn it within six months
Nice to have
- An active Secret clearance or higher
- VCP-DCV certification
- Air-gapped or classified environment experience
- Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation or NSX
Job description provided by Zaden Technologies.
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