Job description
Job Description
CWS is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Virtualization Engineer to join our team supporting the US Army at Fort Gordon, VA. The successful candidate will perform high-level systems analysis, evaluation, design, integration, documentation, and implementation of very complex applications. The candidate will have a thorough knowledge of administrative and technical skills and will direct and participate in all phases of system development with an emphasis on planning, analysis, evaluation, integration, testing, and acceptance phases. This role requires the application of higher-level business or technical principles and methods to very difficult technical problems to arrive at an automated engineering solution. The Senior Engineer will be responsible for designing and preparing technical reports and related documentation, making charts and graphs to record results, and delivering presentations and briefings as required by the task order. This position may also serve as Task Leader.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- Provide/maintain a shared-nothing, scale-out, service-oriented private training environment to support training and experimentation requirements
- Provide knowledge transfer consisting of training and over the shoulder support in the installation, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of Virtualization Technologies
- Engineer, optimize, administer, manage, secure, and deploy all necessary hardware and software required to run multiple Virtualization Technologies
- Deploy, maintain, engineer, administer, troubleshoot, and secure a software-defined data center, particularly as related to the various plugins, leveraging version control and configuration management to configure network devices, and the underlay/overlay networking model
- Engineer, configure, implement, secure, operate, and maintain appropriate servers, routers, switches, and other associated equipment to ensure the system maintains a 99.5% uptime
- Utilize DevOps business practices, particularly with regards to applying the software development lifecycle to system management (GitHub flow, CI/CD, etc.)
- Utilize tools such as Git as a documentation repository and Ansible, Puppet, or Chef as a system management and configuration tool
- Utilize Python and similar technologies to debug stack traces in various projects and assist in filing bug reports upstream if necessary
- Support multiple virtualized environments providing classroom as a service IT capability
- Provide support to course managers on the use of Glance, Heat, Horizon, and other applicable projects in order to allow them to create their own course environments
- Engineer, secure, deploy, operate, and maintain the Cyber Virtual Training Area (VTA) to support both official course materials and individual distance learning, ensuring that the VTA operates with maximum efficiency on all supported classification levels
Job Requirements:
Education & Experience
- BA/BS degree and 8 years of related experience is required
- Expertise in deploying and maintaining virtualization technologies, including but not limited to VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, and OpenStack is required
- Excellent communication skills and ability to deliver technical presentations and briefings is required
- Knowledge of DevOps business practices and tools such as Git, Ansible, Puppet, and Chef is required
- Strong Python skills for debugging and filing bug reports is required
- Experience in engineering and securing software-defined data centers is required
Certifications
- DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification is required (CompTIA Security+ CE , CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, CND, or SSCP)
- VMWare Certified Professional Network Virtualization VCP-NV certification is required
Security Clearance
- Top Secret/SCI security clearance is required
Other (Travel, Work Environment, Administrative Notes, etc.)
Computer World Services is an affirmative action and equal employment opportunity employer. Current employees and/or qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
Computer World Services is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Computer World Services will ensure that individuals with disabilities (IWD) are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Aaron McClellan in Human Resources at
314.952.5138 or URL blocked - click to apply.Job Snapshot
Employee Type
Full-TimeLocation
Fort Gordon, GAJob Type
Information TechnologyExperience
Not SpecifiedDate Posted
03/03/2023Job ID
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