Windows Server Engineer
Leidos
- Washington DC
- $87,100-157,450 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Configure, deploy, and maintain Microsoft-based servers, databases, and workstations as well as VMware and Linux server instances.
- O&M of virtual environments, patching, updating anti-virus and resolving security vulnerabilities. This could include but not limited to systems consolidation and integration, architecture designs and updates, site renovations and relocations.
- Implement, upgrade/migrate, and maintain VMware hypervisor infrastructure to include technical hands-on support for the VMware platform.
- Handle standard VMware engineer duties and recommend innovative and automated approaches wherever possible for infrastructure tasks.
- Lead the triage and resolution of escalated, complex incidents, problems, or capacity concerns.
- Responsible for maintaining daily operations, monitoring, problem identification/resolution of VMware server/systems, applications, and analyzing activity and performance ensuring system/application is providing optimum performance and availability.
- Work across IT functional boundaries (other system administrators, SAN administrators, Network administrators, Database administrators, etc.) with configuration, installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, upgrade and system management for optimum performance and reliability.
- Research, document and recommend new system related technologies and as well as migration and upgrade paths that could enhance, improve, automate and provide more efficiency and or up-to-date technologies to the operational environment.
- Identify and correct hardware and software issues.
- Communicate with users. Provide support for calls and emails, ensuring all interactions are timely and professional.
- Participate in the creation and ongoing maintenance of documentation to ensure clear, concise, and accurate information is readily available to assist with incident resolution.
- Plan and implement IT enhancements and undertaking project work.
- Requires a bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
- Experience supervising or mentoring others
- Must understand virtual server technologies
- Demonstrated hands-on experience in designing and managing a VMware virtual infrastructure
- Must have experience in information technology and information security, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Microsoft Exchange, administration, and/or exchange management shell.
- Experience working with monitoring systems supporting auditing, incident response, and system health.
- Must have experience with software and security architectures.
- Must have direct, hands-on experience providing assistance to users, optimizing system operations, and monitoring IT enterprise systems.
- Experience with Scripting/Automation
- Experience with interacting with customers to handle service inquiries and problems
- Experience troubleshooting issues in a growing environment
- Experience with server patch management methodologies
- Time management skills
- Experience with support ticket management systems
- Candidate must, at a minimum, meet DoD 8570.11- IAT Level II certification requirements (currently Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, or SSCP along with an appropriate computing environment (CE) certification)
- Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required OR active TS/SCI and willingness to get a Poly.
- US Citizenship is required due to the nature of the government contracts we support.
- VMWare Vcenter expertise
- Experience with Data Center design and configuration (e.g., rack and stack, power, placement, etc.).
- Experience in a System Administration role supporting a software configuration management and development environment.
- Operating Systems: Windows, CentOS Linux, RedHat
- Software: SQL Server, VMWare vCenter, Citrix, Trellix/Move, MS Exchange
- Hypervisors: VMware ESXi