VMWare Systems Administrator, Sr. with Security Clearance

SCOPE: Serves as a Senior Systems Administrator with primary responsibilities for VMware administration on a major IT services contract for the U.S. Navy RESPONSIBILITIES and EXPERIENCE: Design, deploy, and manage VMware infrastructure components, including ESXi hosts and vCenter Server. Experience managing Microsoft Windows domain architecture, including Active Directory deployment, Group Policy configuration, and DNS/DHCP services. Create and administer virtual desktop environments (e.g., VMware Horizon View), virtual machine templates, snapshots, and virtual networking. Configure and provision storage systems (e.g., iSCSI, NFS, VMFS), and perform patch management, data backup, and disaster recovery planning in virtualized environments. Perform optimization, capacity planning, configuration management, troubleshooting, monitoring, patching, and support of on-premise and cloud-based Windows Server enterprise. Work with other System Administrators to resolve intermediate and advanced issues associated with system configuration management, resource sharing and networking; conduct troubleshooting and problem identification. Manage system security including accounts, access controls, and group policies; apply NIST RMF security controls and DoD STIGs; maintain system security baselines. Manage production environments using automated tools and procedures to install, build and deploy systems; monitor and enforce configuration management; monitor application performance and security; and perform system backups and restores. QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field from an accredited institution. 10 years of relevant experience. Current Security CE certification. VMware Certified Professional. Microsoft Server certification. SECURITY CLEARANCE: Active DoD Top Secret Clearance SALARY (Based on level of experience and expertise): $90,000 130,000/yearbfb3568a-762b-4989-884b-a9682aa104ca