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Leidos VMware Systems Engineer in Camp Springs, Maryland
Description
Leidos has a unique and exciting opportunity to offer a VMware Systems Engineer , who would like to expand their knowledge and grow with the Leidos team on the (AFNCR ITS) Air Force National Capital Region IT Services Program.
The AFNCR IT Services program provides support services for information systems for Headquarters Air Force (HAF), Air Force District of Washington (AFDW), Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other Air Force activities within the AFNCR, missions to include the Pentagon, Joint Base Andrews (JBA), Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB), and other locations, leased spaces, and alternate sites. The major support areas required are IT Operations and Maintenance; Plans, Projects, and Engineering (PP&E); and National Military Command Center (NMCC). The senior leaders and national defense missions that are supported require that the AFNCR operations never fail, resulting in a fast-paced, challenging, but also rewarding environment.
If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!
The Leidos Digital Modernization Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support.
Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions.
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Primary Responsibilities:
Serve as a Level 2 escalation point for the Service Desk, providing support for a diverse end-user population.
Oversee the VMware Horizon VDI environment, including provisioning hosts, remediating hosts, and setting up virtual machines.
Perform patching, maintenance, and troubleshooting of UAGs, Connection Servers and vCenters.
Maintain working knowledge of ESXi hosts, clusters, and vSAN.
Manage App Volumes, DEM, and have applicable knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory and GPO.
Manage the creation and maintenance of VDI Master Images - Win 10/11 base OS and business-specific applications.
Analyzing, developing, integrating, and maintaining enterprise automation and operations based on community policies and guides.
Support all aspects of the current and planned developed solutions, capabilities, risk mitigation, analysis of alternatives, testing.
Strong understanding in how to design Horizon VDI infrastructure.
Strong VDI troubleshooting skills AD/VMware/Horizon to quickly resolve outages.
Assist in leading the development and implementation of senior management and customer O&M and future need requirements into detailed technical solutions.
Help mentor and review the work of junior team members.
Supports customer requirements in a 24/7/365 IT enterprise operations environment.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree with 8+ years of prior relevant experience or a Masters with 6+ years of prior relevant experience, additional years of related experience, certification and/or training may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
Possess an active DoD Secret clearance.
Experience working in large enterprise operations environments that include: the identification, development, analysis, scheduling and managing of enterprise IT activities, solutions/risk mitigations, artifacts and migrations.
Understanding of information technology functions and services supporting the AFNCR and the missions of its respective agencies.
Experience developing and leading enterprise automation and enterprise class commercial technology integrations.
Demonstrated experience in implementing enterprise automation and technologies systems engineering practices, especially in collaborative environments.
Experience in collaborating with other enterprise technologists both internal and external to resolve complex technical issues
Experience in supporting and coordinating across senior-level organizations.
Experience mentoring junior team members.
Ability to communicate with senior management and customers.
Superior oral and written communication skills.
Candidate must, at a minimum, meet DoD 8570.11- IAT Level II certification requirements (currently Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, or SSCP).
VCP- VMWare Certification.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience collaborating with diverse AFNCR stakeholders to drive consensus and forward progress.
Degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or Information Technology desired.
Original Posting Date:
2024-10-22
While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $104,650.00 - $189,175.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
REQNUMBER: R-00146558
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.