ETS Senior Systems Engineer

M9 Solutions is seeking an ETS Senior Systems Engineer to work onsite in support of a government contract for a client located in Manassas, VA. An active Public Trust clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Review existing operational events and propose refinements, automation, and/or broaden handling capabilities as appropriate with a focus on service uptime and performance.
• Interact with other stakeholders in the client community for troubleshooting/solution development/etc. This interaction could include other members of Enterprise Operations, Cybersecurity, the networking team, cloud team, technology support partners, etc.
• Identify and report on current vulnerability/risk state of client Virtual Server and Container hosting architecture.
• Assist in the development and performance of quality control checks for service uptime and operations.
• Assist in the development and performance of operational metrics for service uptime and operations.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Work Authorization: US Citizenship is required.
• An active Public Trust level clearance is required.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (+5 years) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or similar relevant degrees.
• 5-10 years of enterprise infrastructure or virtualization engineering experience.
• In-depth knowledge of network switching in Dell Blade systems and Firewall Management for Virtual Infrastructures.
• Strong VMware administration experience (vSphere, vCenter).
• Experience with VMware Aria Operations Suite and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
• In-depth knowledge of network switching in Dell Blade systems and Firewall Management for Virtual Infrastructures.
• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
• Experience with VMware Aria Operations suite.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and, when necessary, coordinate working sessions with technical staff and supportive vendors/resellers.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) on two or more of the following: Kubernetes, Server Hosting, Virtual Networking, Network and Application Security, Scripting/Programming.
• Demonstrate experience working with at least 3 of the following technologies:
  • VMWare (by Broadcom) Products (examples: vCenter, vSphere, Other).
  • Omnissa (formerly VMware) Products (examples: Workspace One, Horizon VDI, Other.
  • Microsoft Windows Server Operating Systems and/or Linux-based Server Operating Systems.
  • Dell and/or HPE Blade/Rack Server Hardware.
  • Kubernetes Container Infrastructure (examples: Tanzu, Docker, others).
• Preferred: Dell and/or Cisco Chassis Network and Storage Switch configuration.