Software Virtualization Engineer

About the position

Transform technology into opportunity as a Software Virtualization Engineer with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Software Virtualization Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI Cleared Software Virtualization Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer in Arnold, MO or Springfield, VA.

Responsibilities

• Development of Virtualized Packages for Mission Baseline Applications
• Applications will be consumed both by VDI sessions and thick clients
• Applications include those with plugins and advanced graphics requirements
• Work with application testers and mission SME's to validate mission application behavior
• Incorporate any required sequencing changes into the app sequencing process
• Identify facets of user application settings (registry, AppData, etc.) that need to be persisted across sessions in a non-persistent VDI environment
• Identify automation opportunities for application sequencing and work with the engineering team to streamline the sequencing process for mission applications, once established
• Assist the virtualization team and VDI team with application delivery infrastructure configuration, as needed
• Improve backup/Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations
• Articulating knowledge, discoveries, designs, etc. rapidly and concisely in written detailed designs, test plans and test cases, implementation plans, operational guides, and training guides under project management time and cost-constrained deadlines
• Performing work without appreciable direction and exercising considerable latitude in the determination of technical objectives of assignments
• Working with VMware software defined data center products and tools for troubleshooting and performance tuning
• Analyze, test, and apply regular security patches and software update as required
• In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of Virtualization products and capabilities
• Ability to analyze and apply virtualization product capabilities to changing program requirements
• Good work ethic and active desire to learn
• Skillful time management and organizational skills to set and meet deadlines
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Create and maintain technical documentation and provide training to other team members
• Incident resolution and fulfillment of software requests
• Performs all other work as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience with Systems Administration/Virtualization
• 8140.01M IAT Level II certification
• 3+ years of experience with VDI technologies, including VMware Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, or Microsoft Remote Desktop Services
• 2+ years of experience with Citrix XenApp or comparable application virtualization technology (Microsoft App-V, FlexApp, App Volumes, etc)

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Windows Desktop (10/11) and Server (2012+) Operating Systems
• Utilize scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell) to automate tasks and manage deployments
• Experience with non-persistent desktop environments
• Experience with profile management solutions such as VMware DEM or Liquidware Labs' Profile-Unity
• Familiarity with ActiveDirectory, specifically Group Policy
• Understanding of load-balancing application delivery services
• Understand principles of ITIL
• Able to create architectural design documents and presentations
• Able to test and apply hardware and software updates
• Understand architectural frameworks such as TOGAF
• Virtualization compute environment certification, i.e. VMware Certified Associate for Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
• Familiarity with ticketing systems (Service+, ServiceNow, Remedy, etc)

Benefits

• Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
• Dental plan options
• Vision plan
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• Paid time off plans including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance