Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Engineer

TCS•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Engineer Secret Clearance Huntsville, AL At Technical Consulting Solutions (TCS), Inc., our team of professionals tackles many of our countrys most difficult engineering and technology challenges to further our countrys defense and space programs. At TCS, we strive to provide our people with a strong, interesting career along with strong benefits and work-life balance. This position supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in Huntsville, AL. These positions require US citizenship, an existing DoD clearance (Secret or higher), and on-site work at a facility in Huntsville, Alabama (telework is not available). Job Description: The selected candidate will perform job duties as a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Engineer specializing in Virtualization Solutions. They will be responsible for installing, configuring, managing, and maintaining virtualized systems to ensure data integrity, availability, and security. Supported systems are in multiple lab environments operating in support of the IBCS Product Line in Huntsville, Alabama. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: Support day-to-day lab efforts ensuring that all technologies are operational. Provide expert-level solutions for virtualized environments and/or Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Conduct administration tasks as required including patching, updates, hardening, remediation, and management of virtualization environment. Work with Product Teams in support of secure operating systems, applications, networks, hardware, databases, etc. Work on multiple simultaneous tasks. Mentor and provide guidance to junior systems administrators.

Requirements

Current DoD Secret Security Clearance
Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification (i.e., Security+, etc.)
Associate degree and 11 years of experience, or bachelors degree and 9 years of experience, or masters degree and 7 years of experience; an additional 4 years of related experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Manage and support various components of the technical infrastructure, including Hypervisors, storage, infrastructure solutions, system updating, patching, and hardening/STIGs.
In-depth knowledge of Omnissa Horizon VDI solutions
Experience building and administrating VMware vSphere 7.x or higher in a large environment
Hands-on experience with virtual machine environment management tools
Knowledge and understanding of Linux KVM Virtualization technologies (OpenShift)
Excellent problem solving, troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Broad knowledge of systems administration in technologies such as networking, storage, performance tuning, and general administration of Windows and Linux
Knowledge of Containerized Virtual Environments (Kubernetes, Rancher)
Experience with Kasm Workspaces
In-depth understanding of Linux systems in a Windows Domain environment
Experience with Windows Domain architectures including but not limited to Active Directory, GPOs, ACLs, etc.
Previous administration of Atlassian Tools i.e., (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Fisheye, Crucible, etc.)
Hands-on experience with virtual machine environment management tools (IaC)
Experience with automation tools such as Ansible
Scripting using Bash, PowerCLI, PowerShell
Strong familiarity with SAN storage systems i.e., NetApp
Additional Operating System Environment Certification i.e., (Linux+, RHCSA, Net+, CCNA, VMware Certified, etc.)

Responsibilities

Support day-to-day lab efforts ensuring that all technologies are operational.
Provide expert-level solutions for virtualized environments and/or Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Conduct administration tasks as required including patching, updates, hardening, remediation, and management of virtualization environment.
Work with Product Teams in support of secure operating systems, applications, networks, hardware, databases, etc.
Work on multiple simultaneous tasks.
Mentor and provide guidance to junior systems administrators.