VMware VDI Engineer

Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

Other

Job Family:

Systems Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Private Clouds, Virtual Desktop, VMware, VMware VDI

Certifications:

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a VMware VDI Engineer , providing technical delivery and management of innovative, reliable, and responsive IT services to a federal government customer. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a VMware VDI Engineer, you will provide a stable, well performing enterprise VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure environment for the customer. You will also provide operations, maintenance, monitoring, and daily management of the VDI environment. This exciting opportunity will support private cloud and virtualized hosting services for an enterprise implementation for the customer. Hosting services are provided through two geodiverse, remotely managed data centers.

HOW A VMWARE VDI ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Administer a VMware Private Cloud environment (servers and desktops) utilizing vCenter, VRA, Horizon View, and vROPS

• Design, implement, and maintain a scalable VMware VDI environment

• Monitor and optimize virtual desktop pools for performance

• Respond to assigned tasks, incidents, and service requests within the customer’s service level agreement

• Ensure compliance with change management and security procedures

• Responsible for preventive and corrective maintenance of the VMware Private Cloud and Horizon VDI environment

• Execute projects to upgrade and expand resources within the VMware Private Cloud environment.

• Mentor junior team members regarding VMware VDI best practices, continuous learning, and innovation

• Perform other duties as assigned to meet contract, company, and department goals and objectives

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education and Experience:

• MA/MS degree in computer science or a related discipline and 7 years of experience, or 10 of experience if no degree

• 5+ years of experience administering a server and/or VMware virtual desktop environment

• Master's degree and 8 years of experience, a Bachelor's degree and 10 years of experience, or 14 years of experience if no degree.

• VMware certification preferred Certified Professional – Desktop Management certification preferred

Required Technical Skills:

• Extensive VMware Virtualization Experience - install, configure, and manage VMware environment, including Virtual Datacenters, Virtual Desktops, Host Clusters, High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), Storage DRS, and other functions managed by vCenter

• Experience with VMware vCenter/vSphere administration/management

• Experience with VMware Horizon View administration/management.

• Working experience of vRealize Operations (vROps) - use vROps for capacity planning and to troubleshoot performance issues.

• Experience troubleshooting virtual storage connectivity and performance issues.

• Experience with VMware vRA (vRealize Automation), now formally called VMware Aria Automation

• Experience with VMware vROps (vRealize Operations), now formally called VMware Aria Operations

• Office 365 application comfort and knowledge

• Understanding of VMware ESXi and VMware NSX-T or V networking concepts with VDI profile services such as VMware DEM

• Understanding of concepts like Directory Services and multi-site/domain configurations

• Capacity tracking/planning and resource allocation

• Experience with Software Defined Storage (vSAN and/or vVOLs), Data Centers (SDDC), and Network (NSX)

• Experience developing, validating, and implementing configuration standards

• Experience working with public cloud gateway services (preferred: AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure)

• Experience with Windows 7/8/10

• Hands on experience with on- and off-site backup and restore technologies (Veritas NetBackup)

• Experience with documenting environments (Visio, etc…)

Security Clearance Level:

• Ability to pass government background investigation

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Enjoys a fast-paced environment

• Excellent customer service skills

• Able to work and interact with others in a structured / team environment

• Accuracy and attention to detail, must have organizational skills

• Independent problem solver with troubleshooting, decision making and analytical skills

• Requires limited supervision

• Self-motivated

• Self-starter

• Time management skills

• Flexibility and adaptability to handle competing work demands

• Verbal and written communication skills

• Demonstrated ability to communicate to nontechnical audience on technical issues

• Demonstrated ability to communicate on a technical level to a technical audience

• Ability to work flexible hours and be on-call

Location:

• Remote, occasional travel may be required ([10%)

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

• 401K with company match

• Comprehensive health and wellness packages

• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

The likely salary range for this position is $123,716 - $167,380. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. 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, or any other protected class.