Job#: 1256969 Job Description: Virtualization Design Engineer Senior Location: Quantico VA Remote/Onsite: Onsite Pay: Up to $115,000 Duration: Long Term Contract (over 5 years) Requirements IAT III Compliant (CASP+CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH) Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Business, or related Secret Clearance 10+ years IT experience Nutanix experience is a must Exp with VMWare, Hyper-V tools, WSUS, SCCM, or SQL2012R2 Assist the Government Lead in the daily engineering duties on systems. Design, implement, and support the network to include installation, maintenance, security, and day-to-day monitoring of virtual infrastructure. Maintain and administer applications, custom monitors, and custom reports. Coordinate and manage overall system maintenance. Recommend and implement test sets to provide root cause analysis and resolution for alerts and events and resolve incidents in response to escalated tickets. Work with cluster file systems and other technologies to provide redundancy and availability for server farms and applications. Develop and execute software, testing, and validation procedures, programming and documentation. Design and customize software to optimize operational efficiency in cloud-based environments. Develop and integrate virtual storage console. Execute data store design and management. Support virtualization capacity, performance design, and management. Manage virtualization high availability/disaster recovery solution design and integration. Complete Virtual Switching (Vswitch) design and configuration. Perform tasks associated with application networking ports and protocols, Information Assurance (IA), routing and Local Area Network (LAN). Manage user and group permissions and security design. Initiate security updates in accordance with Government procedures for directory services. Support evaluating virtualization and network consolidation. Perform virtualization integration with System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2012, SQL 2012R2, external storage devices utilizing LUNs, quota distribution and file sharing and installation on various server hardware. Perform system integration with Host Based Security System (HBSS). Perform virtualization integration with New File System (NFS), IP Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) and Fiber Channel (FC). Experience with Data Sharing, Network Attached Storage (NAS), Disaster Recovery preparation, and integration of capabilities with Cloud Computing and Cyber architectures. Experience with administering the most current versions of Windows Operating Systems and Windows Operating Systems environments, virtual infrastructure platforms, and working with vendor-neutral virtual networking solutions and technologies. Experience with virtualization concepts, virtual and storage networking protocols, such as Fiber Channel protocols and Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI). Experience with VMWare and Hyper-V tools and VMWare Update Manager. Experience with Hyper-V WSUS (Windows Server Update Services). Must possess Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) version 3 Foundation. Must possess professional-level certifications in one or more technology related vendor solutions such as Veritas, EMC Corporation, NetApp, or Tivoli, or demonstrate sufficient experience in lieu of certification. EEO Employer Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at employeeservices@apexsystemsinc.com or 844-463-6178.