Platform Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities

• Engineer, deploy, and support VMware ESXi, vCenter, and enterprise server infrastructure.
• Engineering, installation and maintenance of server hardware and ESXi virtualization platform.
• Evaluate and incorporate emerging technologies into the virtualization software solutions to enhance system performance and resource efficiency.
• Evaluate virtualization software solutions vigilantly to reduce systems complexity while maintaining robust cybersecurity measures.
• Support VMware technologies including vSAN, vROps, and NSX.
• Monitor virtualization performance and resolve any issues.
• Monitor tools that provide critical insights into workloads, depletion of resources, and peak loads of servers.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation of the data centers virtualization software, hypervisors, interfaces, layout, system, and processes.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation of the data center's layout, systems, and processes.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or related field.
• 10 years prior experience in a similar role.
• DoD 8570 Level II/III certification desired.
• VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization.
• Proven work experience providing Data Center virtualization software solutions.
• Experience working in cloud environments.
• Active Security Clearance Required.

Preferred Technical Skills

• Experience designing, deploying, and administering VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments, ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX, vSAN, and VMware Aria Suite.
• Experience administering enterprise VMware virtualization platforms, including High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), vMotion, Storage vMotion, Distributed Switches, and resource optimization.
• Experience deploying and supporting enterprise compute infrastructure using Dell PowerEdge, HPE ProLiant, or equivalent x86 server platforms.
• Experience implementing software-defined data center (SDDC) architectures and virtualization best practices.
• Experience deploying and administering enterprise storage technologies, including VMware vSAN, NAS, iSCSI, and storage replication.
• Experience configuring VMware NSX, software-defined networking (SDN), virtual networking, VLANs, distributed switching, and network segmentation.
• Experience administering Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating systems within enterprise virtualized environments.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and technical leadership skills with the ability to work collaboratively across cross-functional infrastructure and engineering teams.

Benefits

IPTA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are based on individual merit, including qualifications, experience, performance, and business needs, consistent with applicable federal laws and federal contracting requirements. IPTA provides equal opportunity and utilizes merit-based principles to make employment-related decisions.