Virtualization and AI Engineering Specialist
Apogee · Offutt Air Force Base, NE · 1 mo ago
On-siteInformation TechnologyFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes Overview (which could be About the role). It includes Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Information (location, on-site/hybrid/remote, travel). No explicit Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should not include those sections. Also we need to avoid repeating job title as heading. Use for each section heading. Use
for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information, remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc). There's none.
We need to format content.
We have Overview paragraph(s). Let's extract:
"Overview Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Virtualization & AI Engineering Specialist / Associate Principal Engineer in support of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Combatant Command, Command and Control (C2) Division (AFNWC/NCC). This is a full-time position located at Offutt AFB, NE The Senior Virtualization & AI Engineering Specialist / Associate Principal Engineer is responsible for engineering, operating, and optimizing enterprise virtualization, AI, data science, and analytics solutions in support of USSTRATCOM and the Strategic Mission Planning & Execution System (SMPES). This position focuses on VMware vSphere, ESXi, vRealize Aria Operations, vRealize Aria Operations for Logs, and advanced analytics tooling to ensure highly available, secure, and compliant IT services within classified DoD environments. The role requires close collaboration with cyber, network, data science, and application teams to maintain full asset visibility, meet DoD STIG and cybersecurity requirements, and support 24/7 mission operations and SMPES objectives. This is a full-time position located at Offutt AFB, NE"
We can combine into a paragraph for About the role.
Responsibilities: list bullet points under headings: Virtualization Engineering & Operations, AI, Data Science & Analytics Support for SMPES, Requirements Translation, Planning & Reporting, Cybersecurity, Compliance & Risk Management, Systems Engineering & Integration, Leadership, Collaboration & Customer Support.
We need to preserve details.
Requirements: The posting has "Requirements" section with bullet-like sentences. We need to list them as
- . The content includes:
- Minimum Experience: Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
- Clearance: Must possess and maintain a TS w/SCI eligibility
- Certifications Education: High School Diploma
- Years of Experience: Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience, including:
- 8+ years of progressive experience in IT infrastructure, including at least 3–5 years focused on virtualization and systems engineering in DoD or similarly complex environments.
- Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere and ESXi administration, including host configuration, VM provisioning, and lifecycle management.
- Experience with VMware vRealize Aria Operations and vRealize Aria Operations for Logs (or vRealize Operations and Log Insight), including dashboard creation and alert configuration.
- Demonstrated experience supporting DoD STIG compliance and cybersecurity best practices.
- Experience working with AI, data science, or analytics tooling (requirements translation, model support, data pipelines, or analytics dashboards) in support of mission or enterprise applications.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across virtualization, OS (Windows Server 2012/2019, Windows OS, basic Unix/Linux), and hardware layers.
- Proven ability to develop and automate capacity/performance or analytics reports and present findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
We need to preserve all.
Qualifications: Actually the "Qualifications" heading appears in the posting after Requirements? The text includes "Qualifications Minimum Experience: Citizenship: ..." Actually that seems like Qualifications. Then later there is "Clearance Preferred Qualifications: Certifications: ..." and "Additional Experience". So we need to separate Qualifications (minimum) and Preferred Qualifications? The instruction: Use headings for sections like Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We have Qualifications (minimum) and maybe Preferred Qualifications could be under Qualifications as well or separate? The instruction says include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. We have both minimum qualifications and preferred qualifications. Could combine into Qualifications section with subpoints? But we must not invent headings not listed. We could have Qualifications section containing both minimum and preferred. Or we could have two sections: Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications? But Preferred Qualifications is not in the allowed list; allowed list includes Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should put all qualification-like content under Qualifications. Skills could be separate if there is a skills list; but we have many skill-like items; maybe we can put them under Skills. However the posting already has Requirements and Qualifications sections; we should follow the posting's headings: Overview (About the role), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications. The instruction says use those headings if content exists. So we will have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications. No Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. Good.
We need to strip duplicate lines like "This is a full-time position located at Offutt AFB, NE" appears twice; we should keep only once.
Now craft HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... (overview paragraph)
Responsibilities
- Virtualization Engineering & Operations: ...
...
But we need to keep the subheadings inside li? Could also have inside li? Not allowed? Only allowed headings are h3 for section headings. Inside li we can have plain text; we can include colon to denote subheading.
We'll produce li items with the description.
Similarly for Requirements: list each bullet.
Qualifications: list min qualifications and preferred qualifications as separate paragraphs or list.
We need to preserve all specifics: location, on-site/hybrid/remote, travel 10% maybe under Additional Information; but we have no section for Additional Information; we could incorporate into Qualifications or About the role? The instruction says include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. There's no heading for Additional Information in allowed list, but we could put location details in About the role paragraph or as a separate paragraph after Qualifications? Probably best to include location in About the role paragraph (since it's part of overview). The overview already mentions location; we can keep it.
Travel 10% maybe mention in About the role or as a separate note; we can add to About the role paragraph.
Now craft.
Let's write About the role paragraph:
"Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Virtualization & AI Engineering Specialist / Associate Principal Engineer in support of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Combatant Command, Command and Control (C2) Division (AFNWC/NCC). This is a full-time, on-site position located at Offutt AFB, NE with approximately 10% travel. The Senior Virtualization & AI Engineering Specialist / Associate Principal Engineer is responsible for engineering, operating, and optimizing enterprise virtualization, AI, data science, and analytics solutions in support of USSTRATCOM and the Strategic Mission Planning & Execution System (SMPES). This position focuses on VMware vSphere, ESXi, vRealize Aria Operations, vRealize Aria Operations for Logs, and advanced analytics tooling to ensure highly available, secure, and compliant IT services within classified DoD environments. The role requires close collaboration with cyber, network, data science, and application teams to maintain full asset visibility, meet DoD STIG and cybersecurity requirements, and support 24/7 mission operations and SMPES objectives."
Now Responsibilities list items:
We need to capture each responsibility block.
From text:
Virtualization Engineering & Operations
- An understanding of the design, implementation, and maintenance of VMware vSphere and ESXi-based virtualization infrastructure across multiple environments and security domains.
- Configure and administer vRealize Aria Operations and vRealize Aria Operations for Logs to ensure comprehensive performance monitoring, alerting, and log analysis.
- Perform advanced troubleshooting of virtualization, OS, and hardware issues; coordinate with vendors and internal teams to discover possible problems.
AI, Data Science & Analytics Support for SMPES
- Lead the development and tuning of AI, data science, and analytics tooling in support of SMPES administrative and mission requirements.
- Translate user and government stakeholder requirements into actionable technical tasks, with supporting text documentation and SysML/UML class, process, and sequence diagrams.
- Enable accurate modeling and simulation of future requirements, and support agile development and testing of mission software aligned with SMPES objectives.
- Integrate AI and analytics outputs with existing SMPES and virtualization platforms to enhance situational awareness, performance monitoring, and decision support for mission planners and operators.
Requirements Translation, Planning & Reporting
- Translate government stakeholder requirements into executable technical tasks and work packages in alignment with SMPES processes and standards.
- Track progress against plans, identify and surface issues, and develop and present courses of action (COAs) consistent with SMPES weekly and monthly status reporting requirements.
- Prepare technical documentation, briefings, and status reports for leadership and stakeholders, clearly communicating technical risks, dependencies, and milestones.
Cybersecurity, Compliance & Risk Management
- Ensure all assigned systems and virtual infrastructure components comply with DoD STIGs, DISA guidance, and organizational security policies.
- Partner with J5 cyber and security teams to achieve full asset visibility across classified networks and support ongoing risk management and accreditation activities.
- Support vulnerability remediation, configuration hardening, and security monitoring, including coordination of patching and mitigation strategies.
- Manage administrative support of the SMPES Risk Registry on SIPR and JWICS MSS platforms; develop, refine, and maintain Risk Registry processes in coordination with government stakeholders for approval and implementation.
Systems Engineering & Integration
- Gather and analyze mission and customer requirements; translate them into technical system requirements and integration proposals aligned with vendor and DoD best practices.
- Support the design and implementation of new virtualization, AI/ML, and data analytics solutions, including integrations with on-prem and cloud environments (AWS, IBM Cloud, Oracle Cloud).
- Provide metrics and feedback on verification and validation testing; support change management and release planning for virtualization and AI/analytics-related changes.
Leadership, Collaboration & Customer Support
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, cyber, data science, and operations teams to design and deliver end-to-end infrastructure and analytics solutions.
- Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and knowledge transfer to junior engineers, administrators, and analysts.
- Serve as a technical point of contact for internal customers and mission partners, explaining complex technical and analytics concepts in clear, mission-focused terms.
Now Requirements list items:
We need to capture each bullet.
From text:
- Minimum Experience: Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
- Clearance: Must possess and maintain a TS w/SCI eligibility
- Certifications Education: High School Diploma
- Years of Experience: Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience, including:
- 8+ years of progressive experience in IT infrastructure, including at least 3–5 years focused on virtualization and systems engineering in DoD or similarly complex environments.
- Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere and ESXi administration, including host configuration, VM provisioning, and lifecycle management.
- Experience with VMware vRealize Aria Operations and vRealize Aria Operations for Logs (or vRealize Operations and Log Insight), including dashboard creation and alert configuration.
- Demonstrated experience supporting DoD STIG compliance and cybersecurity best practices.
- Experience working with AI, data science, or analytics tooling (requirements translation, model support, data pipelines, or analytics dashboards) in support of mission or enterprise applications.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across virtualization, OS (Windows Server 2012/2019, Windows OS, basic Unix/Linux), and hardware layers.
- Proven ability to develop and automate capacity/
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc). There's none. We need to format content. We have Overview paragraph(s). Let's extract: "Overview Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Virtualization & AI Engineering Specialist / Associate Principal Engineer in support of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Combatant Command, Command and Control (C2) Division (AFNWC/NCC). This is a full-time position located at Offutt AFB, NE The Senior Virtualization & AI Engineering Specialist / Associate Principal Engineer is responsible for engineering, operating, and optimizing enterprise virtualization, AI, data science, and analytics solutions in support of USSTRATCOM and the Strategic Mission Planning & Execution System (SMPES). This position focuses on VMware vSphere, ESXi, vRealize Aria Operations, vRealize Aria Operations for Logs, and advanced analytics tooling to ensure highly available, secure, and compliant IT services within classified DoD environments. The role requires close collaboration with cyber, network, data science, and application teams to maintain full asset visibility, meet DoD STIG and cybersecurity requirements, and support 24/7 mission operations and SMPES objectives. This is a full-time position located at Offutt AFB, NE" We can combine into a paragraph for About the role. Responsibilities: list bullet points under headings: Virtualization Engineering & Operations, AI, Data Science & Analytics Support for SMPES, Requirements Translation, Planning & Reporting, Cybersecurity, Compliance & Risk Management, Systems Engineering & Integration, Leadership, Collaboration & Customer Support. We need to preserve details. Requirements: The posting has "Requirements" section with bullet-like sentences. We need to list them as
- . The content includes:
- Minimum Experience: Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
- Clearance: Must possess and maintain a TS w/SCI eligibility
- Certifications Education: High School Diploma
- Years of Experience: Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience, including:
- 8+ years of progressive experience in IT infrastructure, including at least 3–5 years focused on virtualization and systems engineering in DoD or similarly complex environments.
- Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere and ESXi administration, including host configuration, VM provisioning, and lifecycle management.
- Experience with VMware vRealize Aria Operations and vRealize Aria Operations for Logs (or vRealize Operations and Log Insight), including dashboard creation and alert configuration.
- Demonstrated experience supporting DoD STIG compliance and cybersecurity best practices.
- Experience working with AI, data science, or analytics tooling (requirements translation, model support, data pipelines, or analytics dashboards) in support of mission or enterprise applications.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across virtualization, OS (Windows Server 2012/2019, Windows OS, basic Unix/Linux), and hardware layers.
- Proven ability to develop and automate capacity/performance or analytics reports and present findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
We need to preserve all.
Qualifications: Actually the "Qualifications" heading appears in the posting after Requirements? The text includes "Qualifications Minimum Experience: Citizenship: ..." Actually that seems like Qualifications. Then later there is "Clearance Preferred Qualifications: Certifications: ..." and "Additional Experience". So we need to separate Qualifications (minimum) and Preferred Qualifications? The instruction: Use headings for sections like Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We have Qualifications (minimum) and maybe Preferred Qualifications could be under Qualifications as well or separate? The instruction says include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. We have both minimum qualifications and preferred qualifications. Could combine into Qualifications section with subpoints? But we must not invent headings not listed. We could have Qualifications section containing both minimum and preferred. Or we could have two sections: Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications? But Preferred Qualifications is not in the allowed list; allowed list includes Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should put all qualification-like content under Qualifications. Skills could be separate if there is a skills list; but we have many skill-like items; maybe we can put them under Skills. However the posting already has Requirements and Qualifications sections; we should follow the posting's headings: Overview (About the role), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications. The instruction says use those headings if content exists. So we will have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications. No Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. Good.
We need to strip duplicate lines like "This is a full-time position located at Offutt AFB, NE" appears twice; we should keep only once.
Now craft HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... (overview paragraph)
Responsibilities
- Virtualization Engineering & Operations: ... ...
inside li? Not allowed? Only allowed headings are h3 for section headings. Inside li we can have plain text; we can include colon to denote subheading. We'll produce li items with the description. Similarly for Requirements: list each bullet. Qualifications: list min qualifications and preferred qualifications as separate paragraphs or list. We need to preserve all specifics: location, on-site/hybrid/remote, travel 10% maybe under Additional Information; but we have no section for Additional Information; we could incorporate into Qualifications or About the role? The instruction says include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. There's no heading for Additional Information in allowed list, but we could put location details in About the role paragraph or as a separate paragraph after Qualifications? Probably best to include location in About the role paragraph (since it's part of overview). The overview already mentions location; we can keep it. Travel 10% maybe mention in About the role or as a separate note; we can add to About the role paragraph. Now craft. Let's write About the role paragraph: "Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Virtualization & AI Engineering Specialist / Associate Principal Engineer in support of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Combatant Command, Command and Control (C2) Division (AFNWC/NCC). This is a full-time, on-site position located at Offutt AFB, NE with approximately 10% travel. The Senior Virtualization & AI Engineering Specialist / Associate Principal Engineer is responsible for engineering, operating, and optimizing enterprise virtualization, AI, data science, and analytics solutions in support of USSTRATCOM and the Strategic Mission Planning & Execution System (SMPES). This position focuses on VMware vSphere, ESXi, vRealize Aria Operations, vRealize Aria Operations for Logs, and advanced analytics tooling to ensure highly available, secure, and compliant IT services within classified DoD environments. The role requires close collaboration with cyber, network, data science, and application teams to maintain full asset visibility, meet DoD STIG and cybersecurity requirements, and support 24/7 mission operations and SMPES objectives." Now Responsibilities list items: We need to capture each responsibility block. From text: Virtualization Engineering & Operations - An understanding of the design, implementation, and maintenance of VMware vSphere and ESXi-based virtualization infrastructure across multiple environments and security domains. - Configure and administer vRealize Aria Operations and vRealize Aria Operations for Logs to ensure comprehensive performance monitoring, alerting, and log analysis. - Perform advanced troubleshooting of virtualization, OS, and hardware issues; coordinate with vendors and internal teams to discover possible problems. AI, Data Science & Analytics Support for SMPES - Lead the development and tuning of AI, data science, and analytics tooling in support of SMPES administrative and mission requirements. - Translate user and government stakeholder requirements into actionable technical tasks, with supporting text documentation and SysML/UML class, process, and sequence diagrams. - Enable accurate modeling and simulation of future requirements, and support agile development and testing of mission software aligned with SMPES objectives. - Integrate AI and analytics outputs with existing SMPES and virtualization platforms to enhance situational awareness, performance monitoring, and decision support for mission planners and operators. Requirements Translation, Planning & Reporting - Translate government stakeholder requirements into executable technical tasks and work packages in alignment with SMPES processes and standards. - Track progress against plans, identify and surface issues, and develop and present courses of action (COAs) consistent with SMPES weekly and monthly status reporting requirements. - Prepare technical documentation, briefings, and status reports for leadership and stakeholders, clearly communicating technical risks, dependencies, and milestones. Cybersecurity, Compliance & Risk Management - Ensure all assigned systems and virtual infrastructure components comply with DoD STIGs, DISA guidance, and organizational security policies. - Partner with J5 cyber and security teams to achieve full asset visibility across classified networks and support ongoing risk management and accreditation activities. - Support vulnerability remediation, configuration hardening, and security monitoring, including coordination of patching and mitigation strategies. - Manage administrative support of the SMPES Risk Registry on SIPR and JWICS MSS platforms; develop, refine, and maintain Risk Registry processes in coordination with government stakeholders for approval and implementation. Systems Engineering & Integration - Gather and analyze mission and customer requirements; translate them into technical system requirements and integration proposals aligned with vendor and DoD best practices. - Support the design and implementation of new virtualization, AI/ML, and data analytics solutions, including integrations with on-prem and cloud environments (AWS, IBM Cloud, Oracle Cloud). - Provide metrics and feedback on verification and validation testing; support change management and release planning for virtualization and AI/analytics-related changes. Leadership, Collaboration & Customer Support - Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, cyber, data science, and operations teams to design and deliver end-to-end infrastructure and analytics solutions. - Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and knowledge transfer to junior engineers, administrators, and analysts. - Serve as a technical point of contact for internal customers and mission partners, explaining complex technical and analytics concepts in clear, mission-focused terms. Now Requirements list items: We need to capture each bullet. From text: - Minimum Experience: Citizenship: Must be a US citizen - Clearance: Must possess and maintain a TS w/SCI eligibility - Certifications Education: High School Diploma - Years of Experience: Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience, including: - 8+ years of progressive experience in IT infrastructure, including at least 3–5 years focused on virtualization and systems engineering in DoD or similarly complex environments. - Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere and ESXi administration, including host configuration, VM provisioning, and lifecycle management. - Experience with VMware vRealize Aria Operations and vRealize Aria Operations for Logs (or vRealize Operations and Log Insight), including dashboard creation and alert configuration. - Demonstrated experience supporting DoD STIG compliance and cybersecurity best practices. - Experience working with AI, data science, or analytics tooling (requirements translation, model support, data pipelines, or analytics dashboards) in support of mission or enterprise applications. - Strong troubleshooting skills across virtualization, OS (Windows Server 2012/2019, Windows OS, basic Unix/Linux), and hardware layers. - Proven ability to develop and automate capacity/