Senior Systems Engineer, Elluminates Software, Springfield, VA
Elluminates Software -
Springfield, VA,
US
Senior Systems Engineer
Date Posted: 2024-06-18
Job description
Introduction
Elluminates Software's focus is on creating amazing capabilities for Developers, System Administrators and IT and Cyber Engineers and, ultimately, their users. Our mission is to have a positive impact on society through the use of technology. Elluminates Software has three core business units:
We offer Products and Professional Services that solve real world problems at scale for our customers. Our Professional Services have successfully supported Federal Agencies, State and Local Governments and commercial enterprises for over 20 years.
Job Description
Elluminates Software Corporation is looking for a full-time Senior Systems Engineer. This position is in support of the Department of State (DOS) as a part of the Vanguard 2.2.1 contract. The Vanguard 2.2.1 program provides transparent, interconnected systems and security support for the Department of State (DOS) Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM) program. The IRM program enables the Department of State to successfully carry out its foreign policy mission by providing enterprise architecture design, engineering, operations and maintenance support services for data center services, desktop computers, servers, networks, firewalls, voice and data communications and other unique enterprise applications.
The candidate will be responsible for the development of Virtualization solutions utilizing VMWare and Cloud technologies. The candidate will research, analyze, evaluate and integrate as necessary new and emerging technologies in order to find ways to deliver a superior IT environment to the bureaus in a cost effective and secure manner. The candidate will support the continuing goal of incorporating these innovative technologies into the Department's equipment modernization program.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications
Desired Qualifications
Years of Experience and Education Requirements
Type : Full-Time
Clearance : Active Top Secret Security Clearance
Location : Springfield, VA
Shift: Normal Business Hours. 5 days on-site and will include on-call after-hours support rotation, responding to support calls after hours/weekends/holidays/shutdowns.
Type of Travel: Local
Elluminates Software's focus is on creating amazing capabilities for Developers, System Administrators and IT and Cyber Engineers and, ultimately, their users. Our mission is to have a positive impact on society through the use of technology. Elluminates Software has three core business units:
- Platform Engineering for Developer Teams
- Cloud and On Prem Data Center Engineering
- Software Automation Development and Tooling
We offer Products and Professional Services that solve real world problems at scale for our customers. Our Professional Services have successfully supported Federal Agencies, State and Local Governments and commercial enterprises for over 20 years.
Job Description
Elluminates Software Corporation is looking for a full-time Senior Systems Engineer. This position is in support of the Department of State (DOS) as a part of the Vanguard 2.2.1 contract. The Vanguard 2.2.1 program provides transparent, interconnected systems and security support for the Department of State (DOS) Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM) program. The IRM program enables the Department of State to successfully carry out its foreign policy mission by providing enterprise architecture design, engineering, operations and maintenance support services for data center services, desktop computers, servers, networks, firewalls, voice and data communications and other unique enterprise applications.
The candidate will be responsible for the development of Virtualization solutions utilizing VMWare and Cloud technologies. The candidate will research, analyze, evaluate and integrate as necessary new and emerging technologies in order to find ways to deliver a superior IT environment to the bureaus in a cost effective and secure manner. The candidate will support the continuing goal of incorporating these innovative technologies into the Department's equipment modernization program.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Execute the duties and responsibilities as a member of the System Integrity Office (SIO).
- Design, integrate, and deploy VMWare IT solutions.
- Provide operational engineering support to enterprise-level solutions using virtual server hosting, backup solutions, off-site data replication and service level storage solutions.
- Provision Virtual Machines and patches to the software and hardware hosting infrastructure.
- Participate in on-call after-hours support rotation, responding to support calls after-hours/weekends/holidays/shutdowns.
- Update system and process documentation and user guides as needed diagrams and SOPs as needed.
Required Qualifications
- VMware Experience
- VMWare and vSphere design, integration, and deployment.
- Knowledge or Training on VMware and ESX 6.0+ deployment, configuration, and maintenance.
- Windows engineer or administrator experience (Active Directory, GPOs, and PowerShell scripting)
- Experience leading system integration projects as the technical lead.
- Experience working with customers to capture/document requirements.
Desired Qualifications
- Linux engineer experience, namely on RedHat/RHEL.
- Experience working on incorporating commercial mobile devices and other hardware products into a government infrastructure.
- Cloud technologies with an emphasis on Azure or Amazon Web Services.
- Active Directory experience, particularly in a large environment.
- Strong scripting skills.
- NetApp storage administration and operation experience.
- LAN/WAN networking experience.
- CommVault integration and administration experience.
- Ability to apply ITIL v3 Foundation concepts within the workplace.
- DOS processes.
- Knowledge of Windows SCCM and WSUS.
- Knowledge of Splunk
- Knowledge of Science Logic
- Knowledge of Tenable
- Knowledge of VPNs
Years of Experience and Education Requirements
- BS and 5+ years of related experience; Masters and 3+ years; Additional experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
Type : Full-Time
Clearance : Active Top Secret Security Clearance
Location : Springfield, VA
Shift: Normal Business Hours. 5 days on-site and will include on-call after-hours support rotation, responding to support calls after hours/weekends/holidays/shutdowns.
Type of Travel: Local