Clearance Required:  Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly is required upon application for initial consideration **This position is not open for any clearance upgrades or sponsorship.**

Core Hours: 10:00am-6:00pm (eastern standard time) 

At Bcore, our strength comes from how we deliver impact to the mission. Whether it’s architecting critical IT solutions, producing actionable intelligence, or developing cutting edge technology, we succeed because of the expertise, collaboration, and agility of our teams. Our Mission Services division combines enterprise IT, cloud solutions, DevSecOps, systems engineering, software development, and operational support. Our goal is not to simply support efforts, but to ignite a technology revolution, bridging the growing technology gap between the Government and commercial space. 

Do you want to join a team that is building tailored technical solutions to modernize our government’s mission and our client’s business?  Do you have a desire to change how people work?  Are you interested in helping to protect our nation’s cyber interests? Join our growing team supporting customer missions as a VMware (ESXi) Engineer on the UDS contract at NGA.

• Install, configure and manage VMware virtualization environment components (vSphere, VMware Aria Automation (vRA) VMware Aria Operations (vROPs), ESXi, NSX/NSX-T).
• Provide Operation and Sustainment support for the virtualization environment.
• Ensure virtualization systems are compliant within required security standards.
• Develop and maintain O&S Standard Operating Procedures for VMware virtualization environment.
• Support diagnoses and troubleshooting of problems with the virtualization environment including Microsoft Windows and Linux O/S systems.
• Within established procedures, responds to end user requests for technical support and assistance.
• Support off-hours maintenance activities.
• Support the Certification and Accreditation process for virtualization hosts.
• Gain familiarity with current data center infrastructure.
• Maintain current industry knowledge of development concept, practices and procedures
• Develop an in-depth understanding of the ITEMS UDS baseline capabilities, design and objectives.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing VMware Aria Operations and/or Log Insight in a production environment, to include developing policies and custom dashboards.
• Designs and defines system architecture for new or existing compute systems
• Performs complex systems engineering design work that may include but not limited to, compute architecture analysis and design, monitoring, troubleshooting, patching, hardware break/fix, and implementing best security practices within the ESXi Virtual Hosted Environment.
• Plans upgrades of operating systems and designs systems enhancements.
• Develops documentation on new or existing systems.
• Develops and conducts tests to ensure systems meet documented user requirements.
• Identifies, analyzes, and resolves system problems.
• Provides system/equipment/specialized training and technical guidance.
• Determines system specifications, input/output processes, and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility.
• Provides guidance and work leadership to less-experienced systems engineers and may have supervisory responsibility.
• May serve as a technical team or task lead.
• Serves as liaison with clients, participating in meetings to ensure client needs are met.
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned.
• Participates in special projects as required.

• A candidate should have current VMware and/or Cisco UCS experience in their current job or within the last 2 years
• Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, methods, and techniques.
• Knowledge of the current industry hardware, software, and equipment.
• Professional certification in one or more relevant technologies.
• VMware ESX 6.7/7.0/8.0
• VMware Aria Operations 8.X
• VMware Aria Automation 8.X
• VMware NSX/NSX-T
• Windows Server 2016/2019/2022
• Unix/Linux familiarity
• Windows 10/11
• TCP/IP, DNS, Local Area Networking, AD, GPO

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