Sr. Virtualization Administrator

Years of Experience: 5 - 7 years of experience

Education Requirements:Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Program Description: The contractor shall provide IT Infrastructure support services, which includes Tier 1 Help Desk, Tier 2 End User Support, Tier 3 Server, Platform, and Network Infrastructure Support and Engineering. Services shall include, but are not limited to, technical assistance for hardware, software, and network issues; incident and problem resolution; service request management; infrastructure monitoring and support; hardware and software lifecycle support; and management of escalation across all tiers.

Position Description: Manages and maintains NCUA’s virtualized infrastructure. Overseeing the deployment, configuration, and support of virtual environments, ensuring optimal performance, security, and availability. Manage and maintain on-prem hardware infrastructure (servers and storage), the on-prem hypervisor (vSphere), and cloud infrastructure provided by a CSP provided such as Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include architecture, complex troubleshooting, overseeing upgrades and migrations, implementing backup and disaster recovery, automation, and providing mentorship to junior staff.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• 5-7 yrs leading virtualization administration.

• Demonstrated experience in leading the management of VMware, Hyper-V, or similar technologies.

• Automating IT administration and server provisioning through tools such as Azure DevOps, Azure Automation, Azure CLI, PowerShell, VMWare PowerCLI, and Terraforms.

• Integrating infrastructure tool APIs to enable the deployment of Infrastructure as Code integrated with CI/CD deployment pipelines.

Preferred Skills

• VMware Certified Professional (VCP) and Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate preferred.

 Soft Skills:

•  Organizational Skills: Can plan and prioritize work. Follows tasks to their logical conclusion and makes sure that everything has been done to the right standard. Good attention to detail.

• Team Work: Able to enthuse and maintain project interest. Comfortable working both individually and as part of a team. Prepared to challenge ideas within a group in a constructive way.

• Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently to team members and clients, verbally and in writing. Able to present ideas in a variety of ways depending upon audience and context. Excellent active listening skills.

• Quantitative Management: Ability to determine process measures and track to determine process effectiveness and efficiency.

• Problem Solving:. Ability to analyze problems and determine root cause, generating alternatives, evaluating and selecting alternatives and implementing solutions.

• Results oriented: Able to drive things forward regardless of personal interest in the task.

SES provides a competitive salary and the following benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• AD&D
• STD
• LTD
• Company paid Life Insurance
• 401k with employer contribution
• Paid Time Off
• Pet Insurance