VM Senior Systems Engineer in Mundelein

Job Description

Candidates must reside in DC, MD, or VA.

Daily Responsibilities:

• In-depth knowledge of network switching and firewall management
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and when necessary, coordinate working sessions with technical staff and supportive vendors/resellers.
• Review existing operational events and propose refinements, automation, and/or broaden handling capabilities as appropriate with focus on service uptime and performance.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) on two or more of the following: Kubernetes, Server Hosting, Virtual Networking, Network and Application Security, Scripting/Programming.
• Interact with other stakeholders in the House community for troubleshooting/solution development/etc. This interaction could include other members of other members of Enterprise Operations, Cybersecurity, the networking team, cloud team, technology support partners, etc.
• Identify and report on current vulnerability/risk state of House Virtual Server and Container hosting architecture.
• Assist in the development and performance of quality control checks for service uptime and operations.
• Assist in the development and performance of operational metrics for service uptime and operations.

Required Experience:

• Candidate must be U.S. .
• In-depth knowledge of network switching in Dell Blade systems and Firewall Management for Virtual Infrastructures.
• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
• Experience with VMware Aria Operation suite.
• Experience Architecting fault-tolerant systems with multi-region redundancy and well-defined failover strategies.
• Experience with threat modeling, data encryption and management (RBAC/MFA).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Ansible.
• In-depth knowledge of VMware Aria Operations Suite version 9
• Experience working with at least 3 of the following technologies:

- VMWare (by Broadcom) Products (examples: vCenter, vSphere, Other)

- Monica (formerly VMware) Products (examples: Workspace One, Horizon VDI, Other

- Microsoft Windows Server Operating Systems and/or Linux Based Server Operating Systems

- Dell and/or HPE Blade/Rack Server Hardware

- Kubernetes Container Infrastructure (examples: Tanzu, OpenShift, Docker, others)

• : Dell and/or Cisco Chassis Network and Storage Switch configuration

Required Degree: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (+5 years) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology or similar relevant degrees.

Required Clearance: Candidates must be able to secure and maintain Federal Government security clearances as deemed appropriate by management.