VIRTUALIZATION ENGINEER
Requirement: Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
Location: Laurel, MD (onsite, full-time)
Are you ready to help build cutting-edge solutions to support worldwide high-priority missions? Ardent Principles is seeking a full-time Virtualization Engineer (SME level) to join our dedicated team onsite in Laurel, MD.
If you're passionate about virtualization technologies, thrive on solving technical challenges, and are ready to make a difference, this is your chance. With a competitive salary range and industry-leading benefits, Ardent Principles offers more than just a job - we offer a career path filled with growth and opportunities. Join us and let's shape the future together!
Who We Are:
Passionate Integrity, Driven by Excellence
Ardent Principles signifies our unwavering commitment to excellence, driven by a profound passion and a strict adherence to ethical values. We believe that happy employees make for happy clients. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled employees, ensuring that your job and well-being are our top priorities because your satisfaction leads to the success of our clients.
REQUIRED DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE:
In this challenging yet rewarding role as a Virtualization Engineer, you are an integral part of what brings our company's mission to life. You are primarily responsible for and must have demonstrated experience with and in:
- VMware vSphere (vCenter and ESXi) experience support multi-site environments
- VMware Horizon VDI experience supporting a geographically disperse enterprise with a mix of persistent and instant clone desktops
- creating Microsoft Windows golden images
- HP thin clients and HP Device Manager (HPDM)
- VMware App Volume experience to include application capturing and trouble shooting
- VMware Unified Access Gateway
- capacity planning for geographically distributed enterprise level systems
- converting customer requirements into a technical plan
- full life cycle of system development
- working with PKI certificates and keys
- understanding features and administrative responsibilities for maintaining the health, scalability, manageability, and security for the Atlassian applications and plugins using Data Center
- knowing all aspects of project workflows, security, permission, fields, and notifications
Administering the following applications/plugins
- Jira Service Management
- Jira Software
- Confluence
Administering the following applications/plugins
- Bitbucket
- Bamboo
- Fisheye/Crucible
- Crowd
- Insight/Assets
- gathering and translating business requirements into Jira projects and dashboards
- adapting to new situations and priorities
- effective communication skills
- agile software development processes
- using Linux for application upgrades and troubleshoot service disruptions
- using JavaScript to enhance automation of Jira projects
- general troubleshooting skills in Linux, and Puppet
HIGHLY DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Other skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not mandatory to perform the work, include:
- basic understanding of network communications
- basic understanding of enterprise storage technology, specifically Network Attached Storage (NAS) via Network File System (NFS)
- maintaining a VMware or Hyper-V infrastructure
- basic understanding of Linux commands
- basic understanding of Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy Objects (GPO)
- VMware PowerCLI using Microsoft PowerShell
- understanding basics of project management to include understanding resource planning for technical projects
- creating end user, admin, and system documentation
Certifications highly desired:
- Atlassian Certification
- Microsoft Certifications
- Cisco Network Certifications
- Linux Certifications
- VMware Certifications
- ITIL certifications
- Cloudera Certified Administrator
- Jira Administration for Data Center & Server (SCP-100)
- Jira Essentials with Agile Mindset
- Confluence Administration Data Center
WHAT WE OFFER YOU:
- Highly Competitive Salary: Recognizing and rewarding your expertise and contributions.
- Generous Paid Time Off: Providing ample time for rest, relaxation, and personal pursuits.
- Dedicated Training Budget: Supporting continuous learning and professional development.
- 100% Employer-Covered Family Vision, Dental, and Health Insurance: Ensuring comprehensive health coverage for you and your family.
- 100% Employer-Covered Life and Disability Insurance: Offering financial security and peace of mind.
- 401(k) Plan with a 6% Employer Match: Helping you plan and save for a secure retirement, with 100% vesting from day one.
- 11 Paid Government Holidays: Observing national holidays to ensure time off with family and friends.
- Spot Bonuses for Exceptional Performance: Rewarding outstanding contributions and achievements.
SCHEDULE:
This is a full-time position with consultants expected to be available and working onsite during core hours.
Ready to take the next step in your career? Join us and be part of a team dedicated to driving positive change through technology. Apply now. Your future starts here!