Enterprise Virtual Platform Management Support Services (EVPMS) Virtual Platform Administrator

Clearance: Active Secret with Tier 5 (IT-I, Critical Sensitive) eligibility
Work Schedule: On-site, 5 days/week.
 

Position Overview:
Leads the management of virtualized infrastructure spanning on-premises data centers and DoD/commercial cloud platforms (private, public, and hybrid). Drives implementation and upgrades of hosts, hypervisors, and virtual application software; ensures maximum availability, robust security, and strong integrity of all virtual resources; proactively monitors, alerts, and remediates issues; applies timely patches to development, test, pre-production, and production environments; serves as the principal troubleshooter for hosts, hypervisors, and virtual infrastructure; maintains comprehensive, current system documentation; and champions best practices in capacity planning, performance optimization, and disaster recovery.

• Administer VMware vSphere and vCenter Server 8.x/9.x: perform installations, upgrades, patching, resource pool management, DRS and Storage DRS, manage standard/distributed switches, host and storage clusters, configure role-based access, identity sources, certificates, licensing, and high availability.
• Manage ESXi 8.x/9.x hosts: oversee hypervisor installations and upgrades, networking and storage (vSAN, SAN, datastores, LUNs), host profiles, lockdown modes, and coordinate physical racking/hardware upgrades for new projects and tech refreshes.
• Administer vSAN 8.x/9.x hyper-converged infrastructure (OSA/ESA): manage storage policies, encryption, KMS, file services, and fault tolerance.
• Provide technical support for Cisco UCS (B, C, X Series, UCS Mini), Cisco HyperFlex, and Dell PowerEdge hardware platforms.
• Provision and manage virtual machines across VMware, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and Google Cloud Platform: perform OVF/OVA deployments, snapshots, migrations, cloning, template management, and performance tuning.
• Support DLA cloud infrastructure (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS): enable dynamic provisioning, optimize costs (identify idle/over-provisioned resources, manage Reserved Instances, leverage savings plans), and implement continuous monitoring with automated alerts.
• Support VMware Aria Suite (Automation, Orchestrator, Operations-including Logs and Networks, Suite Lifecycle) and VMware Cloud Foundation to deliver integrated management and operational efficiency.
• Automate routine tasks using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles, PowerShell, Python, YAML templates, and API calls; ensure all scripts are maintained in the shared DLA team repository for collaboration and version control.
• Perform and document daily system health checks; categorize anomalies by severity and escalate per DLA protocols.
• Manage ServiceNow incidents, tickets, change requests, and work orders in the J64 Virtualization Platform Services queue, ensuring prompt resolution within DLA performance thresholds.
• Ensure ESXi hosts, vCenter, and supporting applications comply with DISA STIGs and DLA Information Assurance requirements; proactively monitor logs for anomalies and rapidly remediate vulnerabilities.
• Provide mission-critical outage support, coordinating vendor case management from incident initiation through resolution.
• Participate in after-hours callback rotation, remain reachable by phone, and deliver support within two hours as required.
• Attend required staff and project meetings; provide on-the-job and formal training to DLA staff as needed.