Virtualization, Hardware & Monitoring Administrator / Active Secret

Peraton is currently hiring an experienced Virtualization, Hardware & Monitoring Administrator. 

Location:  Kansas City MO

Overview: 

We are seeking a Virtualization, Hardware & Monitoring Administrator to:

• Support U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) enterprise-level hybrid-, multi- cloud data center engineering, implementation, operations and cybersecurity.
• Enable USMC world-wide customers to host mission critical applications in multi-cloud environments to support warfighter requirements.

What you will do: 

• As a Virtualization, Hardware & Monitoring Administrator you will support the USMC Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Hosting environment supporting operations in on-premise, AWS, Azure, and other private and public cloud environments.  
• The Administrator:
  • Designs, deploys, maintains, configures, and sustains datacenter virtualization environment , monitoring and management applications, including: VMWare Cloud Foundation (full suite), APC StruxureWare DCE, PRTG, and any monitoring agents and plugins and integrations associated with these or other applications.
  • Designs, deploys, manages, operates monitoring dashboards in coordination with Event Management, technical teams and customers including configuring Solarwinds and Cloud-Native tools.
  • Hardens, maintains vulnerability management posture, and supports development of POA&M to ensure compliance of management and monitoring tools with cybersecurity requirements and approved secure configurations.
  • Supports virtualization and application operations including leading investigation and diagnosis, workaround enactment, root cause analysis and resolution for all incidents and problems.
  • Coordinates with Operations teams and event/incident/problem management staff to identify appropriate alerting levels, dashboards, processes, response actions, and supports configuration of tools to provide highly effective proactive management and monitoring capabilities.
  • Participates in Scrum Teams for engineering, design, planning, project, and evaluation efforts to recommend and execute architectural changes.
  • Creates and maintains application and infrastructure documentation including engineering, operations, process, procedure and work instructions for the implementation, operation and maintenance of management and monitoring systems.
  • Identify opportunities to automate management and monitoring of data center infrastructure and monitoring capabilities.
  • Participate in all ITSM, RMF, Project Management, and Agile processes that drive operations.
  • Provide regular on-site support for unclassified/classified application systems Monday through Friday, between the hours of 7:00 AM CST and 5:00 PM CST. 
  • Participate in after-hours and weekend on-call rotation with a maximum of a 1 hour recall time.

Minimum Requirements Are: 

• 8+ years with BS/BA degree; or 6+ years with MS/MA; 3+ years with PhD. An additional 4 years of experience in lieu of the bachelors degree. 
• IAT Level II certification (8570) and ability to meet work role System Administrator - Intermediate (8140)
• Configuration of data center monitoring solutions experience.
• Possess intermediate skills and experience operating VMware vSphere – VMware Data Center Virtualization fundamentals.
• Experience with the configuration, operations, management of virtualization infrastructure (ESXi, Hardware, vSphere, vCenter).
• Experience configuring and hardening systems for operations on DOD/USMC systems and developing Plans of Action & Milestones (POA&M) for DOD security vulnerabilities.
• General knowledge and experience pertaining to multiple technical disciplines associated with datacenter operations (Hardware, Networking, Storage, OS, Virtualization, etc.).
• Experience configuring monitoring through VMware, Solarwinds or other comparable management and monitoring system.
• Experience operating and configuring VMWare Cloud Director (VCD).
• Experience with ITIL Processes, Project Management Principles, Agile project approach.
• Experience working with vendors to resolve complex outages or system issues including identifying vulnerabilities and risks associated with security considerations.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• DoD Secret security clearance (Tier 3 BI).

Desired:

• VMWare Certification, AWS or Azure certification (Azure Associate).

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.