Virtualization Engineer (VMware vSphere)

About Zaden Technologies

Zaden Technologies is a defense technology company based in Huntsville, Alabama. We build AI, DevSecOps and digital engineering products and put them to work for DoD customers.

You'll support a new Defense Health Agency program. This position is contingent upon contract award, and the start date will align with the program start.

You'll operate and improve a VMware vSphere estate of more than 2,000 virtual machines across two disconnected DoD enclaves in Chantilly, VA. You'll help consolidate it onto fewer, denser hosts, retire idle VMs and build new environments from code, while keeping the program's test events running.

What you'll do:

• Operate vSphere 8 clusters, vCenter, ESXi hosts and vSAN storage
• Right-size VMs, retire dormant ones and move workloads during host consolidation
• Build and maintain VM templates and automation with Terraform, Packer and Ansible in GitLab CI
• Patch hosts and VMs and keep them STIG-compliant
• Work tickets, troubleshoot performance and capacity issues, and support test-event setup

Must have:

• 3 or more years administering VMware vSphere in an enterprise environment
• Hands-on scripting or automation with Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI or PowerShell
• Linux and Windows server administration
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain the investigation DHA designates for privileged access
• DoD 8140 qualification for a privileged infrastructure role, or the ability to earn it within six months

Nice to have:

• An active Secret clearance or higher
• VCP-DCV certification
• Air-gapped or classified environment experience
• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation or NSX

Location: Chantilly, Virginia, on site at the test center, with work at the Ashburn, Virginia data center as needed.

Citizenship: U.S. citizenship is required for the privileged-access investigation this role needs. Zaden's FSO verifies investigation status.

Pay range: $89,000 to $153,000 per year for Chantilly, Virginia.

Questions about this role? Email [email protected].

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Equal opportunity

Zaden Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other status the law protects.