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Principal/ Sr Principal Virtual Desktop INF Engineer-Systems-AHT

Principal/ Sr Principal Virtual Desktop INF Engineer-Systems-AHT

CompanyNorthrop Grumman
LocationHuntsville, AL, USA
Salary$112000 – $209500
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s, Associate’s
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • Current DoD Secret Security Clearance
  • Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification (i.e., Security+, etc.)
  • For a level 3: Associate degree and 7 years of experience, or bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience, or master’s degree and 2 years of experience; an additional 4 years of related experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
  • For a level 4: Associate degree and 11 years of experience, or bachelor’s degree and 9 years of experience, or master’s degree and 7 years of experience; an additional 4 years of related experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
  • Manage and support various components of the technical infrastructure, including Hypervisors, storage, infrastructure solutions, system updating, patching, and hardening/STIGs.
  • In-depth knowledge of Omnissa Horizon VDI solutions
  • Experience building and administrating VMware vSphere 7.x or higher in a large environment
  • Hands-on experience with virtual machine environment management tools
  • Knowledge and understanding of Linux KVM Virtualization technologies (OpenShift)
  • Excellent problem solving, troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Support day-to-day lab efforts ensuring that all technologies are operational.
  • Provide expert-level solutions for virtualized environments and/or Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
  • Conduct administration tasks as required including patching, updates, hardening, remediation, and management of virtualization environment.
  • Work with Product Teams in support of secure operating systems, applications, networks, hardware, databases, etc.
  • Work on multiple simultaneous tasks.
  • Mentor and provide guidance to junior systems administrators.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Broad knowledge of systems administration in technologies such as networking, storage, performance tuning, and general administration of Windows and Linux
  • Knowledge of Containerized Virtual Environments (Kubernetes, Rancher)
  • Experience with Kasm Workspaces
  • In-depth understanding of Linux systems in a Windows Domain environment
  • Experience with Windows Domain architectures including but not limited to Active Directory, GPOs, ACLs, etc.
  • Previous administration of Atlassian Tools i.e., (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Fisheye, Crucible, etc.)
  • Hands-on experience with virtual machine environment management tools (IaC)
  • Experience with automation tools such as Ansible
  • Scripting using Bash, PowerCLI, PowerShell
  • Strong familiarity with SAN storage systems i.e., NetApp
  • Additional Operating System Environment Certification i.e., (Linux+, RHCSA, Net+, CCNA, VMware Certified, etc.)