Network Virtualization Engineer- Space/ Missile Defense

Position Title: Network Virtualization Engineer

Location: Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO

Relocation Assistance: None available at this time

Remote/Telework: No -- Not available for this position

Clearance Required: DoD Secret preferred

Work Schedule: Day shift -- Occasional off shift, extended or weekend support may be required

Core duty hours are 0900 -- 1500 hours with flexibility to arrive earlier/later Monday -- Friday

Travel: Up to 10% of the time -- Occasional local travel may be required to support off-site customers and projects

Description of Duties:

The Network Virtualization Engineer supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract.

The candidate will:

Serve as a Network Virtualization Engineer and Developer supporting network build out and deployments to the C2BMC Test Facility as necessary to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

Work on complex assignments and perform a wide range of VMware system administration activities with little to no direct supervision

Provide root-cause analysis for recurring or critical problems

Work closely with a team of system administrators, network engineers, and cybersecurity administrators to maintain a high-quality test environment for the Government customer

Perform vulnerability remediation and mitigations to reduce cybersecurity risks and ensure DoD compliance

Conduct daily system monitoring, system backup and restoral, and application upgrades to ensure optimal and continuous system operations

Document necessary system changes and actions in appropriate systems of record to ensure historical data is captured per customer and mission requirements

Advise Government customer on system status, optimization and improvement efforts in accordance with program objectives and design baselines as needed

Assist system administration team with the deployment of new virtual machines

Perform administration of virtualization environments to include troubleshooting, break/fix activities, the patching and remediation of servers, and system audit log reviews as needed

Have good written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience briefing customers and management

The successful candidate will:

Have a strong understanding of troubleshooting and configuration of VMware to include protocols and switching, best-practice configurations, connectivity, and networking concepts

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be a U.S. Citizen

Must have or obtain, an active DoD Secret Security Clearance

Must have 10 or more years of general (full-time) work experience (may be reduced with completion of advanced education)

Must have 7 or more years of directly related experience

Must have 1 or more years of experience working in a management or leadership role

Must have experience in Internet Protocols (e.g. DNS, HTTP, SMTP, SSL); firewall configuration and troubleshooting; multiple network @types of telecommunications infrastructures

Must be an effective communicator with excellent writing and presentation skills using Microsoft PowerPoint and Visio drawing tools

Must be able to work collaboratively in a team environment with other highly motivated network engineers as well as independently on large field projects

Must have a deep understanding of Foundational VCF Infrastructure including Virtualization (vSphere), Networking (NSX) and Storage (vSAN)

Must be able to use SDDC Manager to patch, upgrade and provide overall system maintenance

Must have a fundamental understanding of how traffic flows through logical routers with the ability to implement these concepts in an NSX environment

Must be able to configure distributed stateful firewalling, NAT, load balancing and micro segmentation using NSX

Must have experience with the design, installation, upgrading and migration of storage using VMware vSAN

Must be able to migrate virtual machines and workloads from deprecated versions of vSphere to VMware Cloud Foundation

Must have a current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE, CySA, etc.) or higher

Desired Qualifications:

Have a demonstrated understanding of the project management lifecycle and related processes

Have experience with PIM, L2 and L3 multicast and @type I encryption devices

Have experience with VXLAN, Juniper Apstra, VMware Aria and RHEL Ansible

Have experience with HPE server products

Have experience creating and configuring virtual distributed switches

Have a VMware Certified Technical Associate - Data Center Virtualization (VCTA), VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV), VCAP Design, VCAP Deploy or VCDX-DCV Certification

Have knowledge of Missile Defense, DoD communications systems and MDIOC operations

Have a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or Juniper Networks Certified Associate (JNCIA) certification

Have experience with network monitoring

Have experience with Python or PowerShell programming and scripting

Have a degree in an IT or Engineering related discipline

Have an understanding of various development life cycles such as the Systems Engineering life cycle (SELC), ITIL, SDLC, etc.

Compensation:

Salary Range: $100,000 -- $125,000 annually. Final compensation is based on experience, education, and directly relevant certifications.

Application Instructions:

Resumes must be submitted in month/year format with clearance level clearly listed to be considered.

Candidates must be fully truthful in their application and resume. Dishonesty, omission of required information, or misrepresentation may result in disqualification.

Only U.S. citizens with an active DoD Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain an interim clearance within 3 months will be considered.

Applications are reviewed for compliance prior to technical qualification. Submissions that do not meet the stated requirements or instructions will not be reviewed.

About Aegis Aerospace

We are a woman-owned space and technology company headquartered in Houston, TX. Our primary objective is to support the Department of Defense and NASA in achieving their missions to defend the security of our country, reach new heights and to discover the unknown. We employ some of the brightest, most experienced engineering and technology experts in the U.S.

To learn more about Aegis Aerospace, visit our website at http://www.AegisAero.com{rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"}

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veteran / Disability.

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