ADV000BEI Network Virtualization Engineer

Aerodyne Industries is a dynamic, rapidly growing engineering and information technology services firm headquartered on Florida ' s exciting Space Coast. With locations throughout the US, we take pride in delivering small business agility with large corporation capabilities. Our list of clients count on us to prepare NASA ' s Missions to the Moon and Mars and to defend our nation supporting the Missile Defense Agency and Department of Defense. Join the adventure of a lifetime by becoming a teammate with Aerodyne Industries and work on projects that will define our future. Description of Duties: 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 Type: DoD Secret Shift: 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 Required: Up to 10% of the time – Occasional local travel may be required to support off-site customers and projects The Network Virtualization Engineer supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The candidate will: · 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. Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered for the position. The selected candidate may be assigned as an employee for one of our teammate companies. Qualifications - External Basic Requirements: · Must have 10, or more, years of general (full-time) work experience o 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 · Must have an active DoD Secret Security Clearance Desired Requirements: · 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 This position is expected to pay $110,000 - $130,000 annually; depending on experience, education, and any certifications that are directly related to the position. This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days. If a candidate has not been selected at that time, it will continue to be posted until a suitable candidate is selected or the position is closed. Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things that you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Typical benefits offered include flexible work schedules, educational reimbursement, retirement benefits (401K match), health benefits, tax saving options, disability benefits, life and accident insurance, voluntary benefits, paid time off and paid holidays, and parental leave. US EEO Statement All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status .