The Role
Lead design, administration, optimization, security, and lifecycle management of enterprise VMware virtualization and VDI platforms. Build and maintain highly available clusters, perform hardware refreshes and migrations, troubleshoot virtualization, storage, networking, and VDI issues, develop testing and automation (PowerShell/PowerCLI), mentor engineers, and collaborate with infrastructure, storage, networking, and cybersecurity teams to support mission-critical, multi-site operations.
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About GCyber
At GCyber, our mission is to safeguard our nation's interests by delivering secure, reliable, and innovative technology solutions to the federal government. We support some of the nation's most critical missions by operating and modernizing complex enterprise IT environments. We believe exceptional service starts with exceptional people, and we're committed to building teams that thrive on solving complex technical challenges while making a meaningful impact.
Position Overview
GCyber is seeking a Senior Virtualization Engineer to support the enterprise virtualization environment supporting a mission-critical federal customer in Ft. Meade. This role serves as the technical lead responsible for the design, administration, optimization, security, and lifecycle management of the virtualization platform while leading modernization initiatives, supporting data center operations, and mentoring fellow engineers.
You will partner closely with systems, storage, networking, and cybersecurity teams to deliver highly available, resilient infrastructure supporting enterprise operations across multiple geographic locations.
Due to the classified nature of the work, this position is located full time onsite at Ft. Meade without the possibility for remote work arrangements.
What You Will Do
Required Qualifications
At GCyber, our mission is to safeguard our nation's interests by delivering secure, reliable, and innovative technology solutions to the federal government. We support some of the nation's most critical missions by operating and modernizing complex enterprise IT environments. We believe exceptional service starts with exceptional people, and we're committed to building teams that thrive on solving complex technical challenges while making a meaningful impact.
Position Overview
GCyber is seeking a Senior Virtualization Engineer to support the enterprise virtualization environment supporting a mission-critical federal customer in Ft. Meade. This role serves as the technical lead responsible for the design, administration, optimization, security, and lifecycle management of the virtualization platform while leading modernization initiatives, supporting data center operations, and mentoring fellow engineers.
You will partner closely with systems, storage, networking, and cybersecurity teams to deliver highly available, resilient infrastructure supporting enterprise operations across multiple geographic locations.
Due to the classified nature of the work, this position is located full time onsite at Ft. Meade without the possibility for remote work arrangements.
What You Will Do
- Own the health, performance, security, and lifecycle management of the enterprise virtualization environment.
- Design, implement, administer, and optimize VMware virtualization and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments
- Build and maintain highly available virtualization clusters supporting mission-critical workloads.
- Lead infrastructure modernization, hardware refreshes, platform upgrades, and migration efforts with minimal operational impact.
- Install, configure, integrate, and support enterprise server hardware and virtualization infrastructure.
- Develop testing strategies, validate infrastructure changes, and document implementation results.
- Troubleshoot complex virtualization, storage, networking, and VDI issues across enterprise environments.
- Support enterprise operations spanning multiple geographic locations and networks.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, networking, storage, and cybersecurity teams to deliver integrated enterprise solutions.
- Provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and establish virtualization engineering best practices.
- Support or lead special projects and strategic initiatives that improve reliability, scalability, automation, and operational efficiency.
Required Qualifications
- Active TS/SCI Security Clearance.
- Current DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II certification.
- 7+ years of experience supporting enterprise IT infrastructure, including virtualization, servers, storage, and networking.
- Experience designing, implementing, and supporting highly available virtualization platforms in a Department of War environment
- Extensive experience administering VMware vSphere and VMware Horizon environments.
- Experience with VMware vSAN.
- Experience with PowerShell or PowerCLI automation.
- Experience troubleshooting virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and virtual machine performance issues.
- Strong understanding of enterprise networking concepts and their integration with virtualization platforms.
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.
Skills Required
- Active TS/SCI Security Clearance
- Current DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II certification
- 7+ years supporting enterprise IT infrastructure including virtualization, servers, storage, and networking
- Experience designing, implementing, and supporting highly available virtualization platforms in a DoD/Department of War environment
- Extensive experience administering VMware vSphere and VMware Horizon
- Experience with VMware vSAN
- Experience with PowerShell or PowerCLI automation
- Experience troubleshooting VDI and virtual machine performance issues
- Strong understanding of enterprise networking concepts and integration with virtualization platforms
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills
- Full-time onsite presence at Fort Meade (no remote work)
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The Company
What We Do
GCyber was founded to create innovative information technology solutions for the federal, state, and commercial markets. GCyber engineers have provided professional services supporting the information technology industry for over 15 years. Along with our engineering staff, we have relationships with partners, vendors, and analysts who have specialized expertise in the federal market. GCyber’s broad experience, focus toward execution with measurable results, and commitment to innovation provide responsive and long-lasting solutions to our customers. It is the mission of GCyber to always remain focused on our customer’s goals and improving their existing landscape. Our company accomplishes this by focusing on opportunities for innovation, while remaining mindful of industry successes and failures in the deployment of technologies. If your road map needs increasingly innovative solutions, GCyber can help you get there.
