Platform Infrastructure Engineer

Platform Infrastructure Engineer

Redstone Arsenal/Huntsville AL

At IPT Associates (IPTA) we enjoy solving real-world problems with technology. We work closely with our customers teammates experts and partners to come up with practical solutions that actually make a difference. Whether its a government or business organization we focus on understanding the need and building something that works.

Our Team

At IPTA everything starts with our people. Were big believers that when you invest in your team great things happen. Thats why we encourage learning growth and trying new things-even if you dont have all the answers yet.

Our culture is rooted in fierce determination fearless integrity and passionate service-but we also like to keep things collaborative supportive and down-to-earth.

Were looking for people who:

• Are curious and excited about technology
• Like solving problems and figuring things out
• Can take initiative but also enjoy working with a team
• Want to keep learning growing and challenging themselves

If youre someone whos eager to jump in learn something new and make an impact-youll fit right in here.

IPTA is seeking a Platform Infrastructure Engineer responsible for installing configuring managing and maintaining virtualized systems to ensure data integrity availability and security. The selected candidate will work with leadership and the architect team to design a virtualization strategy to meet mission requirements. They will provide technical expertise supporting information systems components infrastructure integration and maintenance to meet architectural and business requirements.

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Engineer deploy and support VMware ESXi vCenter and enterprise server infrastructure.

• Engineering installation and maintenance of server hardware and ESXi virtualization platform.
• Evaluate and incorporate emerging technologies into the virtualization software solutions to enhance system performance and resource efficiency.
• Evaluate virtualization software solutions vigilantly to reduce systems complexity while maintaining robust cybersecurity measures.

• Support VMware technologies including vSAN vROps and NSX.

• Monitor virtualization performance and resolve any issues.
• Monitor tools that provide critical insights into workloads depletion of resources and peak loads of servers.
• Assess network and server architecture for efficiency improvements or upgrades.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation of the data centers virtualization software hypervisors interfaces layout system and processes.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation of the data centers layout systems and processes.

Job Requirements and Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Data Science Mathematics or related field

• 10 years prior experience in a similar role
• DoD 8570 Level II/III certification desired
• VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization
• Proven work experience providing Data Center virtualization software solutions.
• Experience working in cloud environments.
• Active Security Clearance Required

Preferred Technical Skills

• Experience designing deploying and administering VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments ESXi vCenter Server NSX vSAN and VMware Aria Suite.
• Experience administering enterprise VMware virtualization platforms including High Availability (HA) Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) vMotion Storage vMotion Distributed Switches and resource optimization.
• Experience deploying and supporting enterprise compute infrastructure using Dell PowerEdge HPE ProLiant or equivalent x86 server platforms.
• Experience implementing software-defined data center (SDDC) architectures and virtualization best practices.
• Experience deploying and administering enterprise storage technologies including VMware vSAN NAS iSCSI and storage replication.
• Experience configuring VMware NSX software-defined networking (SDN) virtual networking VLANs distributed switching and network segmentation.
• Experience administering Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating systems within enterprise virtualized environments.
• Strong analytical troubleshooting communication and technical leadership skills with the ability to work collaboratively across cross-functional infrastructure and engineering teams.

IPTA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are based on individual merit including qualifications experience performance and business needs consistent with applicable federal laws and federal contracting requirements. IPTA provides equal opportunity and utilizes merit-based principles to make employment-related decisions.

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