Senior Computer Systems EngineerArchitect

Peraton is seeking a Senior Computer Systems Engineer/Architect to provide virtual machine and Linux support in an enterprise-level environment supporting the Information Technology Services Desk and Engineering Support program for a Contract at U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Peraton is providing maintenance and operational IT support that includes engineering services for the systems equipment hardware and engineer will design and develop solutions to complex application problems system administration issues or network concerns; and performance systems management and integration functions. Part of our support team works onsite in Washington DC at a government facility and candidates do need to be within local commuting distance to DC. Primarily our engineers telework with occasional need to work onsite in DC or to the data center in Ashburn VA.

Responsibilities:

Performs day-to-day activities related to the support research analysis and implementation of VMware Linux Windows systems storage and infrastructure. Considerable knowledge experience and understanding of working in a VMware Linux and Windows environment is required.

This includes:

• Thorough knowledge of and in-depth experience with performance monitoring troubleshooting system testing OS upgrade backup recovery and software patch installation and testing in a VMware Linux and Windows environment.
• Experience with standard server networking protocols storage and data management.
• In-depth experience with medium to large-scale enterprise VMware and Windows environments.
• Experience with providing technical support in a hybrid cloud-only or virtual environment.
• Experience working with and writing PowerShell scripting.
• Excellent communication & collaborative skills.
• Collaborate and notify Government representative of issues involving performance of the operating environment.
• Perform daily health checks review and respond to events reflected in various management tools perform server patch management.
• Conduct system audit reviews and perform maintenance functions as required to ensure system health and optimization.
• Work with the Government to identify virtual servers no longer needed or to be decommissioned.
• Deliver recommendations on best practices including recommendations on moving the current storage and virtualization infrastructure from a hybrid environment to cloud-only.

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