Systems Administrator - Future Operations

Job Description

The Future Operations Virtualization Systems Administrator will support the operation, maintenance, and modernization of infrastructure within a LAB/FUOPs environment. The primary focus of this position is administering VMware virtualization technologies, including VMware ESXi 7 and 8 and vSphere/vCenter 8, running on a FlexPod infrastructure composed of NetApp ONTAP storage, Cisco Unified Computing System hardware, Cisco UCS Manager, and Broadcom/VMware hypervisors.

The successful candidate will possess a strong understanding of virtualization principles beyond a specific vendor or product. Foundational knowledge of containerization and other infrastructure platforms is important so the administrator can support future technology transitions and platform modernization efforts. This position requires hands-on collaboration across virtualization, compute, storage, networking, Linux, and security disciplines.

Virtualization Administration

• Deploy, configure, administer, and maintain VMware ESXi 7 and 8 hosts, vSphere/vCenter 8, clusters, and virtual machines.
• Manage virtual infrastructure components, including templates, resource pools, datastores, standard and distributed virtual switches, and content libraries.
• Support VMware capabilities such as vMotion, Storage vMotion, High Availability, Distributed Resource Scheduler, host profiles, and role-based access control.
• Perform system patching, upgrades, certificate maintenance, and lifecycle-management activities for ESXi hosts, vCenter, and related VMware components.
• Monitor and optimize virtual infrastructure performance, capacity, resource utilization, availability, and stability.
• Troubleshoot complex issues involving virtual machines, hypervisors, virtual networking, storage connectivity, physical servers, and supporting infrastructure.
• Plan and support workload migrations, technology refreshes, and transitions between test, lab, and operational environments.
• Apply platform-independent virtualization concepts to support the evaluation or adoption of alternate hypervisors, private-cloud platforms, or container-based solutions.

FlexPod, Compute, and Storage Support

• Support FlexPod infrastructure consisting of Cisco UCS compute, Cisco networking, NetApp ONTAP storage, and VMware virtualization technologies.
• Perform foundational-to-intermediate Cisco UCS administration using Cisco UCS Manager.
• Support Cisco UCS components and configurations, including chassis, servers, Fabric Interconnects, service profiles, server pools, vNICs, VLANs, policies, and firmware packages.
• Assist with physical server provisioning, hardware replacement, firmware updates, health monitoring, and fault isolation.
• Perform foundational-to-intermediate administration and troubleshooting of NetApp systems running ONTAP.
• Support storage components and concepts such as Storage Virtual Machines, aggregates, volumes, LUNs, NFS datastores, snapshots, multipathing, and capacity monitoring.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues across the compute, storage, network, and virtualization layers.
• Coordinate infrastructure changes with compute, storage, network, security, and application teams.

Network Support

• Provide foundational-to-intermediate Layer 2 and basic Layer 3 network support.
• Support Cisco Nexus 9000-series switches in various form factors and configurations.
• Configure or troubleshoot VLANs, access and trunk ports, port channels, Spanning Tree Protocol, MTU settings, NIC teaming, and virtual-switch uplinks.
• Apply working knowledge of IPv4 addressing, subnetting, default gateways, static routes, inter-VLAN connectivity, DNS, and network time synchronization.
• Diagnose connectivity, packet loss, latency, VLAN, routing, DNS, MTU, and physical-link issues affecting virtualized systems.
• Collaborate with network engineering teams on changes or incidents requiring advanced switching, routing, or data-center fabric expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in computer science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or Software Engineering
• 0 years of experience with BS/BA
• 2 years of experience with AA/AS
• 4 years of experience with no degree
• DoW 8140 Compliance –  CompTIA Security+ or Cloud+, GICSP, GSEC, Systems Security Certified Practitioner 
• Active Secret US security clearance

• Happy-Be Infectious. Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.
• Helpful -Be Supportive. Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.
• Honest -Be Trustworthy.Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.
• Humble -Be Grounded.Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.
• Hungry -Be Eager.Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.
• Hustle -Be Driven.Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.