Virtualization Systems Administrator 3/4 - Melbourne, FL, United States - Northrop Grumman

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come
Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon
We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way
Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible
Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.
Northrop Grumman's Chief Information Office has an opening for a well-qualified Virtualization Systems Administrator to join our qualified, diverse and dynamic team of technical professionals
This position is located in the Melbourne, FL area
The selected candidate will be required to work on-site, full-time at our Melbourne, FL campus
The individual will perform the following duties on a day-to-day basis in support of the program:

• Perform duties as a Systems Administrator for a classified government contract
• Develops computer systems specifications that address business requirements and that fit with the company's system architecture standards
• Supporting multi-platform devices to include NetApp, VNX and VSAN
• Installing, hardening and patching of devices and associated operating systems
• Developing and documenting technical procedures
• Able to partition disks, create volumes, and mount file systems to physical and virtual environments
• Define and create appropriate monitoring templates and configurations and administer capacity management tools
• Understand basic LDAP and DNS concepts and be able to query these services for information and troubleshoot issues in Linux and Windows domain based environments
• Learn new technologies on own and work effectively independently, while still coordinating actions as required
• Install and configure COTS software, and perform configuration and maintenance
• Interact with and successfully utilize boards-of-approval to maintain required security controls and configuration management
• Perform technical research on Information Technology topics, as requested, and produce presentations and recommendations
• Coordinating actions with peer system administrators, network administrators, security teams, software teams and hardware
• Lift equipment weighing up to 40 pounds
• Work after hours and weekends as neededNote: Due to the classified nature of the work being performed, this position does not offer any virtual or telecommute working options

Applicants are encouraged to apply, only if they are willing to work on-site
This position may filled at a higher level based on the qualifications listed below

Basic Qualifications for Level 3:

• Associate's degree and 7 years of experience OR Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience OR Master's degree and 3 years of experience; 9 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Active DoD Top Secret Clearance
• Ability to be cleared to special access programs as a condition of employment
• IAT Level II certification (ex: Security+ CE) or greater
• Experience maintaining a large air gapped VMWare/Windows/Linux WAN
• Experience in VMWare suite of productsBasic Qualifications for Level 4:
• Associate's degree and 11 years of experience OR Bachelor's degree and 9 years of experience OR Master's degree and 7 years of experience; 13 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Active DoD Top Secret Clearance
• Ability to be cleared to special access programs as a condition of employment
• IAT Level II certification (ex: Security+ CE) or greater
• Experience maintaining a large air gapped VMWare/Windows/Linux WAN
• Experience in VMWare suite of productsPreferred Qualifications:
• Preferred candidate will have VMware Certified Professional in either Data center virtualization (VCP-DCV) or End-User Computing (VCP-DTM)
• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI Clearance
• Experience supporting air gapped environments.
• Strong understanding support wide range of VMware products in air gapped environments.
• Experience deploying and managing VMware vSphere, vSAN, NSX-T, and vRealize environments

Candidate must have strong understanding of virtualized compute, GPU, storage, and networking.

• Experience deploying and managing VMware Horizon, NVIDIA Enterprise GPU Solutions, VMware Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM) and VMware App Volumes

Candidate must have strong understanding of the Cloud Pod Architecture.

• Experience deploying and managing VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)

Candidate must have demonstrated knowledge of disaster recovery process/procedures in a large enterprise environment.

• Experience deploying and managing VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on VxRail solutions

Candidate must have strong understanding of deployment, troubleshooting, and upgrading experience with VMware Cloud Foundation , VxRail, and vRealize suite.

• Experience deploying and managing Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS).
• Experience with deploying and managing System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)/ Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM).
• Experience administrating and understanding of Dell/EMC storage solutions

(Unity, XtremIO, RPA, etc).

• Preferred candidate will be able to train and mentor junior staff.

ESCSO

ESWindowsAdmin Salary Range:
$84,200 - $126,400

Salary Range 2:
$104,400 - $156,600 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay
Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results
Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives

In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date
However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class
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Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.