Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Invictus International Consulting, LLC is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to support Cisco UCS and VMware virtualization infrastructure. The role is responsible for administration, monitoring, security hardening, patching, disaster recovery testing, incident response, reporting, and maintaining operational documentation for computing environments.
Responsibilities
- Perform daily administration and monitoring of Cisco UCS domains, fabric interconnects, chassis, and blade servers
- Manage, maintain, and upgrade VMware vSphere, vCenter, and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) components, including ESXi, vSAN, and NSX-T
- Design, implement, and maintain virtualization and computing policies in compliance with classified data handling rules
- Execute and validate daily/weekly/monthly health checks and performance monitoring of UCS and VMware infrastructure
- Perform regular failover and disaster recovery testing and documentation to meet audit and mission continuity requirements
- Manage server profiles, templates, and firmware updates for Cisco UCS
- Apply VMware and Cisco patches, hotfixes, and feature releases following change-management and security approval processes
- Harden computing and virtualization infrastructure according to DISA STIGs and agency security technical implementation guides (STIGs)
- Monitor the computing environment using vRealize Operations, Intersight, and other alerting systems
- Manage role-based access control (RBAC) and audit logging for VMware and UCS environments
- Support incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for computing infrastructure issues
- Produce capacity, performance, and compliance reports for internal audits
- Participate in working groups and disaster recovery exercises
- Maintain up-to-date SOPs, system diagrams, and operational procedures
Skills
- A minimum of three (3) years of hands-on Cisco UCS and VMware vSphere/VCF administration experience
- Security+ or higher certification required
- Knowledge of server virtualization, vSAN, NSX, and software-defined data centers (SDDC)
- Strong experience with virtualized environments and cloud infrastructure
- Proficiency in hardware lifecycle management
- Solid understanding of SAN/NAS storage integration with VMware
- Public Trust required
- Current VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification preferred
- Deep knowledge of VMware Cloud Foundation architecture and deployment preferred
- Experience with scripting (e.g., PowerShell, PowerCLI, Python) for automation of administrative tasks preferred
- Secret preferred
Benefits
- Remote work
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