Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. TekSynap is a high-tech company supporting federal government information management and technology needs. The Virtual Platform Administrator will support Cloud and Infrastructure Services at the Defense Logistics Agency by managing virtualized infrastructure, cloud environments, virtualization platforms, system performance, security, documentation, and automation.
Responsibilities
- Manage and maintain virtualized infrastructure for on-premises data centers, DoD, and commercial cloud-based offerings, including private, public, and hybrid clouds
- Perform host, hypervisor, and virtual application software implementations and upgrades for on-premises hypervisors, supporting hardware, software, and applications
- Provide cloud-based infrastructure support for virtual machines, virtual appliances, software, programs, applications, and all applicable virtualized infrastructure components
- Ensure high availability, security, and integrity of hosts, virtual management applications, and associated resources
- Monitor hypervisors, infrastructure, and virtualization applications, including alert configuration, error log monitoring, and automation of administrative tasks
- Install host and virtualization infrastructure application patches and releases across development, test, pre-production, and production environments
- Serve as a key resource for troubleshooting system problems on hosts, hypervisors, and virtual infrastructure
- Create and maintain accurate system documentation for assigned systems, including tracking changes to virtualized infrastructure configurations
- Assist in capacity planning, performance monitoring, and tuning for assigned virtualized systems
- Participate in virtualization disaster recovery planning, supporting fault tolerance and recovery strategies
- Analyze performance trends to optimize system and application performance across virtualized environments
- Support the design, implementation, and sustainment of complex multi-cloud solutions, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS deployments
- Develop custom scripts to automate administrative tasks and improve system efficiency
- Apply expertise in network architecture, security, and routing, including virtual private clouds (VPCs), load balancers, and firewalls
Skills
- Minimum of seven (7) years of progressive experience managing and maintaining virtualized server environments and hosted applications
- At least two (2) years of experience managing large-scale, multi-disciplinary projects involving virtualization, systems administration, and networking
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification
- DoD 8570 IAT Level II Baseline Certification: COMPTIA Security+ CE
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- COMPTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
- Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Global Industriel Cyber Security Professional (GICSP)
- One of the Following Google Cloud Platform certifications: Google Associate Cloud Engineer, Google Professional Cloud Architect
- One of the following AWS certifications: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Operations, Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
- Secret – IT-I (Tier 5/SSBI) Critical Sensitive Clearance
- Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring states within the United States
- U.S. Citizen
- Secret Clearance
- Five (5) years hands-on experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD) commercial cloud hosting solutions (desired)
- Expertise in implementing and sustaining complex multi-cloud solutions (Google, AWS, Microsoft Azure, OCI)
- Strong knowledge of cloud deployment models, network architecture, security, and virtualized infrastructure
- Proficient in authoring custom scripts to automate administrative tasks and improve system efficiency
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401K
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability plan
- Long-term disability plan
- Vacation time
- Holidays
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