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Grindstone PBC is a cybersecurity public benefit corporation with a mission to protect and educate the world. We take on large challenges through collaboration, innovation, and talent. We seek out a diverse workforce to take on the challenges of the nation with character, integrity, determination, commitment, and accountability. Our client is looking for a VMware Administrator.- Onsite If interested after reviewing the description below, please apply and someone from the Grindstone team will reach out to you.

Work Location: Pensacola, FL

Job Description:

The VMware Administrator will be supporting the development of system capabilities from the identification of requirements through the deployment of capabilities through the requirements definition, designing and developing system-oriented products and preparing related installation, testing, operation, and maintenance specifications and instructions. The candidate should be proficient with Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) processes and practices, Change Management practices, and collaborates with various Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), Project Teams, and Government entities.

Responsibilities also include:

• VMware administration responsible for configuration, maintenance, monitoring, and overall support of multiple VMware environments
• Setup, install, configure, and triage ESXi Hosts (Rack Mount and Blade Servers).
• Maintain and restore VM backups and snapshots
• Meet compliance for Information Security Vulnerability Management (ISVMs) and Intelligence Community Vulnerability Alert (ICVAs)
• Perform Systems Lifecycle management for all equipment, including planning, implementation, maintenance, upgrades, consolidation, and decommissioning of enterprise hardware, and software
• Detects, isolates, documents, reports, and resolves system outages or problems encountered during operations of the operational baseline, which includes collecting diagnostic data, restoring the system operation, developing workarounds, and other activities necessary for the recovery of a system
• Performs system monitoring, analyzing, documenting performance, and conducting trend analysis as required
• Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the system is compatible with the defined architecture and meets customer needs.
• Develop technical documentation, including SOPs, user guides, test plans, disaster recovery, failover, and other CDRL items
• Participate in On-Call coverage for after-hours and weekends support

Required Skills:

• Minimum clearance requirement is an ACTIVE DoD Top Secret clearance
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
• Strong knowledge of VMware 6.0 or higher including vCenter, vSphere, ESX 6.x, vCloud Suite
• Experience with rack/wiring diagrams, firmware, and driver management
• Experience with multi-site infrastructure deployments
• Experience with NSX, vROPs, and SRM
• Participate in On Call coverage for after-hours and weekend support

Desired Skills:

• Solid understanding of networking, VLAN, and VXLAN • Ability to configure and integrate storage devices (SAN, NAS) supporting VMware infrastructure

• Demonstrated experience and/or familiarity with one of more of the following: ACLs, ISVM, ICVA, STIGS, etc. Desired Certification(s):
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

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