Senior VMWare & Horizon Engineer
Job Description
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Job Summary:
JCS Solutions has a need for a Senior VMWare & Horizon Engineer to support the Air Force National Capital Region (AFNCR) IT Services (ITS) program at Joint Base Andrews (JBA). A successful candidate requires extensive hands-on experience with enterprise VMWare Horizon VD coupled with project management skills. This supports both the classified and unclassified network VMWare infrastructure. This position is 100% on-site at Joint Base Andrews (JBA). This position offers an excellent opportunity to be part of a high-performing team responsible for supporting a high-velocity collaborative environment, along with tremendous growth potential. If you are interested in a challenge and a great working environment, apply today!
What’s in it for you:
- Join a premier technology firm specializing in innovative solutions.
- Be part of a collaborative, inclusive, and innovative work culture.
- Enjoy tremendous growth potential in a high-performing team environment.
- A robust benefits package:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-and-long term disability
- Paid time off (PTO)
- 401k retirement plan with employer match
- Annual Professional Development Reimbursement Program
- And more!
What you will do:
The specific duties include but are not necessarily limited to the following:
- Serve as a Level 2 escalation point for the Service Desk, providing support for a diverse end-user population.
- Oversee the VMware Horizon VDI environment, including provisioning hosts, remediating hosts, and setting up virtual machines.
- Perform patching, maintenance, and troubleshooting of UAGs, Connection Servers and vCenters.
- Maintain working knowledge of ESXi hosts, clusters, and vSAN.
- Manage App Volumes, DEM, and have applicable knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory and GPO.
- Manage the creation and maintenance of VDI Master Images - Win 10/11 base OS and business-specific applications.
- Analyzing, developing, integrating, and maintaining enterprise automation and operations based on community policies and guides.
- Support all aspects of the current and planned developed solutions, capabilities, risk mitigation, analysis of alternatives, testing.
- Strong understanding in how to design Horizon VDI infrastructure.
- Strong VDI troubleshooting skills AD/VMware/Horizon to quickly resolve outages.
- Assist in leading the development and implementation of senior management and customer O&M and future need requirements into detailed technical solutions.
- Help mentor and review the work of junior team members.
- Supports customer requirements in a 24/7/365 IT enterprise operations environment
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills are a must.
What you will bring:
- Active SECRET DoD Clearance
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, information technology, or related.
- Education and experience requirements may be substituted with:
- A master’s degree (in subjects described above) and 3 years of experience.
- No degree with 10 years of intensive and progressive experience demonstrates the required proficiency levels related to task.
- Education and experience requirements may be substituted with:
- Active IAT Level II Certification, SEC+
- VMWare Horizon Certification
- VMWare Certification
- 3-5+ years of relevant experience
- Experience to design, implement, and maintain information technology systems. To include designing the basic computing infrastructure to accomplish key tasks, establishing networking rules for cybersecurity, and troubleshooting network errors or other technical issues.
How you will wow us:
- Working knowledge of the Air Force and/or DoD is a plus.
JCS Solutions LLC (JCS) is a premier technology firm specializing in enterprise-wide capabilities including cloud and infrastructure solutions, cyber security, digital modernization, next generation technologies enablement, software solutions, and mission support services dedicated to providing the highest quality of services and solutions. JCS delivers expert management consulting and information technology (IT) solutions to federal agencies.
We are a learning organization that promotes a work culture of collaboration, inclusiveness, inspiration and innovation.
JCS has been certified as a Great Place to Work four years in a row and wasawarded as Washington Post’s Top Places to Work for 2024.
Our employees embody our core values, and we are looking for others who do too!
- Customer Experience: Strive for excellence and delight our clients
- Innovation: Embrace creative thinking to enable continual growth and powerful solutions
- Accountability: Take ownership of and pride in our actions and service delivery
- Inspire: Be inspired to be your best self and have fun in the process
- Integrity: Do the right thing, the right way, every time!
- Stewardship: Careful management of something entrusted to us.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
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