[Hiring] Senior Systems Administrator @Invictus International Consulting, LLC

Role Description

• 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

Qualifications

• A minimum of three (3) years of hands-on Cisco UCS and VMware vSphere/VCF administration experience
• Security+ or higher certification required; current VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification preferred
• 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
• Deep knowledge of VMware Cloud Foundation architecture and deployment preferred
• Experience with scripting (e.g., PowerShell, PowerCLI, Python) for automation of administrative tasks preferred
• Public Trust required, Secret preferred

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