Aegis Aerospace Inc. · 3 weeks ago
Network Engineer (Virtualization Specialist)
Colorado Springs, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$100K/yr - $110K/yr
7+ years expAegis Aerospace Inc. is a woman-owned space and technology company supporting the Department of Defense and NASA. The Network Engineer (Virtualization Specialist) will support the Missile Defense Agency on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions contract, focusing on network build-out, VMware system administration, and cybersecurity risk mitigation.
Information TechnologyManufacturingMechanical EngineeringSpace Travel
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Serve as a Network Engineer - Virtualization Specialist supporting network build out and deployments to the C2BMC Test Facility as necessary to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
Work on complex assignments and perform a wide range of VMware system administration activities with little to no direct supervision
Provide root-cause analysis for recurring or critical problems
Work closely with a team of system administrators, network engineers, and cybersecurity administrators to maintain a high-quality test environment for the Government customer
Perform vulnerability remediation and mitigations to reduce cybersecurity risks and ensure DoD compliance
Conduct daily system monitoring, system backup and restoral, and application upgrades to ensure optimal and continuous system operations
Document necessary system changes and actions in appropriate systems of record to ensure historical data is captured per customer and mission requirements
Advise Government customer on system status, optimization and improvement efforts in accordance with program objectives and design baselines as needed
Use REMEDY ticketing system to report, track and document problem and resolution life-cycle actions on faulty systems
Qualification
Required
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Must have an active DoD Secret Security Clearance (Candidates with exceptional qualifications may be considered without a clearance on a case-by-case basis)
Must have 10 or more years of general (full-time) work experience (may be reduced with completion of advanced education)
Must have 7 or more years of directly related experience
Must have 1 or more years of experience working in a management or leadership role
Must have experience in Internet Protocols (e.g. DNS, HTTP, SMTP, SSL), firewall configuration and troubleshooting
Must be an effective communicator with excellent writing and presentation skills using Microsoft PowerPoint and Visio drawing tools
Must have a deep understanding of Foundational VCF Infrastructure including Virtualization (vSphere), Networking (NSX) and Storage (vSAN)
Must be able to use SDDC Manager to patch, upgrade and provide overall system maintenance
Must have a fundamental understanding of how traffic flows through logical routers with the ability to implement these concepts in an NSX environment
Must be able to configure distributed stateful firewalling, NAT, load balancing and micro segmentation using NSX
Must have experience creating and configuring virtual distributed switches
Must have experience with the design, installation, upgrading and migration of storage using VMware vSAN
Must be able to migrate virtual machines and workloads from deprecated versions of vSphere to VMware Cloud Foundation
Must have a current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE, CySA, etc.) or higher
Preferred
Have experience with PIM, L2 and L3 multicast and type I encryption devices
Have experience with VXLAN, Juniper Apstra, VMware Aria and RHEL Ansible
Have a VMware Certified Technical Associate - Data Center Virtualization (VCTA), VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV), VCAP Design, VCAP Deploy or VCDX-DCV Certification
Have knowledge of Missile Defense, DoD communications systems and MDIOC operations
Have a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or Juniper Networks Certified Associate (JNCIA) certification
Have experience with network monitoring
Have experience with Python or PowerShell programming and scripting
Have a degree in an IT or Engineering related discipline
Company
Aegis Aerospace Inc.
Aegis Aerospace (pronounced ējis) is a woman-owned space and technology company that provides turn-key solutions to government and commercial customers in the space and defense industries.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Stephanie Murphy
CEO and Executive Chairman, Board of Directors
Mark M. Gittleman
Chairman of the Board of Advisors
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