Data Center Infrastructure Engineer - Military veterans preferred

GDIT is seeking candidates to support the US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). Under the I2TS 3 task order, INSCOM ensures reliable, uninterrupted availability of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Information Management (C4IM) including: networks, hardware, software, engineering, and specialized tools at the point of customer need to support INSCOM's mission. INSCOM and its MSCs provide the enabling layer to connect the Army and its tactical formations to defense and national intelligence agencies via tactical networks. The ability to provide mission critical intelligence is dependent on the successful use of its information technology (IT) networks worldwide.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

An I2TS 3 Systems Engineer Data Center Manager (HPE 3PAR, HP3 Storeone, VMWare)s:

• Personnel required to hold and maintain an active Top Secret security clearance (DoD security clearance).
• Maintain the mandatory baseline of STIG compliance on all responsible technologies within the architecture.
• Implement all directives as mandated and apply operating system and software patches to the Virtual Infrastructure and SAN architecture.
• Coordinate complex requirements across multiple, parallel datacenter architectures and ensure replication and interoperability between sites for Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations situations.
• Perform system administration on vSphere infrastructure 6.5 and 3Par storage solutions.
• Gather requirements and evaluate new products/solutions as necessary in order to meet the Customer's operational goals and in accordance with DOD Regulations and basic security principles.
• Provide systems engineering expertise to analyze mission system requirements for integration and operation of infrastructure. Plan installation and configuration of tool suite implementations.
• Participate in working groups with other GISA System Personnel.
• Develop and integrate new tools/capabilities and enhance existing tools/capabilities into an operational environment.

Desirable Skills / Experience:  

• Demonstrated technical proficiency in various Datacenter Storage and Server products. 
• Ability to write technical documentation and briefings. 
• Familiarity with various other Disaster Recovery and service monitoring solutions. 
• Ability to provide knowledge transfer to customer staff for datacenter architectures.
• System Administration/Engineering, SAN Administration/Engineering, Virtualization Administration/Engineering.  
• Ability to implement, configure and maintain Datacenter Infrastructure technologies to include HP 3Par Storage and VMware vSphere 6.5. 

Certifications:

• IAT-III baseline cert, VMware Certified Professional (VCP 6) and one valid storage platform cert preferred Dell EMC Expert - Implementation Engineer, or  HPE ASE - Storage Solutions Architect, or HPE Master ASE - Storage Solutions Architect

Security Clearance:

• TS/SCI required

Minimum of 10 years of senior storage administrator experience within the last 15 years and 5 years of experience in VMware vSphere within the last 7 years.  Minimum of 5 years of experience within the last 7 years architecting and implementing storage, virtualization and hyperconverged systems along with data protection and recovery strategies.

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