Software Virtualization Engineer

Overview

Abile Group has an exciting and challenging opportunity for a Software Virtualization Engineer on a 10 year contract providing User Facing and Data Center Services supporting an Intelligence Community customer.  All the personnel on the team will work together to support innovative design, engineering, procurement, implementation, operations, sustainment and disposal of user facing and data center information technology (IT) services on multiple networks and security domains, at multiple locations worldwide, to support the IC mission.

 

The right candidate will possess the below skills and qualifications and be ready to handle all responsibilities independently and professionally.

Responsibilities

• Development of Virtualized Packages for Mission Baseline Applications:
• Applications will be consumed both by VDI sessions and thick clients
• Applications include those with plugins and advanced graphics requirements
• Works with application testers and mission SME's to validate mission application behavior.
• Incorporates any required sequencing changes into the app sequencing process.
• Identifies facets of user application settings (registry, AppData, etc.) that need to be persisted across sessions in a non-persistent VDI environment.
• Identifies automation opportunities for application sequencing and works with the engineering team to streamline the sequencing process for mission applications, once established.
• Assists the virtualization team and VDI team with application delivery infrastructure configuration, as needed.
• Improves backup/Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations.
• Articulating knowledge, discoveries, designs, etc. rapidly and concisely in written detailed designs, test plans and test cases, implementation plans, operational guides, and training guides under project management time and cost-constrained deadlines.
• Performs work without appreciable direction and exercising considerable latitude in the determination of technical objectives of assignments.
• Works with VMware software defined data center products and tools for troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Analyzes, tests, and applies regular security patches and software updates as required.
• Analyzes and applies virtualization product capabilities to changing program requirements.
• Creates and maintains technical documentation and provides training to other team members.
• Incident resolution and fulfillment of software requests.
• Performs all other work as assigned.

Qualifications

Clearance Required: TS/SCI 

 

Degree and Years of Experience: Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience with Systems Administration/Virtualization. (Additional Education, Training, Certifications or Work Experience can be substituted in lieu of degree or work experience).

• 3+ years of experience with VDI technologies, including VMware Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, or Microsoft Remote Desktop Services.
• 2+ years of experience with Citrix XenApp or comparable application virtualization technology (Microsoft App-V, FlexApp, App Volumes, etc).

Required Certifications:

• 8140.01M IAT Level II certification.
• Virtualization compute environment certification, i.e. VMware Certified Associate for Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV).

Required Skills:

• In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of Virtualization products and capabilities.
• Good work ethic and active desire to learn.
• Skillful time management and organizational skills to set and meet deadlines.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Desired Skills: 

• Experience with Windows Desktop (10/11) and Server (2012+) Operating Systems.
• Utilize scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell) to automate tasks and manage deployments. 
• Experience with non-persistent desktop environments.
• Experience with profile management solutions such as VMware DEM or Liquidware Labs' Profile-Unity.
• Familiarity with ActiveDirectory, specifically Group Policy.
• Understanding of load-balancing application delivery services.
• Understand principles of ITIL.
• Able to create architectural design documents and presentations.
• Able to test and apply hardware and software updates.
• Understand architectural frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Familiarity with ticketing systems (Service+, ServiceNow, Remedy, etc).

Physical Requirements:

• Travel required: occasional trips to the customer site in St.Louis, MO.
• Telecommunicating options: onsite only, work t