VMWare Systems Administrator

Department: Data Analysis and Technology Services

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Laurel, MD

Compensation: $130,000 - $260,000 / year

Description

Are you excited about designing and managing complex systems? Ardent Principles is looking for a full-time VMWare Systems Administrator to join our expert team onsite in Laurel, MD.  You must have an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.

If you thrive on creating and maintaining efficient systems, enjoy working collaboratively, and are ready to make a significant impact, this is your opportunity. With a competitive salary range of $130,000 to $260,000 annually, dependent on level of skills and experience, and industry-leading benefits, Ardent Principles offers more than just a job - we offer a career path filled with growth and opportunities. Join us and let's shape the future together!
Who We Are:

Passionate Integrity, Driven by Excellence
"Ardent Principles" signifies our unwavering commitment to excellence, driven by a profound passion and a strict adherence to ethical values. We believe that happy employees make for happy clients. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled employees, ensuring that your job and well-being are our top priorities because your satisfaction leads to the success of our clients.

Key Responsibilities

In this challenging yet rewarding role as a VMWare Systems Administrator, you are an integral part of what brings our Company's mission to life. You should have the following required skills, certifications and demonstrated experience in and/or with:

• VMware vSphere (vCenter and ESXi) experience support multi-site environments
• VMware Horizon VDI experience supporting a geographically disperse enterprise with a mix of persistent and instant clone desktops
• Creating Microsoft Windows golden images
• HP thin clients and HP Device Manager (HPDM)
• VMware App Volume experience to include application capturing and troubleshooting
• VMware Unified Access Gateway 
• Capacity planning for geographically distributed enterprise-level systems
• Converting customer requirements into a technical plan
• Full life cycle of system development
• Working with PKI certificates and keys
• Understanding features and administrative responsibilities for maintaining the health, scalability, manageability, and security for the Atlassian applications and plugins using Data Center
• Knowing all aspects of project workflows, security, permission, fields, and notifications
• Administering the following applications/plugins: 
  • Jira Service Management        
  • Jira Software     
  • Confluence
• Administering the following applications/plugins:
  • Bitbucket      
  • Bamboo      
  • Fisheye/Crucible     
  • Crowd 
  • Insight/Assets     
• Gathering and translating business requirements into Jira projects and dashboards
• Adapting to new situations and priorities
• Effective communication skills
• Agile software development processes
• Using Linux for application upgrades and troubleshooting service disruptions
• Using JavaScript to enhance automation of Jira projects
• General troubleshooting skills in Linux, and Puppet

Highly Desired Qualifications

Other skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not mandatory to perform the work, include:

• Basic understanding of network communications
• Basic understanding of enterprise storage technology, specifically Network Attached Storage (NAS) via Network File System (NFS)
• Maintaining a VMware or Hyper-V infrastructure
• Basic understanding of Linux commands
• Basic understanding of Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy Objects (GPO)
• VMware PowerCLI using Microsoft PowerShell
• Understanding basics of project management to include understanding resource planning for technical projects
• Creating end user, admin, and system documentation

CERTIFICATIONS

• Atlassian Certification
• Microsoft Certifications 
• Cisco Network Certifications
• Linux Certifications
• VMware Certifications
• ITIL certifications
• Cloudera Certified Administrator
• Jira Administration for Data Center & Server (SCP-100)
• Jira Essentials with Agile Mindset
• Confluence Administration Data Center

What We Offer You

• Highly Competitive Salary: Recognizing and rewarding your expertise and contributions.
• Generous Paid