Automation and Platform Hosting Systems Engineer in Herndon, Virginia, United States

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Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the government, federal law enforcement officials, and troops deployed around the world. At BAE Systems, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills and training they need to succeed. We are all about trust, camaraderie, and a shared ambition to lead the world in defense technologies and national security services. We offer flexible work environment to support the balance in your life and keep you performing at your best. Be a part of a company that is part of the community; driven to improve our future and protect our freedom. We are seeking an experienced System Engineer to lead the automation, virtualization, and management of our enterprise hosting environment. The role involves maintaining and supporting infrastructure, administering virtual machines, and ensuring the health performance, and availability of our system. A key aspect of this role is to automate infrastructure tasks, improve operational efficiency, and support the integration of various infrastructure services. An ideal candidate will have Nutanix experience with a strong background in automation, scripting, and infrastructure management with a solid understanding of virtualization, cloud technologies, and IT infrastructure. This candidate should possess strong problem-solving skills with the capability to help design and implement automation into our hosting system. They will show a strong aptitude for learning additional skillsets within a Nutanix based system and be able to assist with the following job responsibilities: Automation <ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Design, develop, and implement automation solutions using scripting languages such as Bash, Powershell, and Python </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Automate infrastructure tasks, including machine deployment, infrastructure lifecycle activities, and configuration management </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Develop and maintain automation frameworks and tools to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual errors </li></ul>Virtualization and Hosting Infrastructure <ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Maintain and support enterprise Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure, including physical compute hosts, virtualization clusters, and supporting services </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Administer virtual machines, hypervisors, virtual storage, and virtual networking components </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Monitor infrastructure health, performance, availability, and capacity </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Perform routine maintenance, system updates, firmware upgrades, patching, and infrastructure lifecycle activities </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="5" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Troubleshoot virtual machine, hypervisor, compute, storage, and network connectivity issues </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="6" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Assist with the deployment, configuration, migration, and decommissioning of virtual machines and supporting infrastructure </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="7" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Support backup, recover, disaster recovery, and business continuity requirements </li></ul>Linux and Systems Administration <ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Administer and troubleshoot Linux-based operating systems and supporting infrastructure services </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Perform Linux command-line administration, system diagnostics, log analysis, and service management </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Troubleshoot operating system performance, authentication, file systems, processes, and network connectivity </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Apply security hardening, patch management, and configuration management practices </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="5" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Support integration between Linux, Windows, and enterprise infrastructure services </li></ul>Networking and infrastructure Connectivity <ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Troubleshoot Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking issues affecting hosts, hypervisors, virtual machines, and management services </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Understand and work with VLANs, subnets, IP addressing, routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, and TCP/IP </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Support virtual switches, network interfaces, NIC teaming/bonding, and network redundancy </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Assist with firewall connectivity troubleshooting, network segmentation, and access control requirements </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="5" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Collaborate with network and security engineering teams to resolve connectivity and performance issues </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="6" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Understand how physical networking integrates with virtualized infrastructure </li></ul>Infrastructure Engineering and Operations <ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Participate in the design, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of enterprise hosting infrastructure </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Troubleshoot complex infrastructure incidents involving compute, storage, networking, operating systems, and virtualization platforms </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Support infrastructure monitoring, event management, and capacity planning </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="5" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Develop and maintain technical documentation, engineering procedures, build guides, and standard operating procedures </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="6" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Support infrastructure security controls, system hardening, role-based access, and configuration compliance </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="7" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Participate in change management, maintenances windows, system upgrades, and infrastructure validation </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="8" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Work with cross-functional engineering teams to support new services and infrastructure requirements ABC #LI-DDUNN</li></ul>Required Education, Experience, & Skills Required Qualifications <ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">11+ years of hands-on experience in automation, systems engineering, infrastructure engineering, virtualization administration, or a related technical discipline </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Practical experience administering and troubleshooting at least one enterprise hypervisor platform such as: </li></ul><ul role="list" style="margin-left: 40px;"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="2" data-aria-posinset="1" data-f="" data-leveltext="o" data-list-defn-props="{">Vmware ESXi/vSphere </li></ul><ul role="list" style="margin-left: 40px;"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="2" data-aria-posinset="2" data-f="" data-leveltext="o" data-list-defn-props="{">Microsoft Hyper-V </li></ul><ul role="list" style="margin-left: 40px;"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="2" data-aria-posinset="3" data-f="" data-leveltext="o" data-list-defn-props="{">KVM/Linux-based virtualization </li></ul><ul role="list" style="margin-left: 40px;"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="2" data-aria-posinset="4" data-f="" data-leveltext="o" data-list-defn-props="{">Nutanix AHV </li></ul><ul role="list" style="margin-left: 40px;"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="2" data-aria-posinset="5" data-f="" data-leveltext="o" data-list-defn-props="{">Other comparable enterprise virtualization technologies </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Experience supporting production server and virtualization infrastructure </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="5" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Experience diagnosing complex technical issues involving multiple infrastructure components </li></ul> Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills Preferred Qualifications <ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Strong experience with Powershell, Bash, Python, REST APIs, or infrastructure automation </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Experience with Nutanix AHV, Prism Central, Prism Element, or Nutanix Cluster Management </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Experience with hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Familiarity with distributed storage technologies and storage protocols </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="5" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Experience with Nutanix Flow or other micro-segmentation solutions </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="6" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Understanding of virtual networking, software-defined networking (SDN), or network overlays </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="7" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Familiarity with VXLAN, Open vSwitch (OVS), or similar virtual network technologies </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="8" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Experience supporting enterprise Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, PKI, or LDAP-integrated infrastructure </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="9" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Knowledge of enterprise backup and disaster recovery solutions </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="10" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Familiarity with security hardening standards, vulnerability remediation, and compliance requirements </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="11" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Experience operating infrastructure in restricted, isolated, or disconnected environments </li></ul><ul role="list"><li 335552541="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="12" data-f="" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{">Experience supporting Cisco-based network infrastructure </li></ul> Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $149603 - $254317 Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics. About BAE Systems, Inc.BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support. Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters. This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

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