Date Posted:
2023-08-15
Country:
United States of America
Location:
FL410: Largo FL MFG 7887 Bryan Dairy Road , Largo, FL, 33777 USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite
Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.
We are seeking a Junior VMware Administrator to work onsite in Largo, FL.
Our selected candidate will have knowledge of VDI architecture to be part of a team responsible for supporting and maintenance of a custom, air-gapped, Department of Defense IT network. Ideal candidate should have experience in many of required technical skills below.
Primary Responsibilities:
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Administer and monitor a 24/7/365 enterprise level virtualization infrastructure based on VMware product suites across four (4) enclaves and disaster recovery sites composed of forty +/- (40) ESXi hosts and 250 virtual servers and 600 Horizon Virtual Desktop machines across the supported enclaves.
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Ensure VMware applications and ESXi hosts remain current with operating system (OS) versions and patches as released.
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Test and install hardware, firmware, and security patches on all server and storage technologies as released.
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Systems Administration Daily Checks list and perform appropriate corrective action as needed.
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Apply STIGs, security updates, and hotfixes as made available.
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Diagnose and repair system problems, utilizing tool sets available and working closely with other internal groups and vendor support. Perform upgrade of VM Tools on all VMs within one week of update availability
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Monitor and record weekly system metrics to include CPU, memory, network, and storage utilization to enable leadership to make informed decisions on the welfare of the virtualization infrastructure.
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Assess and ensure compliance of the virtual infrastructure security posture and ensure compliance with DISA STIGs.
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Develop and maintain documentation, which includes SOPs, TTPs, System Architecture Guides and Diagrams for all systems and hardware configurations adhering to organizational templates and policies.
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Notify the Government of any unscheduled system outages.
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Provide after-hours on-site support to respond to system/application malfunctions.
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Configuration management data shall be timely updated within one business day of any modification or update of infrastructure.
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Monitor and assume responsibility of trouble tickets assigned to the Virtualization Administration branch, assign specific ticket for resolution, and prioritize tickets in line with organizational goals of maintaining system availability requirements.
Qualifications/Experience Needed:
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An active and in-scope Secret U.S. security clearance required day 1 of employment with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret US security clearance.
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DoD 8570.1-M IAT Level II certification (CompTIA Security+ CE or greater)
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Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field or in absence of a degree, 6 years of relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Active Top Secret/SCI
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Four years of progressively responsible experience in virtualization datacenter administration supporting and managing virtualization infrastructure, to include enterprise-class hardware.
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Two years of experience administrating enterprise-sized, VMware-based virtualization infrastructures covering vCenter and standalone ESXi environments version 6.7 and later
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Two years of experience installing, configuring, and integrating servers associated with a VMware virtual infrastructure.
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Two years of experience performing backups, troubleshooting, and problem resolution for servers associated with a VMware virtual infrastructure.
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Two years of experience building highly available server clusters in a vSphere environment
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Two years of experience maintaining VM templates for use on rapid deployment of virtual machines
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Two years of recent experience implementing security posture and ensuring compliance with industry best practices, DA regulations, and STIGs
Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.
Collins Aerospace Diversity & Inclusion Statement:
Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.
WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.
* Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.
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Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world – and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.
Nothing matters more to Collins Aerospace than our strong ethical and safety commitments. As such, all U.S. positions require a background check, which may include a drug screen.
At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.
Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.
RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
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