
Virtualization, VMware Systems Administrator
General Dynamics Information Technology
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: MacDill AFB • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $108,800 - $147,200 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
VMware
About the role
- Design, deploy, and maintain VMware ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, and virtual machines across multiple sites.
- Monitor and optimize virtual infrastructure performance, resource utilization, and system availability.
- Implement and manage VMware networking components, including distributed switches and VLANs.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to VMware technologies, ensuring minimal downtime, to include performance bottlenecks, connectivity problems, and virtual machine management.
- Collaborate with IT teams to design integrated infrastructure solutions aligned with command requirements.
- Mentor junior administrators to enhance team expertise in virtualization technologies.
Requirements
- 5+ years of related experience
- CompTIA Security+ CE certification
- Applicable DoD 8140 or DoD 8570 Certification (e.g., Security+, CISSP)
- Proficiency in VMware technologies, including ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, and vSphere Networking
- Strong understanding of virtualization concepts and practices
- Excellent documentation, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work collaboratively in a high-stakes environment
Benefits
- comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
- 401K with company match
- competitive pay and paid time off
- full flex work weeks where possible
- variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
- short and long-term disability benefits
- life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
VMware ESXivCenter ServervSANvSphere Networkingvirtualization conceptstroubleshootingproblem-solving
Soft skills
collaborationmentoringdocumentation
Certifications
CompTIA Security+ CEDoD 8140 CertificationDoD 8570 CertificationCISSP