General Dynamics Information Technology

VDI – Software Virtualization Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Springfield • Montana, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $108,979 - $147,443 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

CitrixUnityVMware

About the role

  • Support the virtualization of a variety of mission applications as part of the User Facing and Data Center Services Contract supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency systems
  • 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
  • Work with application testers and mission SME's to validate mission application behavior
  • Incorporate any required sequencing changes into the app sequencing process
  • Identify facets of user application settings (registry, AppData, etc.) that need to be persisted across sessions in a non-persistent VDI environment
  • Identify automation opportunities for application sequencing and work with the engineering team to streamline the sequencing process for mission applications, once established
  • Assist the virtualization team and VDI team with application delivery infrastructure configuration, as needed
  • Improve 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
  • Performing work without appreciable direction and exercising considerable latitude in the determination of technical objectives of assignments
  • Working with VMware software defined data center products and tools for troubleshooting and performance tuning
  • Analyze, test, and apply regular security patches and software update as required
  • In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of Virtualization products and capabilities
  • Ability to analyze and apply virtualization product capabilities to changing program requirements
  • Skillful time management and organizational skills to set and meet deadlines

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience with Systems Administration/Virtualization
  • Willingness and the ability to obtain a high level government security clearance
  • 8140.01M IAT Level II certification
  • 2+ years of experience with Microsoft App-V or comparable application virtualization technology
  • Experience with the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) products
  • 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
  • Virtualization compute environment certification, i.e. VMware Certified Associate for Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
Benefits
  • a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
  • dental plan options
  • a vision plan
  • a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match
  • full flex work weeks where possible
  • a 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
virtualizationapplication sequencingapplication delivery infrastructure configurationsecurity patchingperformance tuningload-balancingprofile managementsystems administrationdisaster recoveryITIL principles
Soft skills
time managementorganizational skillscommunicationproblem-solvingindependent workattention to detailanalytical skillscollaborationadaptabilityproject management
Certifications
Bachelor's Degree8140.01M IAT Level IIVMware Certified Associate for Data Center Virtualization