Network Virtualization Engineer – DoD

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Network Virtualization Engineer supporting the Missile Defense Agency operations at the C2BMC Test Facility. Performing VMware system administration and collaborating with government customer team.

Posted 5/9/2026full-timeColorado Springs • Colorado • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $110,000 - $130,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityDNSSMTPSwitchingVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as a Network Virtualization Engineer and Developer supporting network build out and deployments to the C2BMC Test Facility as necessary to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
Work on complex assignments and perform a wide range of VMware system administration activities with little to no direct supervision
Provide root-cause analysis for recurring or critical problems
Work closely with a team of system administrators, network engineers, and cybersecurity administrators to maintain a high-quality test environment for the Government customer
Perform vulnerability remediation and mitigations to reduce cybersecurity risks and ensure DoD compliance
Conduct daily system monitoring, system backup and restoral, and application upgrades to ensure optimal and continuous system operations
Document necessary system changes and actions in appropriate systems of record to ensure historical data is captured per customer and mission requirements
Advise Government customer on system status, optimization and improvement efforts in accordance with program objectives and design baselines as needed
Assist system administration team with the deployment of new virtual machines
Perform administration of virtualization environments to include troubleshooting, break/fix activities, the patching and remediation of servers, and system audit log reviews as needed
Have good written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience briefing customers and manage
Have a strong understanding of troubleshooting and configuration of VMware to include protocols and switching, best practice configurations, connectivity, and networking concepts

Requirements

What you’ll need

10 or more years of general (full-time) work experience
7 or more years of directly related experience
1 or more years of experience working in a management or leadership role
Experience in Internet Protocols (e.g. DNS, HTTP, SMTP, SSL), firewall configuration and troubleshooting
Effective communicator with excellent writing and presentation skills using Microsoft PowerPoint and Visio drawing tools
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with other highly motivated network engineers as well as independently on large field projects
Deep understanding of Foundational VCF Infrastructure including Virtualization (vSphere), Networking (NSX), and Storage (vSAN)
Experience with SDDC Manager to patch, upgrade and provide overall system maintenance
Fundamental understanding of how traffic flows through logical routers with the ability to implement these concepts in an NSX environment
Ability to configure distributed stateful firewalling, NAT, load balancing and micro-segmentation using NSX
Experience with design, installation, upgrading and migration of storage using VMware vSAN
Ability to migrate virtual machines and workloads from deprecated versions of vSphere to VMware Cloud Foundation
Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE, CySA, etc.) or higher
Active DoD Secret Security Clearance

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance programs
Life insurance
Matching 401k contribution
Educational/Training support

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Hard Skills & Tools

VMwarevSphereNSXvSANSDDC ManagerInternet Protocolsfirewall configurationtroubleshootingsystem administrationvulnerability remediation

Soft Skills

effective communicatorwritten communicationpresentation skillsteam collaborationindependent workproblem-solvingroot-cause analysiscustomer briefingadvisory skillsorganizational skills

Certifications

DoD 8570 IAT Level IISecurity+ CECySA