Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) SME- 100% onsite, must have active secret clearance- we offer relo-Tewksbury, MA, or Tucson, AZ- sign-on up to 30K!! - Military Veterans

Date Posted:

2023-03-03

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MA133: Tewksbury, Ma Bldg 3 Concord 50 Apple Hill Drive Concord - Building 3, Tewksbury, MA, 01876 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Job Title: Sr Principal Specialist, -Enterprise-Wide Area Network (eWAN) Hosted Desktop (VDI) Subject Matter Expert (SME) Raytheon Missiles and Defense (RMD) – Tewksbury, MA & Tucson, AZ- 100% on site, must hold active secret clearance and we offer relocation!
 

About Us:

At Raytheon Missiles & Defense, you have the opportunity to try new things and make a bigger difference across a broader end-to-end solution, a richer technology and product set, an expanded range of disciplines, a growing global footprint and a more diverse team of colleagues and customers.

Job Summary:

The Enterprise-Wide Area Network (eWAN) Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Subject Matter Expert (SME) will design and implement solutions for an enterprise-wide virtual desktop infrastructure spanning multiple datacenters and supporting critical programs with classified information system capabilities. Success in this role means you can develop, implement, and maintain secure, cost-efficient virtual desktop infrastructure across various classified programs. Program teams rely on your collaboration and guidance to define computing requirements and create end-to-end solutions to solve complex issues distributing classified work across the enterprise.

We value diverse skills and experience, so don’t hold back. Your qualification could add tremendous value to our team. Our customers come from all different backgrounds, and so do our employees. If you’re passionate about what you could accomplish here, we’d love to hear from you.

This position is in Tewksbury, MA, or Tucson, AZ with potential for domestic travel. We offer relocation.

Responsibilities to Anticipate:

• Administer and support the VMware and Nutanix VDI environment. Including vCenter Server, ESXi, and Horizon running on Nutanix HCI clusters.
• Ensure compliance with security and performance requirements (NISPOM, RMF 800-53)
• Perform ongoing monitoring, capacity planning, and forecasting of the VDI environment to recommend and implement enhancements that improve the experience, performance, and reliability of the virtual desktop environment.
• Optimize, update, and patch the VDI environment, server workloads, and desktop pools.
• Design and implement new virtual desktop deployments, and their supporting server workloads.
• Use configuration management apps to deploy and configure user profile settings and zero client endpoints.
• Work with and train other team members on the VDI environment’s administration and support.
• Identify performance baselines and resolve issues using monitoring and diagnostic tools.
• Use application virtualization to layer in applications and services to virtual desktops.
• Use and write scripts that automate and standardize the deployment of desktop pools and their supporting services.
• Maintain the governance and compliance state of the VDI environment.
• Work with the vendors on hardware, software, and licensing support requests.
• Update and maintain the VDI documentation.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience OR an Advanced degree in and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience or an associate degree and 10 years of relevant experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience is required.
• Experince with VDI platforms, and how they interact with the supporting IT infrastructure and systems.
• Experience with administering and supporting VMware Horizon, vCenter Server, and ESXi, running on Nutanix clusters in an enterprise environment.
• Experience building and maintaining VDI desktop pools running Windows and Linux.
• Experience using VDI user profile and desktop session management applications, such as Liquidware Profile Unity.
• Experience using VDI monitoring and diagnostic tools, such as Liquidware Stratusphere.
• Experience with administering Nutanix hyper converged infrastructure.
• Experience using endpoint management applications to manage Zero Clients, such as Teradici.
• Must have an Active and transferable Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Value:

• Experience with the deployment and support of printers utilized by an VDI environment.
• Experience supporting application virtualization utilizing Liquidware FlexApp.
• Linux based systems such as RedHat Enterprise Linux 6,7, and 8, CentOS, or Ubuntu
• Experience with using PowerShell and/or Ansible for automation and scripting.
• Windows Server administration, including Active Directory, group policy, DNS, and DHCP configuration and management.
• Familiar with Windows 10/11 imaging and administration.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written
• Desire to learn new skills and troubleshoot issues.
• Strong leadership skills and organizational skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with geographically separated teams.
• Strong understanding of fundamental networking/distributed computing environment concepts
• CISSP, CASP or equivalent certification or willingness to obtain within 6 months of starting.
• Familiarity with the National Industrial Security Program ("NISP") and the National Institute of Standards and Time ("NIST") Risk Management Framework ("RMF")

What We Offer:

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the superior benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance, and child/adult backup care.

Raytheon Technologies 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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