Virtual Platform Administrator (Future Opportunity)

This contract is intended to provide for a secure and highly available Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The Virtual Platform Administrator will support the team's responsibilities to provide design, architecture, implementation, and sustainment for the cloud hosted environment and associated network resources.

Responsibilities Include:

• Manages and maintains virtualized infrastructure for on-premises data centers, DoD and commercial cloud based offerings for private, public, and hybrid clouds. Performs host, hypervisor and virtual application software implementations and upgrades for on-premises hypervisors and supporting hardware, software, and applications. Performs corresponding cloud-based infrastructure support for virtual machines, virtual appliances, software, programs, applications, and all applicable virtualized infrastructure components.
• Ensures high availability, security and integrity of hosts and virtual management applications and resources.
• Monitors hypervisor, infrastructure, and virtualization applications, including setting alerts to maintain the stability of the environment and application, monitoring error logs, and automating administration tasks wherever possible.
• Installs host and virtualization infrastructure application patches and releases on development, test, pre-production, and production systems.
• Serves as key person in troubleshooting system problems on hosts, hypervisors, and virtual infrastructure.
• Creates and maintains accurate system documentation for assigned systems.
• Maintains current descriptions and documentation of virtualized infrastructure application and system configurations, including tracking and documenting any changes to environments.
• Assists in capacity planning, performance monitoring and tuning on assigned virtualized systems.
• Participates in virtualization disaster recovery planning, including assisting with fault tolerance and disaster recovery plans. Analyzes performance trends to optimize virtualized systems and application performance.

Required Experience:

• Seven (7) years of progressive experience in the management and maintenance of virtualized server environments and hosted applications.
• At least two (2) years of qualifying experience must include managing successful large scale, multi-disciplinary (network, virtualization, systems administration) projects involving virtual servers.

Required Security Clearance:

• Secret Clearance with IT-I Qualifying Investigation (Ex: T5 or SSBI)

Required Certifications:

• DoD 8570 IAT Level II (Ex: Security+ CE)
• Must possess at least one of the following Google Cloud Platform:
  • Google Associate Cloud Engineer
  • Google Professional Cloud Architect
• Must possess at least one of the following:
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • AWS Certified Security – Specialty
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Operations
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer
  • Red Hat Certified System Administrator
• An additional Cisco CCNA Certification is Highly Preferred

Preferred Qualifications:

• Five (5) years hands-on experience working with and supporting Department of Defense (DoD) Commercial Cloud Hosting solutions.
• Well versed in implementing and sustaining complex multicloud solutions
• Experience supporting and administering commercial cloud provider hosting solutions in addition to Google (i.e. Microsoft Azure, AWS, OCI) and associated relevant industry certifications.
• Highly knowledgeable and skilled architecting, implementing, and sustaining various cloud deployment solutions and offerings (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
• Strong understanding of network architecture, security, and routing including virtual private clouds (VPC), load balancers, and firewalls.
• Experience authoring custom scripts to automate administrative tasks and increase system efficiency.

Work Environment and Physical Demand:

• Office work environment.
• Must be able to sit and use a computer for extended periods of time.

Location: This is a remote role within the United States, requiring occasional travel (approximately 10%)

Compensation: $100,000 - $115,000

This position is part of a pipeline for a future opportunity supporting a DoD customer. Employment is contingent upon contract award and government customer approval. AGE Solutions is actively engaging talent ahead of award and encourages both current incumbents and new candidates to express interest.