Virtual Desktop Systems Engineer

Job Description:

Peraton is seeking an experienced systemsVirtual Desktop Systems Engineerto join our national intelligence program that delivers engineering application development deployment operations upgrades and sustainment of products and services to achieve our clients global missions.

TheVirtual Desktop Systems Engineerwill have an emphasis onUser Profiles.

Responsibilities:

• Manage user accounts permissions licenses and monitoring of system performance to proactively resolve technical issues.

• Analyze and interpret datato improve infrastructure performanceidentifyareas forimprovement and implement solutions to include monitoring system performanceand troubleshooting issues to ensure compliance with performance standards.

• Ensure data security and compliance with industry standards and regulations.

• Maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems including coordination with network engineers.

• Monitor and manageenterprisesystem resources including CPU usage disk usage and response times tomaintainoperating efficiency.

• Assess and remediate the enterprise design and implementation to mitigateperformance andcybersecurity risks.

• Perform systems security administration functions including creating user profiles and accounts.

• Provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 problem identification diagnosis and resolution of problems.

• Configure operating systems and supportenterpriseservers.

• Install and configure database and application software.

• Perform database backups and system restorationmonitordatabase performance and perform troubleshooting.

• Interact with users and interfacing applications.

• Provide hardware and software backup recovery.

• Other duties may include setting up administrator accountsmaintainingsystem documentation tunesystem performance installing system wide software andallocatingmass storage space.

• Developimplementandmaintainprocesses procedures test cases test results issue resolutions performance analysis and user guidelines/ instructions documentation.
• Travel may be required within the National Capital Region (NCR) on an as needed basis for customer or corporate requirements.

**Position is Contingent on Contract Award**

Basic Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret/ Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with ability to pass and obtain a Poly Clearance.

• Minimum of 8 yearsrelevant experiencewithbachelors degree; Minimum of 6 years withmasters degree; Minimum of 3 years with PhD or 12 years of relevant work experience can be used in lieu of a degree.

• Current CISSP or Security Certification.

• Proven work experience as a SystemsEngineer SystemsAdminor similar rolein a large distributed computing environment.

• Experience with data analysis tools knowledge of system performance metricsand familiarity with infrastructure managementsystems.

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

• Excellent problem-solving skills.

• Strong understanding ofUser Profileadministration.

Desired Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI with Poly clearances.

• Current VMware Nutanix or similar Certificatione.g.VCP NCP etc.

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience with Terraform or Ansible.

• Experience with DellPowerFlex.

• Experience working in a large enterprise environment.

• Knowledge of storage area networks to include network operating systems SAN protocols SAN management and SAN physical configuration.

• Minimum of 8-12 years experience in supporting virtualization technologies preferred.

• Strong understanding of data center networking (TCP/IP switching/routing ports and protocolsfirewallconcepts load-balancing).

• StrongScripting experience in one or more of the following: PowerShell Ansible Puppet Chef VBScript C Unix Shell Python Perl Ruby JavaScriptetc.

• Strongunderstanding of storage protocols (e.g.NFS SMB S3 FC iSCSINVMe).

• Good knowledge of Active Directory DHCP DNS Group Policy.

• Knowledge of MS Windows Server operating systems including Serverand 2022 as well as RHEL and SLES operating systems.

• Knowledge of MS database server SQL Server 2008 R2 and later.

• Knowledge of container technologies including but not limited to Docker Kubernetes and Rancher.

• Knowledge of IaaS in cloud using MS Azure AWS or GCP.

SECURITY CLEARANCE:

This Positionrequiresan Active TS/SCI and the ability to obtain a Poly US Citizenship is

To hold this clearance.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.