Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Cluster, Data Center Virtualization, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Systems Hardening

Certifications:

None

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

VIRTUALIZATION ENGINEER

YOUR IMPACT

Own your opportunity to support national defense. Your work will help keep critical operations secure and connected across the global enterprise directly, contributing to a mission that protects our nation every day.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Virtualization Engineer supporting CIS, you will design, build, and enhance enterprise virtualization platforms that deliver secure, resilient, and highly available compute capabilities across diverse networks and environments. You will engineer optimized virtual and physical server solutions, develop configuration baselines, and advance automation and modernization initiatives that directly strengthen system reliability, security posture, and mission critical service delivery.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Engineer, integrate, and optimize virtualized compute platforms including hypervisors, clustered hosts, virtual appliances, and supporting infrastructure across Windows and Linux systems
• Develop and maintain standardized operating system baselines, server build templates, firmware versions, and configuration documentation for physical and virtual environments
• Design high availability architectures, resource efficient compute clusters, and hyperconverged solutions that increase performance, scalability, and resilience
• Conduct analysis, testing, and validation of new virtualization technologies, platform upgrades, and major system enhancements prior to production deployment
• Automate provisioning, patching, configuration, and lifecycle tasks to improve efficiency and reduce operational risk
• Provide Tier 3 engineering support for complex virtualization issues including cluster performance, hypervisor faults, networking dependencies, and storage integration challenges
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, network, storage, and operations teams to ensure engineered solutions align with security frameworks, accreditation requirements, and enterprise compliance standards
• Maintain engineering documentation including architecture diagrams, SOPs, testing results, configuration guides, and implementation packages to support lifecycle management and knowledge transfer

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field, or 12+ years of relevant IT experience in lieu of a degree
• CERTIFICATION: Meet DoD 8140 Information Assurance Workforce certification requirements (e.g. Security+ CE, etc.)
• ADDITIONAL REQUIRED CERTIFICATION: VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization
• CLEARANCE: Active TS/SCI clearance with a favorable polygraph
• Hands-on experience designing, engineering, and maintaining virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere/vCenter, Hyper-V, or comparable enterprise solutions
• Strong knowledge of Windows and Linux server engineering, OS baseline creation, secure configuration, and performance tuning
• Experience conducting patch management, system hardening, vulnerability mitigation, and compliance validation for virtualized compute environments

• US citizenship required

• LOCATION: Onsite

The likely salary range for this position is $147,292 - $199,278. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA MD Annapolis Junction

Additional Work Locations:

USA CO Colorado Springs - 8610 Explorer Dr (COC036), USA DC Washington, USA FL MacDill AFB - 7115 S Boundary Blvd (FLC096), USA VA Springfield - 7770 Backlick Rd (VAS110)

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and 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. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.