IT Engineer
Innovative Defense Technologies

Job Info

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Description

Background information:
Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT), provider of automated software testing, data analysis, and cybersecurity solutions for complex, mission-critical systems in the US Department of Defense (DOD), is seeking an IT Engineer to be based in our Arlington, VA office.

Overview:
IDT is seeking an IT Engineer that will design, deploy and maintain Linux and Windows based computing systems intended to support virtualized testing of Naval tactical systems such as Aegis, SSDS, E-2D Hawkeye, etc., possibly in a high-fidelity System-of-Systems environment. Responsibilities will focus on the development of solutions that further IDT's goals of leveraging virtualization to deliver capability to the warfighter faster.

All applicants must be able to obtain/maintain an active U.S. Security Clearance.

Responsibilities Include:

• Interact with technical team members from multiple organizations in a team environment
• Perform requirements analysis, translating business need into IT resource specifications
• Developing design documentation
• Participate in identification and applications of emerging technologies and architectures including evaluation of cloud operations platforms, including cloud IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
• Provision virtual servers and virtual desktops per customer requirements
• Provide direct technical support for the planning, design, and implementation of releases, upgrades, changes to server storage and virtualization systems along with the productivity tools that support the testing and production of those systems
• Contribute to improvement of administrative and operational processes
• Perform administration and lifecycle management of hypervisors, automation and orchestration software, enterprise virtual Systems and networks utilizing multiple network management tools and applications
• Complete capacity planning, workload modeling, prediction, performance monitoring, troubleshooting and tuning to ensure stable performance of the virtualization environments

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, or relevant field of Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in a relevant technology field required

Required skills:

• Experience with server and or desktop virtualization
• Extensive experience with Operating Systems (Microsoft Windows, Linux) configuration and administration
• Virtualization Infrastructure Experience with VMware or similar virtualization tools
• Networking experience - TCP/IP, DNS, NetBIOS, switching, routing, VLANs, firewalls
• High degree of competence in C, Bash, and Shell
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker
• Experience with NFS, iSCSI, FTP, SSH, SCP, LDAP, BASH, IP, TCP, UDP, NTP, DNS, DHCP
• Demonstrated ability to shift from one project to another in an agile work environment
• Ability to communicate technical approaches and details within small project teams, including team interaction and presentations
• Ability to capture technical approaches, designs, block diagrams, algorithms, and implementations in written and graphical form
• Ability to travel approximately 10%

Preferred skills:

• Enterprise system engineering/administrator expertise with at least one operating system
• Experience with at least one public cloud environment, such as Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure
• Proficiency in automation scripts, tools and environments (ex. Python, Jenkins)
• Networking protocol experience (802.11, TCP, UDP, ICMP)
• Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Salt, or Puppet experience
• Experience in programing languages such as Java, C++, or JavaScript
• VMWare certifications or equivalent is a plus

Competencies:

• Ability to create and employ requirements and specifications during development
• Desire to stay current with industry trends and best practices
• Excellence in technical oral and written communication with peers and non-technical cohorts
• Be capable of working independently, but thrive in a team environment
• Solid analytical abilities, coupled with a strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive

EEO Statement:
IDT is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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