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Senior Systems Engineer

Agile Defense· Digital Transformation – Service Operations
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Shaw AFB, SC$90k - $100kRegularPosted 4w ago

About the role

Senior Systems Engineer position at Agile Defense supporting U.S. Air Force enterprise networks and infrastructure. On-site at Shaw AFB, SC with secret clearance and advanced DoD certifications.

Responsibilities

  • Direct host patching, maintenance, and major version upgrades across multi-cluster ESXi and vCenter environments
  • Fine-tune VMware DRS rules, High Availability (HA) admission controls to maximize compute density and hardware efficiency
  • Design and govern vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS), including uplink teaming policies, network failover teaming policies, and VLAN tagging integrity
  • Architect and audit dedicated, non-routed Layer 2 storage fabrics (SAN, iSCSI, NFS), ensuring complete absence of Layer 3 SVIs and gateway routing hops
  • Verifying consistent Jumbo Frame (9000/9216) MTU settings across VMkernel interfaces, vNICs, fabric interconnects, physical switches, and storage targets
  • Author, validate, and maintain unified UCS server profile templates across B-Series blade rack servers to eliminate configuration drift
  • Enforce zero-trust identity baselines, privilege access workstations principles, and DISA STIG compliance across enterprise forests
  • Implement Tiered administrative modules, eliminating insecure credential exposure and auditing sensitive privilege delegation paths
  • Establish engineering documentation standards, perform root-cause analysis, develop detailed infrastructure topology diagrams and standard operating procedures
  • Drive technical engineering forums, deliver regular executive briefings on platform health, Enterprise system modernization initiatives

Qualifications

  • Master of Computer Science or related area, and 4+ years IT domain knowledge; or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related area, and 8+ years IT Domain Knowledge
  • DoD 8140 DCWF 651, Advanced Level
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE), or equivalent certification
  • U.S. citizenship with active Secret security clearance

Skills

Required:VMware vSphereActive DirectoryCisco UCS
Nice to have:ExchangeCloud platforms (Kubernetes, Azure, AWS)

Benefits

  • Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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