Senior Virtualization & AI Engineering Specialist - ASSETS

This is a senior engineering role supporting enterprise virtualization, artificial intelligence, data science, and analytics capabilities within a highly secure mission environment.
You will engineer, operate, and optimize VMware infrastructure and advanced analytics platforms supporting critical command-and-control systems.
The role combines virtualization engineering with AI/ML, data analytics, systems integration, cybersecurity, and mission-focused systems engineering.
You will work across classified environments to maintain highly available, secure, compliant, and fully visible infrastructure.
A key part of the position involves translating stakeholder requirements into executable technical solutions, documentation, models, and implementation plans.
You will collaborate closely with cyber, network, data science, application, and operations teams while providing technical guidance to junior personnel.
This opportunity is well suited to an experienced DoD technology professional who can connect complex infrastructure and emerging AI capabilities with demanding mission requirements.

The role requires extensive infrastructure and systems engineering experience, strong virtualization expertise, and the ability to operate effectively within secure and highly regulated DoD environments.

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must possess and maintain TS with SCI eligibility.
• High school diploma required.
• Minimum of 15 years of relevant professional experience.
• At least 8 years of progressive IT infrastructure experience, including 3–5 years focused on virtualization and systems engineering within DoD or similarly complex environments.
• Hands-on experience administering VMware vSphere and ESXi, including host configuration, virtual machine provisioning, and lifecycle management.
• Experience with VMware vRealize Aria Operations and vRealize Aria Operations for Logs, or equivalent VMware monitoring and logging platforms.
• Experience creating dashboards, configuring alerts, and monitoring enterprise infrastructure performance.
• Demonstrated experience supporting DoD STIG compliance and cybersecurity best practices.
• Experience working with AI, data science, or analytics tooling, including requirements translation, model support, data pipelines, or analytics dashboards.
• Strong troubleshooting capabilities across virtualization, Windows Server, Windows operating systems, Unix/Linux, and hardware layers.
• Proven ability to develop and automate capacity, performance, or analytics reports.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to translate complex stakeholder requirements into practical technical solutions and implementation plans.
• Experience collaborating across engineering, cybersecurity, operations, data science, and application teams.
• Experience with AWS, IBM Cloud, or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is advantageous.
• Experience supporting AI/ML, modeling and simulation, or advanced analytics within DoD or Intelligence Community programs is a plus.
• Familiarity with SysML/UML, model-based systems engineering, and related tools is preferred.
• VMware vSphere 6.7 Foundations certification or higher is preferred.
• CompTIA Security+ or an equivalent DoD 8570 IAT Level II/III certification is preferred.
• Oracle Certified Foundations Associate and/or Certified Configuration Management Logistics Professional certification is advantageous.
• Ability to successfully complete required background investigations, including criminal history and identity verification.