System Administrator - Platform Engineer

About the role

Electrosoft Services, LLC is an award-winning company that provides comprehensive technology-based solutions and services to federal customers. While cybersecurity is our specialty, we also focus on ICAM, Zero Trust, digital engineering and transformation, and enterprise AI and intelligent automation.

We always seek to delight our customers, so we retain highly qualified employees and offer them meaningful work, growth opportunities, and work-life balance. What sets us apart from all other contractors is the sense of teamwork our employees feel - and the knowledge that outstanding effort is recognized and rewarded.

The camaraderie we share emanates from Lunch & Learn sessions where we explore new ideas together, fun group activities ranging from escape rooms to miniature golf, and much, much more. If we've described you and your dream workplace, please apply and share in the many benefits and opportunities we offer.

Responsibilities and Duties

• VMware / Private Cloud Platform: Design, deploy, administer, and optimize VMware vSphere 8/9 environments (ESXi, vCenter), including clusters, resource pools, HA, DRS, vMotion/Storage vMotion, and vSphere Distributed Switches across a geographically dispersed, multi-site private cloud.
• Manage the full VM lifecycle-provisioning, patching, capacity planning, performance tuning, and decommissioning-and perform vSphere platform upgrades and migrations.
• Storage & Hardware: Administer NetApp ONTAP and E-Series storage (volumes, LUNs, aggregates, snapshots, replication) and Brocade Fibre Channel switches (zoning, LUN masking); monitor storage performance and capacity.
• Manage Dell server hardware using OpenManage and iDRAC, including firmware/BIOS lifecycle, health monitoring, and hardware fault resolution.
• Server Infrastructure: Administer Windows Server (2016-2022) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (8/9) platforms, including Active Directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, and Certificate Services.
• Automation: Develop and maintain automation using PowerShell, PowerCLI, Bash, and/or Python, and configuration management tools such as Ansible, for provisioning, patching, compliance, and routine operations.
• Backup & DR: Administer and validate enterprise backup and disaster recovery (Commvault/Metallic hybrid cloud), including recovery testing and alignment to RPO/RTO requirements.
• Security & Compliance: Harden virtualization and server platforms to DISA STIGs, CIS Benchmarks, and NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5; support vulnerability remediation, audits, and patch management per NIST SP 800-40r4 and CSO SOPs.
• Operations & Support: Provide Tier 3/4 troubleshooting and root cause analysis across compute, storage, and network layers; support F5 LTM load balancing and VMware Horizon VDI/UAG as needed.
• Submit scheduled outages to the CSO ERB/CCB; meet STIM outage notification requirements (within 30 minutes) and keep configuration backups current within 2 business days of changes.
• Documentation & Collaboration: Maintain SOPs, system diagrams, configuration records, and runbooks; mentor junior administrators; collaborate with Network, Security, Firewall, and Database teams; participate in a 24/7/365 on-call rotation.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).

Skills/Experience/Certifications

• 8+ years of IT infrastructure experience, including hands-on enterprise VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter administration beyond VM provisioning.
• Demonstrated experience with vSphere upgrades/migrations (7.x to 8.x/9.x) in production environments.
• Hands-on experience with SAN storage (NetApp preferred) and Fibre Channel switching (Brocade preferred).
• Experience administering Windows Server and Linux (RHEL) in physical and virtual environments.
• Automation experience with PowerShell/PowerCLI and Bash or Python; Ansible experience preferred.
• Experience implementing DISA STIGs, CIS Benchmarks, and NIST SP 800-53 controls in federal or regulated environments.
• Experience with enterprise backup/recovery (Commvault preferred) and 24x7 production on-call support.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, including explaining technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.
• Required: Current (or one version prior) vendor certification such as VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV), Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate, or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), or higher.
• Preferred: VCAP-DCV, NetApp NCDA/NCIE, CompTIA Security+.

Pay and benefits

The actual base salary offered will be determined based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's relevant years and depth of experience, skills and qualifications, education, certifications, internal equity, and the specific requirements of the position. Candidates should not assume they will be offered the top of the posted range, as compensation is based on the individual qualifications and overall fit for the role.

Salary Range $105,000 - $120,000 USD

Electrosoft is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled