Virtualization Engineer

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide Tier 3 support to members of the operations virtualization administrators.
• Maintain all HW and SW components at vendor supported levels.
• Maintain expert knowledge of ESXi hosts, clusters, and vSAN.
• Support mission-critical Continuity of Operations (COOP).
• Develop and/or participate in After Action Reports (AARs)
• Provide expert advice and direction regarding the management and operation of all VMWARE clusters in the DISA CESO enterprise architecture.
• Evaluate current technologies and processes associated with DISA CESO to identify gaps.
• Provide requirements and strategies for future cybersecurity operations.
• Active participant in meetings with DISA CESO and mission partner working groups.
• Adhere to applicable DOD STIGs, DISA applicable orders, and JSIG policy, guidelines, and regulations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of directly relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• 6+ years of hands-on VMWARE experience in both engineering, operations and maintenance roles.
• Strong knowledge of VMWARE concepts and best practices:
• Experience working in a high op-temp, Top Secret environment.
• Candidate must possess an active DOD TS/SCI security clearance
• Candidate must be willing to take and maintain a CI/Poly
• 8570 IAT Level II Baseline Certification (e.g. CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, SSCP)

Preferred Qualifications

• VCP- VMWare Certification desired
• Prior experienced with DISA and DISA’s support to mission partners

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Original Posting: September 22, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.