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We build AI, DevSecOps and digital engineering products and put them to work for DoD customers.\nYou'll support a new Defense Health Agency program. This position is contingent upon contract award, and the start date will align with the program start.\nYou'll lead the infrastructure team that runs a VMware vSphere estate of more than 2,000 virtual machines across two disconnected DoD enclaves in Chantilly, VA. You're the technical lead for the program's virtualization engineers and system administrators, and you report to the program manager. You'll own the plan that consolidates the environment onto fewer, denser hosts in a smaller footprint, without disrupting the test events the program depends on. You'll work alongside platform engineers who build environments as code and a cyber team that keeps every system authorized.\nWhat you'll do:\nLead a team of virtualization engineers and system administrators: set priorities, assign and review work, and grow the team\nOwn the design and operation of vSphere 8 clusters, vCenter, vSAN and NSX across two enclaves\nPlan and run the consolidation and right-sizing program: dormant VM disposition, memory and CPU right-sizing, and fewer active hosts\nPlan the path from vSphere 8 to VMware Cloud Foundation 9\nChair infrastructure change control and report status, risks and capacity to the program manager\nKeep hosts and VMs patched and STIG-compliant, and support RMF evidence for authorizations\nSet the automation standard for VM builds and configuration with Terraform, Packer and Ansible in GitLab CI\nMust have:\n10 or more years designing and operating VMware vSphere, including environments of 1,000 or more VMs\nExperience leading infrastructure engineers or administrators, as a supervisor or as the technical lead\nA professional-level VMware certification (VCP-DCV or higher) or equivalent experience\nExperience leading a host consolidation, hardware refresh, major version upgrade or data center migration\nHands-on automation with Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI or a similar tool\nU.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain the investigation DHA designates for privileged access\nDoD 8140 qualification for a privileged infrastructure role, or the ability to earn it within six months\nNice to have:\nAn active Secret clearance or higher\nVCAP, VCDX or VMware Cloud Foundation experience\nAir-gapped or classified environment experience\nExperience on a DoD or federal health contract, or supporting health IT or test-lab environments\nLocation: Chantilly, Virginia, on site at the test center, with work at the Ashburn, Virginia data center as needed.\nCitizenship: U.S. citizenship is required for the privileged-access investigation this role needs. Zaden's FSO verifies investigation status.\nPay range: $166,000 to $194,000 per year for Chantilly, Virginia.\nQuestions about this role? Email .\nHow we use AI in hiring\nZaden uses AI tools to help organize and prioritize applications. People review every application and make every hiring decision. To ask about an accommodation or about how your application was reviewed, email .\nIf you need an accommodation to apply or interview, email  and a person will help.\nEqual opportunity\nZaden Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. 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