Virtual Platform Administrator
$117k - $127k USD
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Job Description
Job Title: Virtual Platform Administrator
Location: Remote, U.S.
Supporting: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) **Active Top-Secret Security Clearance**
Overview
CompTech is seeking a qualified, cleared Virtual Platform Administrator. As a Virtual Platform Administrator supporting the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), you will play a critical role in maintaining and optimizing secure, mission-essential virtual infrastructure that directly supports the DoD’s global logistics and sustainment mission. This position offers hands-on responsibility for enterprise-scale virtualization platforms operating in highly controlled, security-sensitive environments.
You will work closely with infrastructure, cybersecurity, and operations teams to ensure systems remain available, resilient, and compliant with DoD cybersecurity requirements. This role is ideal for cleared professionals seeking long-term program stability, meaningful mission impact, and the opportunity to support systems that are essential to national defense.
Work Scope
The successful candidate will manage and maintain virtualized infrastructure across on-premises data centers and DoD and commercial cloud environments, including private, public, and hybrid cloud architectures. This role is responsible for the implementation, configuration, and upgrade of host systems, hypervisors, and virtual application software, along with supporting hardware, software, and applications. Role also provides comprehensive cloud infrastructure support for virtual machines, virtual appliances, and associated programs and applications while ensuring the high availability, security, and integrity of virtual hosts, management platforms, and infrastructure resources.
Key responsibilities include:
- Manage and maintain virtualized infrastructure across on-premises data centers and DoD and commercial cloud environments, including private, public, and hybrid clouds
- Implement, configure, and upgrade host systems, hypervisors, and virtual application software, along with supporting hardware, software, and applications.
- Provide cloud-based infrastructure support for virtual machines, virtual appliances, software, programs, applications, and all associated virtualized components.
- Ensure the high availability, security, and integrity of hosts, virtual management platforms, and infrastructure resources.
- Monitor hypervisors, infrastructure, and virtualization applications by configuring alerts, reviewing error logs, and automating administrative tasks to maintain system stability.
- Install and maintain host and virtualization infrastructure patches and releases across development, test, pre-production, and production environments.
- Serve as a key technical resource for troubleshooting and resolving issues related to hosts, hypervisors, and virtual infrastructure.
- Create, maintain, and update accurate system documentation for assigned environments, including configuration details and change tracking.
- Assists with capacity planning, performance monitoring, and tuning of virtualized systems to ensure optimal operation.
- Participate in virtualization disaster recovery and fault-tolerance planning, including the development and support of disaster recovery strategies.
- Analyze performance trends to identify opportunities for optimization and improved system and application performance.
Experience, Certification & Clearance Requirements:
Experience:
- Seven (7) years of progressive experience in the management and maintenance of virtualized server environments and hosted applications, including at least two (2) years of qualifying experience must include managing successful large scale, multi-disciplinary (network, virtualization, systems administration) projects involving virtual servers, and five (5) years’ hands-on experience working with and supporting Department of Defense (DoD) Commercial Cloud Hosting solutions.
- Well versed in implementing and sustaining complex multicloud solutions
Certification Requirements: A total of three (3) certifications are required.
- IA-Level: IATII: CCNA-Networking
- and one of the following:
- Google Associate Cloud Engineer
- Google Professional Cloud Architect
- and One of the following:
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- AWS Certified Security – Specialty
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Operations
- Red Hat Certified Engineer
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator
Security Clearance Requirements:
- Top-Secret ** Must hold Active Top-Secret Security Clearance to be considered for this role**
Salary:
- $117,000 - $127,000, Benefits, 401k+matching
Equal Employment Opportunity
CompTech is committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment in which we recognize and value each other’s differences as well as fostering a culture that promotes its core values: Commitment, Innovation, and Customer Satisfaction. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran. If you require assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please call Human Resources at (937) 228-2667 or email stefanie.wallace@comptech.com. A CompTech associate will respond to your message as soon as reasonably possible.