Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Candidates for this role must have the ability to obtain and maintain a US Security Clearance.

Your role and responsibilities

This position is for a Windows Engineer supporting the Army Edge Computing Capability (AECC) project that ALTESS is fielding for the US Army in the Pacific theater. The AECC solution is a hyperconverged, multitenant private cloud hosting environment for hosting Army enterprise and tactical applications. AECC utilizes the full suite of VMware products (ESXi, vSAN, NSX, vCloud Foundations, ARIA Automation, Tanzu) to implement a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) across multiple global sites. ALTESS is integrating the Hashi Corp Vault and Terraform, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, and the GitLab Ultimate Suite into the AECC solution to provide an automation platform in addition to the VMware ARIA capabilities along with a DevSecOps framework for the Army Tactical users to utilize. ALTESS provides value added common and managed services built on top of the VMware foundation, that hosted Army applications will require. ALTESS is a managed service provider (MSP) and hosting services provider for Army applications. ALTESS is a Product Director office under Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS).

Job Duties:

• Collaborate with government engineers to design and upkeep the AECC architecture.
• Develop, implement, and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for the deployment and upkeep of Windows-based services within the AECC.
• Employ IaC for provisioning customer Windows resources as new applications are hosted on the AECC solution.
• Oversee patching services for all Windows hosts to ensure regular updates and protection against vulnerabilities.
• Act as a Windows Administrator technology subject matter expert, handle Active Directory management tasks, provide daily administration for Windows VMs and AECC services, troubleshoot Windows issues, and recommend improvements for security, scalability, and performance.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

None

Required technical and professional expertise

• Senior level experience with Windows Server and Active Directory administration.
• Senior level experience with Engineering, Implementation, and Sustainment of Active Directory and Group Policy Objects
• Strong automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across the entire technology stack – network, storage, server, and applications.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Secret Security Clearance.

Required Certifications:

• Security+ or equivalent DoD 8570.01-M IA Tech Level II certification
• Must have (or obtain within 6 months of hire) Windows administrator related computing environment certification (i.e. MCSA, MCSE, or equivalent) as defined in DoD 8570.01-M

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Working knowledge of DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) and the Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) process.