Omnissa / VMWare Resident Engineer (Hybrid)

Overview

• Tier One Technologies is seeking an Omnissa / VMWare Resident Engineer to support our US Government client.
• This hybrid Contract-to-Hire position will be located in Morrisville, NC.
• SELECTED CANDIDATES WITHOUT REQUIRED CLEARANCE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION TO RECEIVE IT.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support of all Windows system administration within the EUC space including Windows Server and Windows Desktop Operating systems.
• Deploy and maintain secure desktop images in the Omnissa / VMWare virtual desktop Infrastructure in accordance with policies and industry standards.
• Develop automation through scripting and APIs (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, PowerShell, Python, Bash, Terraform).
• Support UCO / Aria Automation.
• Perform certificate lifecycle management for systems and applications.
• Serve as SME for Omnissa / VMWare and other virtualization solutions.
• Centrally store, manage, and maintain user preferences and data.
• Manage and maintain Omnissa / VMWare AppVolumes managers, databases, App Stacks and writable volumes.
• May be required to create time sensitive deliverables.
• May lead project teams within assigned unit develop, plan and manage project tasks.
• Participate in the preparation of materials and oral presentations for customers and management.
• Play a lead role in meetings relating to specific technical projects or tasks.
• Respond promptly to incidents in ServiceNow.
• Will be assigned responsibility for advanced technical issues in the environment for problem resolution.
• Diagnose and repair system problems working closely with vendor support for all servers, software and other hardware directly or with team members.
• Define, monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot system performance of all EUC systems.

Qualifications

• A degree from an accredited College/University in the applicable field of services.
• Four additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a college degree is required.
• 13+ years of experience in software development and/or related field.
• Proficiency utilizing following Omnissa / VMWare products:
  • Horizon View
  • User Environment Manager (UEM)
  • Workspace One
  • ThinApp
  • App Volumes
• Expertise installing, configuring, and managing Omnissa / VMWare software products including but not limited to Horizon View, App Volumes, User Environment Manager, Workspace ONE, ThinApp, and vRealize Operations for Horizon.
• Basic understanding of data center networking (TCP/IP, switching/routing, ports and protocols, firewall concepts, load-balancing).
• Basic understanding of storage protocols (e.g. NFS, SMB, S3, FC, iSCSI, NVMe)
• Strong, demonstrable scripting experience in one or more of the following: PowerShell, VBScript, C++, Unix Shell, Python, Perl, Ruby, JavaScript, etc.
• Working knowledge of Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy.
• Working knowledge of MS Windows desktop operating systems including Windows 10 and MS Server 2012 & 2012 R2.
• Working knowledge of MS database server SQL Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 or 2014.
• Experience with hardening and improving the security of Windows operating systems and hardware platforms, local area networks, wide area networks, messaging, and client-server applications.
• Ability to develop and maintain IT documentation.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Must be able to obtain a Position of Public Trust Clearance.
• All candidates must be a US Citizen or have permanent residence status (Green Card).
• Candidate must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.
• Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last 5 years. Military Service excluded.