Why WWT?

　　Fueled by creativity and ideation, World Wide Technology strives to accelerate our growth and nurture future innovation. From our world class culture, to our generous benefits, to developing cutting edge technology solutions, WWT constantly works towards its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is a great place to work. We encourage our employees to embrace collaboration, get creative and think outside the box when it comes to delivering some of the most advanced technology solutions for our customers.

　　At a glance, WWT was founded in 1990 in St. Louis, Missouri. We employ over 8,000 individuals and closed nearly $14 Billion in revenue. We have an inclusive culture and believe our core values are the key to company and employee success. WWT is proud to announce that it has been named on the FORTUNE "100 Best Places to Work For®" list for the eleventh consecutive year!

　　Want to work with highly motivated individuals that come together to form high performance team? Come join WWT today! We are looking for a Software Virtualization Engineer to join our Government Services team to support our client fully onsite in St Louis, MO and Springfield, VA.

　　Why should you join the Government Services team?

　　Our Government Services team provides cleared resources with a global reach to federal civilian, Department of Defense (DoD) and intelligence community markets. We excel at delivering innovative, operationally ready, and cost-effective IT solutions that accelerate the interoperability and resiliency of mission critical systems.

　　Want to learn more about Government Services? Check us out on our platform:

　　https://www.wwt.com/government-services

　　Location: St Louis, Mo and Springfield, Va

　　What Will You Be Doing?

　　World Wide Technology, LLC has an opportunity available for a Software Virtualization Engineer to support the virtualization of a variety of mission applications as part of the User Facing and Data Center Services Contract supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency systems. Provide guidance on optimization of desktops for platform interoperability and act as liaison between Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) technologies.

　　Development of Virtualized Packages for Mission Baseline ApplicationsApplications will be consumed both by VDI sessions and thick clientsApplications include those with plugins and advanced graphics requirementsWork with application testers and mission SME's to validate mission application behaviorIncorporate any required sequencing changes into the app sequencing processIdentify facets of user application settings (registry, AppData, etc.) that need to be persisted across sessions in a non-persistent VDI environmentIdentify automation opportunities for application sequencing and work with the engineering team to streamline the sequencing process for mission applications, once establishedAssist the virtualization team and VDI team with application delivery infrastructure configuration, as neededImprove backup/Disaster Recovery and Continuity of OperationsArticulating knowledge, discoveries, designs, etc. rapidly and concisely in written detailed designs, test plans and test cases, implementation plans, operational guides, and training guides under project management time and cost-constrained deadlinePerforming work without appreciable direction and exercising considerable latitude in the determination of technical objectives of assignmentsWorking with VMware software defined data center products and tools for troubleshooting and performance tuningAnalyze, test, and apply regular security patches and software update as requiredIn-depth and up-to-date knowledge of Virtualization products and capabilitiesAbility to analyze and apply virtualization product capabilities to changing program requirementsGood work ethic and active desire to learnSkillful time management and organizational skills to set and meet deadlinesExcellent written and oral communication skillsPerforms all other work as assigned

　　Education and Experience Requirements

　　Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience with Systems Administration/Virtualization (Additional Education, Training, Certifications or Work Experience can be substituted in lieu of degree or work experience)A degree may be substituted with additional years of experienceIAT Level II certificationExperience with Citrix Xenapp, MS SCCM, Thinapp2+ years of experience with Microsoft App-V or comparable application virtualization technology Experience with the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) productsExperience with non-persistent desktop environmentsExperience with profile management solutions such as MS FSLogix, VMware DEM or Liquidware Labs' Profile-UnityFamiliarity with ActiveDirectory, specifically Group PolicyUnderstanding of load-balancing application delivery servicesUnderstand principles of ITILAble to create architectural design documents and presentationsAble to test and apply hardware and software updatesUnderstand architectural frameworks such as TOGAF

　　Required Certifications

　　IAT level II Compliant certification (i.e. Security+ CE, SSCP etc)Virtualization compute environment certification, i.e. VMware Certified Associate for Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)

　　Clearance Requirements

　　Active TS clearance required and eligibility to obtain SCI and CI poly