Senior IT Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><div> <div> </div> <div>At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. </div> <div> </div> <div>Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more. </div> <div> </div> <div>Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!</div> <div> </div> </div></div><p><strong>Senior IT Engineer Position Overview </strong></p> <p>Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Senior IT Engineer who will utilize industry and domain knowledge and experience to perform technical analysis, develop working prototypes, and recommend best practice business changes for a DoD client and the CTO. This role will leverage extensive VMware virtualization expertise and cloud infrastructure experience to drive innovation and technical excellence. The position requires self-motivation, strong communication and collaboration skills, creativity, a broad range of technical knowledge and skill, and the ability to perform research and develop practical, cost-effective, secure, IT-based solution recommendations to solve client business challenges.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key Areas of Expertise </strong></p> <p>The Senior IT Engineer should be familiar with:</p> <ul> <li>Enterprise IT architecture, IT management, on-premises IT platforms, compute storage networking, cloud technologies, cybersecurity, and the concepts of Agile project management and software-defined approaches to infrastructure and software deployment</li> <li>Deep understanding of on-premises (VMware) and clouds (AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle, and/or on-premise cloud such as VMware VCF)</li> <li>VMware vSphere environment design, deployment, and optimization for mission-critical applications</li> <li>Business acumen with the ability to understand and map business requirements to technical requirements</li> <li>Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) implementation and management using VMware Horizon View</li> <li>Storage solutions integration, including SAN/NAS technologies and NetApp storage systems</li> <li>Backup and disaster recovery strategies for enterprise environments</li> <li>Windows Server administration and Active Directory management</li> <li>Hyper-V virtualization technology and cross-platform virtualization strategies</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Core Responsibilities </strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead technical solution design and architecture for enterprise-scale virtualization and cloud systems</li> <li>Manage and optimize VMware vCenter environments to ensure high availability and performance</li> <li>Implement and maintain cloud infrastructure solutions across multiple platforms</li> <li>Provide technical leadership for infrastructure monitoring, patch management, and system updates</li> <li>Design and implement robust backup and recovery solutions for virtual environments</li> <li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement innovative solutions</li> <li>T