NOVA-Diné is in search of a Microsoft Systems Engineer to become a part of our Defense Enclave Services (DES) team located in Ft. Meade, MD. The DES program is a highly demanding mission and requires expert technical and professional management to support DISA's enterprise Information Technology (IT) services. You will be supporting a large and complex IT discovery, design, and migration effort towards a Single Service Provider model for the Department of Defense. This role will include discovery analysis and design activities required to migrate common IT services from multiple large-scale DoD agencies into DoDNet. 

• Perform initial discovery efforts, defining data collection requirements based on inputs needed to develop a successful migration plan
• Utilize advanced data analysis techniques and benchmarks to define the future state migration plan, and the pre-migration activities necessary to close gaps
• Forecast backend infrastructure needs resulting from the migration of over 20 agencies into a single architecture
• Design solutions, integrate, configure, test and deploy numerous types storage and data protection technologies from EMC, NetApp, Nutanix, and others.
• Optimize end-to-end system performance and migration workflows. 
• Conduct data captures to obtain computing performance and system configuration information. 
• Define migration plans that accelerate execution and minimize impact to the user community. 
• Establish migration plans for complex n-tier applications and services. 
• Gather needed data to forecast long-term capacity and performance requirements.
• Other duties as assigned. 

• Must have an active Secret clearance. 
• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of experience; additional years of directly applicable experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
• DoD IAT Level II (Security+ ) certification or equivalent is required.
• Proficiency with enterprise-class storage and data protection technologies such as: storage and backup arrays, SAN switches, backup software, and storage replication technology.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Consulting firm experience

• Strong knowledge of networking, servers, cyber, and data center facilities

• Cloud Migration

• Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

• Microsoft Intune – Endpoint Management & Software Distribution

• Microsoft 356 Administration

• Microsoft Power BI

• Active Directory Administration

• Enterprise level migration experience

• Operating system rollout

• Developing engineering and implementation plans

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