--- title: Platform Hosting Systems Engineer at BAE Systems description: BAE Systems is hiring for the Platform Hosting Systems Engineer role in Herndon, VA. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/platform-hosting-systems-engineer-at-bae-systems-01a1c7b7-25ca-7fd7-917c-2444dc9f392f date: 2026-11-14T06:43:08Z og_description: Join BAE Systems as Platform Hosting Systems Engineer in Herndon, VA. See the full description and apply. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/yw5fct.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [BAE Systems](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/bae-systems?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Herndon, VA | | **Posted** | Nov 10, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A- · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** BAE Systems sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 2 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for BAE Systems. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $127,000 – $175,000 a year (median $146,000). ## Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the government, federal law enforcement officials, and troops deployed around the world.   At BAE Systems, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills and training they need to succeed. We are all about trust, camaraderie, and a shared ambition to lead the world in defense technologies and national security services. We offer flexible work environment to support the balance in your life and keep you performing at your best. Be a part of a company that is part of the community; driven to improve our future and protect our freedom. We are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to help maintain and optimize our hosting environment, with a focus on Nutanix infrastructure. They will help to ensure high availability, performance, and security. The candidate should have experience with hosting technology, with a preference for Nutanix experience, along with experience with virtualization, and cloud technologies. An ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in hosting platforms with excellent problem-solving skills and a strong understanding of IT infrastructure. We are seeking an individual that works well in a team environment and has willingness to help lead implementation of the work and provide guidance to other engineers. They will be able to carry out the following job responsibilities in the course of their duties: **Virtualization and Hosting Infrastructure** - Maintain and support enterprise Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure, including physical compute hosts, virtualization clusters, and supporting services - Administer virtual machines, hypervisors, virtual storage, and virtual networking components - Monitor infrastructure health, performance, availability, and capacity - Perform routine maintenance, system updates, firmware upgrades, patching, and infrastructure lifecycle activities - Troubleshoot virtual machine, hypervisor, compute, storage, and network connectivity issues - Assist with the deployment, configuration, migration, and decommissioning of virtual machines and supporting infrastructure - Support backup, recover, disaster recovery, and business continuity requirements - Identify opportunities to improve infrastructure reliability, performance, automation, and operational efficiency **Linux and Systems Administration** - Administer and troubleshoot Linux-based operating systems and supporting infrastructure services - Perform Linux command-line administration, system diagnostics, log analysis, and service management - Troubleshoot operating system performance, authentication, file systems, processes, and network connectivity - Develop and maintain Bash, Powershell, or Python scripts to automate infrastructure tasks - Apply security hardening, patch management, and configuration management practices - Support integration between Linux, Windows, and enterprise infrastructure services **Networking and infrastructure Connectivity** - Troubleshoot Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking issues affecting hosts, hypervisors, virtual machines, and management services - Understand and work with VLANs, subnets, IP addressing, routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, and TCP/IP - Support virtual switches, network interfaces, NIC teaming/bonding, and network redundancy - Assist with firewall connectivity troubleshooting, network segmentation, and access control requirements - Collaborate with network and security engineering teams to resolve connectivity and performance issues - Understand how physical networking integrates with virtualized infrastructure **Infrastructure Engineering and Operations** - Participate in the design, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of enterprise hosting infrastructure - Troubleshoot complex infrastructure incidents involving compute, storage, networking, operating systems, and virtualization platforms - Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions - Support infrastructure monitoring, event management, and capacity planning - Develop and maintain technical documentation, engineering procedures, build guides, and standard operating procedures - Support infrastructure security controls, system hardening, role-based access, and configuration compliance - Participate in change management, maintenances windows, system upgrades, and infrastructure validation - Work with cross-functional engineering teams to support new services and infrastructure requirements  ABC #LI-DDUNN ## Skills - Business Continuity - Network Segmentation - Firmware - Capacity Planning - Virtual Machines - Nutanix - System Redundancy - High Availability Systems - Infrastructure Security - Cloud Computing - ICT Infrastructure - Event Management - Patch Management - Hypervisor - Hardening - Decommissioning - Software Deployment - Authentication (Software Security) - File Systems - Layer 3 Networking - Electrical Equipment Components - Root Cause Analysis - Firewall - Systems Diagnostics - Infrastructure Monitoring - Command-Line Interface - Windows PowerShell - IT Infrastructure - Configuration Management - Hosting - Service Management - Security Engineering - Bash - Layer 2 Networking - Corrective And Preventive Action (Capa) - Standard Operating Procedures (Sop) - Log Analysis - Technical Documentation - Linux - Disaster Recovery - Virtualization ## Related - [More jobs at BAE Systems](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/bae-systems?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Technology & Software jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Cloud & DevOps jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/cloud-and-devops?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [DevOps Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/cloud-and-devops/devops-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Platform Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/cloud-and-devops/devops-engineer/platform-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - 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