Senior Infrastructure Consultant at Mythics – Virginia Beach, Virginia

Senior Infrastructure Consultant

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Job ID: 2026-4359
Type: Any (Full-Time or Subcontract)
# of Openings: 1
Category: Emergent, LLC
United States

Overview

As a federal government contractor and a recipient of federal funding, Mythics and Emergent is required to abide by the Drug-Free Workplace Act, which requires Mythics and Emergent to provide a drug-free workplace, among other obligations. As part of this effort, Mythics and Emergent requires pre-employment drug tests for all candidates for employment. Please note that marijuana (including medical marijuana) is designated as a controlled substance under federal law and will be screened for in the drug test.

Emergent, a subsidiary of Mythics, LLC, is an award-winning IT solutions provider and value-added reseller based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Since 2006, Emergent has specialized in solving complex challenges and delivered best-of-class technology solutions to operations in all levels of government, education, and commercial organizations worldwide. At Emergent, we are looking for motivated people with the expertise and insight to tackle the toughest client issues.

Why Work at Emergent?

Because at Emergent, YOU count! At Emergent, our Corporate Values are at the foundation of everything we do. Our values, Respect – Empathy – Excellence – Fun (REEF), have created an environment that fosters creative thinking, respects your contributions, and accepts nothing less than excellence in serving our customers. At Emergent, you will experience a truly enjoyable corporate culture.

Enjoy Tailored Benefits to Suit Your Needs with our Flexible Options. Our benefit options include:

• Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision plans
• Premier 401k retirement plan with corporate matching and a 529 college saving plan
• Tax-advantaged Health Savings Account and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account options
• Legal Resources

Unlock Exclusive Benefits for Full-Time Employees:

• Generous work/life balance opportunities supported by a PTO bank, paid holidays, leave programs and additional flex time off
• Employee referral program
• Employee recognition, gift and reward program
• Tuition reimbursement for continuing education
• Remote or hybrid work options
• Engaging company events such as team building activities, annual awards and kick-off parties
• Health and wellness-focused activities
• Relaxation Spaces
• In-office gourmet coffee, tea, fresh fruit and healthy snacks
• Corporate GREEN approach – tracking energy consumption for reduction and purchasing only environmentally friendly products for our offices

Emergent, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable federal, state, and/or local law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, medical condition, veteran status, or other factors protected by law. We offer equal opportunity in compensation, advancement opportunities, and all other terms and conditions of employment. As a federal government contractor, Emergent has developed and maintains a written Affirmative Action Program relating to individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, which sets forth the policies, practices and procedures to which the Company is committed in order to ensure that its policy of nondiscrimination and affirmative action for qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans is followed. For those unable to complete an online application, alternative methods are available by contacting accommodationrequests@mythics.com. For more information about Federal laws prohibiting job discrimination, please read Know Your Rights.

Responsibilities

The Senior Infrastructure Consultant serves as the foundational architect of our OpenShift Virtualization Pods. In this high-impact role, the Senior Infrastructure Consultant operates beyond implementation, acting as the architect of the “Landing Zone." This role navigates the complexities of transitioning mission-critical VMware workloads into agile, production-grade OpenShift environments. By balancing deep platform engineering with high-touch organizational enablement, the Senior Infrastructure Consultant ensures that our clients, ranging from Global Financial Institutions to US Public Sector agencies, achieve seamless business continuity and a future-ready infrastructure.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technical authority for OpenShift Virtualization Pods, owning the end-to-end enterprise-grade OpenShift Landing Zones for the virtualization workloads.
• Lead the "Day 1" design, deployment, and hardening of OpenShift clusters, optimized for OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt), specifically tuned for the rigors of enterprise virtualization and mixed-mode workloads.
• Architect, validate, and operationalize OpenShift Virtualization environments capable of supporting Tier 1, latency-sensitive, and highly available workloads at enterprise scale.
• Design and execute sophisticated Migration Factory testing protocols including validating storage performance, network resiliency, and high-availability failover to guarantee production readiness.
• Translate VMware-centric operational models (clusters, resource pools, DRS, HA) into Kubernetes-native abstractions that preserve intent while improving agility and automation.
• Virtualization/Migration Assessment (VMA) outputs to phased, executable technical migration plans with clear sequencing, success criteria, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Act as a strategic mentor and trusted advisor to client platform, virtualization, and application teams, guiding them through both the technical and cultural shift from traditional virtualization to Kubernetes-first operations.
• Define and implement Day 2 operational patterns, including OpenShift and Operator lifecycle management, patching and upgrade strategies, backup and restore workflows, disaster recovery designs, and ongoing capacity and performance management.
• Integrate and validate enterprise storage and networking planforms, including Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation and CSI-backed solutions with a focus on high-performance RWO/RWX workloads.
• Author comprehensive runbooks, operational playbooks, and decision logs that serve as the blueprint for the client’s long-term operational success.
• Contribute to internal intellectual property, including reference architectures, automation patterns, reusable migration frameworks, and delivery standards.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in an IT-related field or equivalent work experience, required.
• 8-10 years of progressive experience in enterprise infrastructure, platform engineering, or systems architecture roles.
• 3-5 years of hands-on Red Hat OpenShift experience.
• 2-3 years working with OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt).
• 5-8 years of enterprise virtualization experience supporting mission-critical workloads.
• Hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) and enterprise CSI providers (NetApp, Pure, Dell), focusing on high-performance RWO/RWX volumes.
• US Citizens required for clearable projects. Top Secret clearance preferred.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities (KSAs):

• Expert-level mastery of Red Hat OpenShift (RHOCP) and KubeVirt (OpenShift Virtualization)
• Advanced proficiency in Multus CNI, NMState, and layer-2 bridging to ensure seamless IP transparency between legacy and modern tiers
• Deep-rooted understanding of enterprise virtualization (VMWare / vSphere preferred) architecture to facilitate intelligent workload mapping
• Ability to create a detailed technical execution plan from a VMA (Assessment).
• Strong understanding and comfortability working in a "Global Delivery Model" with seamless hand-offs between EU-based centers and US-based stakeholders