Virtualization & Emulation Engineer

Job Title: Virtualization & Emulation Engineer

Full-time

City, State: Fort Belvoir, VA

Salary Range: $140,000 - $170,000

About Us

Trideum Corporation is a 100% employee-owned company, committed to embracing the world’s toughest challenges with a servant’s heart. Through dedicated hard work and commitment, we provide distinctive quality and unparalleled customer service in all aspects of our business. We also know that our employees are the key to our success, and it is our mission to take care of them so they can take care of our customers and communities where we live, work, and play.

Position Summary

Trideum Corporation is seeking a highly skilled Virtualization & Emulation Engineer to lead the design, scaling, and operational maintenance of large-scale virtualized simulation environments supporting Army modernization initiatives. This engineer will be responsible for developing and sustaining the Digital Engineering (DE) Environment for digital twins, including virtualized representations of End User Devices (EUDs) running ATAK, UAS autopilot controllers, and tactical routing nodes, and ensuring their successful deployment and operation on Government laboratory hardware at Fort Belvoir.

What You’ll Do

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Architect, build, and maintain brigade-scale virtualized node environments supporting distributed simulation activities.
• Lead containerization and orchestration of ATAK EUDs, UAS controllers, battlefield routers, and associated compute nodes.
• Implement scalable deployment pipelines enabling rapid configuration, test, and update cycles for DE Environment Twins.
• Oversee integration and deployment of virtualized systems onto Government lab infrastructure, ensuring performance, reliability, and reproducibility.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to support interoperability with OneSAF, communications and network models, and bridging middleware services.
• Diagnose and resolve system-level issues related to virtualization, networking, and distributed software execution.
• Contribute to the design and refinement of system architectures supporting multi-node distributed Linux environments.
• Minimal travel required

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM discipline.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience with distributed Linux systems, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), hypervisors, and large-scale node orchestration.
• Demonstrated experience designing, scaling, and supporting virtualized testbeds or simulation architectures.
• Strong proficiency with Linux networking, virtualization tooling, and system-level debugging.
• Ability to work on-site at Fort Belvoir for integration, testing, and support activities.
• Active Secret clearance

We Take Care of Our People

Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Trideum is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life because we believe that taking care of our people is the right thing to do. Trideum offers:

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary.
• Traditional benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and 401k matching.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
• Paid leave and the ability to cash out leave.
• Free access to certified financial planners, wellness and support services, and discount programs.
• Education assistance and professional development opportunities.
• And much more.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law. People with disabilities who need a reasonable accommodation to apply or compete for employment with Trideum may request such accommodation(s) by contacting Human Resources at 256.704.6123 or HR@trideum.com.