We are seeking a Sr. VMware Administrator for our direct end client in Atlanta, GA. Please send resume with rate and contact details.
Sr. VMware Administrator
Duration: 1 year
Position Purpose
This position provides systems administration, support, and management for large scale enterprise VMware in large EMC storage environment.
Senior level VMware Administrator will support the full system engineering life-cycle, including requirements analysis, design, development, integration, test, and implementation of VMware in
a highly dynamic environment. Work as part of a team in support of operational and project related activities. Provide advanced technical and operational support to other departments and teams as required in support of client's business objectives.
Position Duties and Responsibilities
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
· Provide technical support for VMware for related project activities
· VMware Administrator will be responsible for Architecture, Implementation, Monitoring and Maintenance of VMware ESX/ESXi environment.
· Strong understanding of Virtual CPU, virtual memory, networking and storage setup.
· Participate in design review sessions, guide development and architecture teams on delivering highly available and scalable solutions.
· Build and modify systems to meet project and user requirements.
· Apply patches and upgrades to operating systems and layered software as required.
· Provide advanced troubleshooting for applications and systems with emphasis on root cause analysis
· Provide 24x7 on call support as part of a scheduled rotation with other team members
· Automation of system administration tasks
· Establish standards, policies and procedures to leverage best practices in the operation of the system administration teams.
· Establish best practices for management and maintenance of virtual environment and
· Also responsible for other Duties/Projects as assigned by business management as needed.
· Provide technical advice and expertise to junior staff members
Secondary Duties and Responsibilities:
· Strong communication and interpersonal skills
· Self-motivated and able to meet objectives with little or no direct supervision.
· Write and maintain documentation describing changes and modifications to all systems
· Participate in meetings and conference calls related to project and troubleshooting activities
· Research solutions to various business and technical problems, evaluate alternatives and be able to present r
recommendations and justifications to management to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure and develop a roadmap
· Provide mentoring to fellow system administrators, systems programmers and others
· Act as technical liaison in support for Windows/Linux systems , storage administration and related project activities
· Provide 24 x 7 on call support as part of a scheduled rotation with other team members as required.
Position Requirements
Functional/Technical Skills:
· This role requires someone with very hands-on VMware implementation experience
· Strong Working experience in sphere 4.x/5.x including ESX and supporting tools
· Datacenter Migration, Upgrade and Patching
· Direct and participate in the effective provisioning, installation/configuration
· Experience working in an onshore/offshore model is a plus
· Responsibilities include but not limited to providing support, cloning, removing hardware, etc.
· Responsible for effectively provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware/software related to the VMware infrastructure.
· Ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational standards
· Experience in the administration of large VMware implementations, including the use of HA, DRS, templates, cloning, and consolidation to include administration in an enterprise class virtual environment in a distributed environment.
· Design, test, and manage disaster recovery of virtual machines using EMC RecoverPoint and VMware SRM
· Experience with SAN, NAS, iSCSI and other storage allocation to ESXi clusters and troubleshooting VMDK/RDM in virtual machines.
· Experience with Microsoft clustering in a VMware environment.
· Familiarity implementing and using VMware solutions for Database technologies like MS SQL Server, Oracle and/or Teradata will be preferred.
· Experience in Patch and Package administration
· Experience in the installation, customization, capacity management and maintenance of vSphere ESXi and other components within VMware.
· Experience in Cloud environment using ESXi and building private cloud
· Experience in Automation and scripting ( PowerShell)
· Experience in using virtualize environment monitoring tools such as vFoglight / vKernel or other 3rd party tools
· Experience in VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.1,(formerly vShield)
· Experience in Troubleshooting Hardware and Operating system related issues
· Familiarity with HP Blade and x86 hardware architecture.
· Thorough knowledge of physical and logical disk systems and their impact on performance
· Understand and follow ITIL processes including Change & Configuration, Problem, Incident and Service Readiness and other SOP ( Standard Operating Procedures)
· Requires competency in customer focus, change & innovation, strategic thinking, relationship building & influencing and result focus
Experience:
· 8+ years' experience in core VMware Administration experience
· 6 to 8 years in an Windows, Linux, HP hardware including blade technology
· Experience in a large, 24x7 environment
· Experience with Complex Virtualized systems
· Experience with vCloud Director/ vShield/ vFabric
Education/Vocational Training:
· A four year degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Srinivas
Saphire Solutions
510-257-5708
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