Sr. Systems Engineer
Location : Richardson, TX Hybrid (Tue/Wed/Thru)
Duration 9 Months
Day to Day Responsibilities:
o Overall maintenance, administration, monitoring, problem management for Vmware Vcenter, Vsphere infrastructure and Windows server components
.o Vsphere installation, upgrades, backup/restore, configuration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, scripting, and producing documentation
o Windows server 2008 through 2019 installation, upgrades, backup/restore, configuration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, scripting, and producing documentationo Advanced troubleshooting experience with Vmware and Windows server products
.o Setting up and maintaining standby and secondary environments for high availabilityo Backup, storage and networking troubleshooting on Vmware and Windows server platforms.
o Work closely with Support and Development Teams to ensure customer satisfactiono Recommending and implementing approved process and tool improvements Required
Experience, Skills, & Technologies
o 10 years+ experience administering large Vmware environmentso Significant experience with Vcenter 6.7 and upgrading of environments Moving to v7 withi5 the next 12 months DR exercises (utilizing SRM)o Experience in maintaining and optimizing Windows server 2008 through 2019.
o Advanced troubleshooting experience with Windows server products.o Experience optimizing server building operations, or failover scenarios (automation)o Expert knowledge of Cisco UCS (remote access, deployments) blades and chassis
o Experience with performance tuning, capacity planning, and optimization of VM environments
o Extensive knowledge of Active Directory in relation to VMware roles and accesso Experience with Commvault backup solutions (maintaining and optimizing)o Experience with SDDC architectures with multiple vendors
o Experience with basic network configurations in a VMware environmento Network troubleshooting for guest accesso Excellent communication and documentation skillso Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple and concurrent tasks. Top Must Have Skills:
o Strong experience with Microsoft Server productso Strong experience with VMware products
o Demonstrated experience configuring and maintaining VMware environmentso Direct feedback from manager: remove the candidates that were very siloed and only did patch management, low level server builds and very little troubleshooting. We need someone that can take on work and lead that task to completion.
Nice to Have Skills:
o Powershell
o VMware certifications, Microsoft certifications
o Experience automating, scripting, and streamlining processes for efficiency and accuracy
Thamks,
Prashanth
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract
Pay: $55.00 - $65.00 per hour
Schedule:
Ability to Relocate:
- Richardson, TX 75080: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Richardson, TX 75080