VMware Administrator

Job Description

Role : VMware Administrator

Location : San Francisco, CA

Duration : Fulltime

Experience Required: 9+ years (Datacenter)

Key skills: VMware administration, ITIL, VMware High availability, VMware vMotion, SAN, NAS and vCenter SRM

Technical Certification:

·VCP-DCV required/VCAP Desired

·VCP-cloud/MCTS/MCITP/MCSA/MCSE would be additional advantage

Responsibilities:

•Reporting to the Track Lead / Team Lead

•Ensuring that the processes are adhered to

•Ensure maximum uptime according to the SLA

•Handling tickets / requests

•Monitoring and mentoring junior team members

•Creating PoC and UAT environment

•Identifying and suggesting implementation of new technologies/products for enhancement

•Identify Skill gaps and plan for training / knowledge updating

•Helping team members in case of Issues/Technical Problems

•Knowledge of ITIL best practice on incident management, change management and problem management

Technical Skills Required:

·Experience in Datacenter management

·Experience in Install, configure and upgrade ESX/ESXi 3.x/4.x/5.x hosts

·Proficiency in VMware High-Availability, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion, DRS, vCenter, DVS and vCenter Update Manager

·Knowledge in host profiles for building ESX/ESXi Host cluster

·Performance monitoring and reporting for the compute, storage and network resources

·vCenter based warning and alert management

·Experience in scripted automation and management tools like vMA, vCLI and vSphere PCLI

·Troubleshooting and root cause analysis for the escalated issues

·Design & Implementation of new Virtual Infrastructure and consolidation of P2V Migration

·Knowledge in vCenter convertor and Plate spin tools

·High Availability & DR testing and creating the DR design /process documents

·Experience in vCenter SRM is preferable

·Experience in OEM hardware (IBM/HP) & remote connectivity tools like ILO/DRAC/RSA

·Experience in Capacity planning, Resource Utilization and Bottleneck reporting. i.e. Capacity Planner/vCOPS

·Knowledge in VSAN and tools like VM Turbo and Veeam will be added advantage

·Create backup, restore and security Policies. Setup Monitoring and Operations process and tools for the DC and DR setup

·Defining user roles and permission in vCenter, based on the level of access required

·Planning Backup/Restore strategy for 24x7 operation support

·Testing / Auditing/processes as required from time to time

·Suggesting patches/upgrades to maintain security level

·Work independently and as a member of a team of consultants on engagements with customers, often in a technical leadership role

·Document best practices in developing and deploying VMware solutions and upload in the knowledge base for reuse by customers and partners

·Proven experience with IT automation systems (BMC, HP, IBM/Tivoli, CA)

·Hardware : Hands on Servers ( HP/DELL/HP/IBM)

·Participate in the pre-sales process to understand customer business and technical objectives and product requirements in order to develop effective solutions

·Provide architectural guidance and oversight into integration of VMware products with third party products within the customer’s IT environment: Storage, networking, systems management capacity management and monitoring, high availability solutions and security infrastructures

Soft Skills:

·Excellent Communication skills (written & verbal)

·Good Documentation Skills and Presentation Skills

·Team Work and Strong leadership Skills

·Should have good customer handling skills

·Driving HCL’s value and its methodology

·Building and maintaining good relationship with the stakeholders

Qualifications

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