About this Position

Job Title: VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Manage VMware Infrastructure/vSphere & Hyper-V clusters on Production and Test/Development environments.
• Build, test, and maintain new VMs.
• Familiarity with VMware Horizon and able to assist when needed.
• Work with system owners and fine tune VM configurations to get the best performance/resource utilization.
• Detection of VMware issues, monitoring and ownership of standards and requirements.
• Participate in capacity planning for the infrastructure.
• Provide tools and procedures for resources provisioning.
• Document processes and procedures.
• Propose VM provisioning solutions to be analyzed and/or implemented.
• Evaluate and apply version updates to ESX hosts and vulnerability patches as needed.
• Develop and implement test plans to verify installation, upgrades or repairs, including back-out plans.
• Outstanding communication skills.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to provide after-hours support occasionally as needed.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team.
• Initiative to research and resolve problems.

Minimum Skillset:

• 5+ years experience with VMware & Hyper-V systems administration and support.
• Working experience with vSphere systems administration and support, including storage migrations, vMotion and P2V migrations.
• Basic understanding of Unix/Linux.

Requirements/Tasks:

• Strong focus on vSphere capacity planning and performance tools.
• Provide expertise and administration in the area of VMware/vSphere & Hyper-V.
• This includes guidance in best practices, research into options and potential solutions, and professional presentation as requested.
• Effective oral and written communication with staff.
• Create documentation and supporting procedures for all key related systems and processes directly impact VMware/vSphere and Hyper-V.
• Transfer key knowledge and educate staff in applicable areas for all Linux and VMware environments and administration.
• Historically six (6) minor system improvements were performed each year.
• An amendment to the PAQ will be issued for each project after the project scope is identified and pricing is established for the completion of the improvement.

"No phone calls please."