Role: VMWare Administrator

Location: Jefferson City, MO

Duration: Long Term Contract

Client: State of MO

Responsibilities:

Manage VMware Infrastructure/vSphere & Hyper-V clusters on Production and Test/Development environments

Build, test, and maintain new VMs

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

Required Skills:

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

Strong focus on vSphere capacity planning and performance tools