Desired Requirements:
- Must-Have Skills: VMware and Windows, linux.
- 5+ years of experience with enterprise environment vSphere administration, patching, and upgrading to include underlying hardware management.
- 2+ years of experience with programmatic vSphere provisioning and decommission methods.
- Experience with vRealize Automation and vRealize Operations. Experience with and understanding of storage protocols and technologies.
- Experience with NetApp s enterprise storage platform is highly desirable.
- Experience with tools and languages such as Ansible, PowerShell, PowerCLI and familiarity with working at the ESXCLI command line.
- Experience working with both Linux and Windows.
- Supports and maintains Active Directory and Identity Access Management tools.
- Working on ServiceNow ticketing tool to handle Problem and Change Management activities.
- Manage virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots.
- Troubleshooting virtual machine state issues.
- Troubleshooting VMware snapshot issues.
- Performing Storage and Cluster Techrefresh activities.
- Performance and capacity management on VMWare Infrastructure.
- Planning and implementing ESXi Host Patches.
- Managing host configuration compliance Using Host Profile.
- ESXi 8.x/VCenter 8.x Installation, Configuration.
- Troubleshooting vCenter Server & ESXi issues.
- NSX-V/NSX-T Deployment and Configuration.
- Performing Maintenance and troubleshooting activities on NSX-V/NSX-T.
- vSAN Deployment and Configuration.
- Performing Maintenance and troubleshooting activities on vSAN.
- Performing ESXi6.x/VCenter 6.x Upgrades.
- Managing and Troubleshooting Standard / Distributed Switches.
- Troubleshooting Hosts/VMs performance issues
- Configuring and troubleshooting HA/DRS/VMotion/SVMotion.
- Working on VMware vRealize Operations Manager to identify and address Performance and capacity issues.
- Automation of Day to Day activities using PowerCli/Ansible.
- Backup and restore VMWare servers using VDP.
- Hardware Configuration and Troubleshooting (Dell/HP/vXRAIL).
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve basic to moderately complex system problems to ensure that business partner service commitments are met.
- Responds to business partner inquiries and resolve or escalates concerns, as necessary.
- Participates in the design of information and operational support systems.
- Identify and recommend improvements to existing processes.
- RCA preparation and meeting SLA for RCA submission.
- Driving/coordinating Projects.
Location: Remote first job, but where the client mandates Work From Office, Candidate needs to relocate.