COLUMBUS, OH, USA
1 day ago
Technical Specialist
Job Seekers, Please send resumes to resumes@hireitpeople.com The contractor selected will be responsible for The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s (BWC) Infrastructure support, assisting on the Core project, and server s backup to staff as additional resource on special projects where applicable.
BWC HAS CHANGED SOME OF THE REQUIRED SKILL SETS, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. 
The Interview will be a 30 minute phone interview,   
BWC is seeking a resource with Strong Oracle implementation/Oracle Database virtualization in a VMware infrastructure. They MUST have Oracle and  strong VMWare skills.    The manager is seeking someone with considerable experience with General Oracle RDBMS tuning. 
The candidate should have a  history of working closely with VMware, storage, OS, application, database and network teams to recommend, install, configure, optimize, monitor and troubleshoot database functionality and performance across varying load and performance scenarios (e.g. transactional –vs- data warehouse, production –vs- test, etc). 
They should have experience with the various ancillary Oracle products.  Audit Vault  is a plus.  Has experience with the Oracle tools and components used to monitor and alarm for database outages and when performance is degraded. Has experience with planning and supporting fault-tolerant and disaster-recoverable configurations, including concepts such as storage replication.   They should be able  to project future usage and resource needs based on observed performance and resource trends and has knowledge of data security, and any of the Oracle products that may be used to enable or enhance data/database/application security to meet our security requirements.

The contractor selected should posses Enterprise Senior Data Center experience involving systems/network administration in large server farms, the knowledge to set up of new physical/virtual environments, having the ability to perform hardware/software upgrades, knowledge to implement security guidelines, and ability to provide performance tuning to systems.  The person will work with the Build/Systems team to provide this functionality and infrastructure system support.
Technical Certifications: MUST HAVE AT LEAST TWO CERTIFICATIONS • VMware Certified Professional 5- Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV)• VMware Certified Professional 5- Desktop (VCP5-DT)• Microsoft Certified Professional
 Hardware experience: • IBM SVC• Brocade Switches• Hitachi HUS 150 disk subsystems• HP MSA 1000 storage arraysOther experience:  • Experience in managing and leading IT projects • General Knowledge of networking and security.  This includes VLANs, switching, and firewalls.• Knowledge in cyber security and security practices• Network experiences with designing, configuring, and operating network switches and routersVMware Experience:• Minimum 5 years working experience with multi-tiered applications running on VMware vSphere• Senior Architectural Design and implementation experience• Knowledge and ability to manage virtual desktops• Senior Admin experience and expertise in managing multiple Datacenters, Clusters, Hosts• Expertise in VMware Windows, Unix, Solaris, and Linux operating systems • Managing ESXi 4.x, 5.x w/ vCenter and Update Manager, Remote CLI, PowerCLI• Vmware networking with Virtual Distributed Switches (including Nexus 1000v)• VMware storage configurations(NFS, fiber channel, iSCSCi) • DR solutions and business continuity solutions• Vmware Security (following Vmware hardening guides)• Monitoring and Performance troubleshooting• Skilled in documenting systems and procedures.• Ability to provide a direction for Infrastructure upgrades and future enhancements
 These best practices include: 
• Knowledge of security awareness and best practices utilizing security baselines• Major version administration and upgrades in an environment of 100+ VMs.• NIC teaming and failover.• Ability to configure HA and DRS.• VMware update manager.• Configuration and management of VMware networking including the VMware VSS or VDS.• VMware template management.• Ability to install, configure, and manage vCenter• Ability to create and configure vSwitches, VDS, Port Groups, Network Policies within virtual infrastructureVmware (vShield) - Optional• Minimum 3 years experience  with vShield installation, design, and configuration experience• vCloud Director- installation, design, and configuration experience• VC Operations- installation, design, and configuration experience
VMware (vCloud Automation Center) - Optional 
• Minimum 2-3 years experience  installation, design, configuration• Orchestrator/windows automation experience designing workflows to automate tasks• vCloud Automation Center experience with vCloud Automation Center architecture and use case in multivendor cloud environments• Knowledge on how to configure and manage provisioning groups and blueprints, reclaim resources, and operate within Self-service portal
Microsoft Experience:• Minimum 5 years experience designing and administering Windows Server environments (2003, 2008, 2008R2, 2012)• familiar with database technologies (Oracle, SQL)
 Typical Daily Activities:  
Contractor will operate in a SA4 role performing the following duties:  The primary focus of this role is providing advanced senior windows/VMware engineer experience and bring insight and direction where applicable.   Other duties include… • Provide excellent customer service and posses great communication skills• Provide “As Built” documentation to BWC system team• Deliver Knowledge Transfer sessions to BWC system team• Research and recommend where possible automated approaches for implementing specific given tasks• Have the ability to script or program in JavaScript, Power shell, Perl, Java, Python, or similar languages• Monitoring Infrastructure, VMware that requires in-depth knowledge of tools including vCenter Server, vCenter Operations, vFoglight, • Linux and Windows OS that requires in-depth knowledge of MS perfmon, eventlogs and usage for log searching• Senior hardware experience that involves the knowledge and understanding of using Insight Manager to monitor health of physical devices and servers• Knowledge of system installation and issues associated with installation- VMware, Windows, and Linux• Keep all system up to date by assisting server team with patching, updating hardware, vmware hosts, windows/linux guests utilizing VMware Update Manager, MS SCCM, and Linux related tools• Investigate and troubleshoot system alarms and alerts- that requires in-depth knowledge of vmware ESXi, MS Server 2008/2012, Linux Redhat Operating Systems and troubleshooting tools and techniques, including vCenter, ESXtop, and PowerCLi• Providing advanced tier 3 troubleshooting support in which the person should possess technical knowledge of both the host operating system and guests (both Windows and Linux), also the person should have very good understanding of networking concepts and technologies• Must be able to analyze and redirect problems to correct individuals teams• Attending meetings to work with customers to collect and review requirements and recommend acceptable solutions, including hardware specifications, network connectivity, storage types and connectivity, resource usage, virtualization options (HA, DRS, FT, etc.)• Work with customers and other groups to propose business continuance options for various systems • Work with team to plan upgrades and changes to infrastructure and servers• Provide operations level system admins with instruction and best practices concerning both the VMware infrastructure and the guest OS’s (Windows and Linux)• Adhere to BWC security guidelines and best practices with regards to security at the host, Guest and Physical Levels and must adhere to these guidelines• Have “strong” technical skills, covering data center, network, virtualization, storage operations, security, and application relative to data migrations• Design, and implementation of customized technical Operations and Engineering solutions for customers in the Data Centers• Have the ability to develop complete virtualization solutions and recommendations• Provide virtualization focused demonstrations in lab environment, evaluations and proof of concept support when applicable• Provide senior troubleshooting expertise for Build I&O operations for server performance and other issues• Provide competitive analysis to internal customers and resources on all server operations and engineering technologies and other compelling strategies.• Help develop complete operations and engineering solutions taking into account infrastructure, data protection, high availability, resource management, automation, disaster recovery, and application requirements.• Hands-on experience in data center virtualization and storage environments.


SkillRequired / DesiredAmountof Experience• Experience with multi-tiered applications running on VMware vSphereRequired6Years• Senior Architectural Design and implementation experienceRequired6Years• Knowledge and ability to manage virtual desktopsRequired6Years• Senior Admin experience and expertise in managing multiple Datacenters, Clusters, HostsRequired6Years• Expertise in VMware Windows, Unix, Solaris, and Linux operating systemsRequired6Years• Managing ESXi 4.x, 5.x w/ vCenter and Update Manager, Remote CLI, PowerCLIRequired6Years• Vmware networking with Virtual Distributed Switches (including Nexus 1000v)Required6Years• VMware storage configurations(NFS, fiber channel, iSCSCi)Required6Years• DR solutions and business continuity solutionsRequired6Years• Vmware Security (following Vmware hardening guides)Required6Years• Monitoring and Performance troubleshootingRequired6Years• Skilled in documenting systems and proceduresRequired6Years• Ability to provide a direction for Infrastructure upgrades and future enhancementsRequired6Years• VMware Certified Professional 5- Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV)Required  • VMware Certified Professional 5- Desktop (VCP5-DT)Required  • Microsoft Certified ProfessionalRequired  • SAN hardware experienceRequired Subscribe to job alert! × Full Name Email Keyword Location Get Job Notifications
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