Description:
Provide Senior Level server support and administration for large scale virtual server and network environment. Primary focus will be on supporting a large VMware vSphere 4.1 Enterprise Plus environments. Support vCenter environment. Provide required hardware support for Client Poweredge server infrastructure as required.
Skill Set Description:
At least 3 years of experience administering VMware virtual server host systems administration and support in a large scale, highly available 24/7 environment. Oncall support and disaster recovery planning and support is required. Proficient knowledge of midtier storage administration (SAN) and knowledge of Red Hat Linux and Microsoft Server OS, networking TCP/IP, DNS, WINS, and DHCP is desired. Experience in supporting large scale disaster recovery process is also required. Some project mgmt experience is also beneficial. Applicant must possess strong verbal and written communication skills and work well in a team environment.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
VMware Certified Professional (VCP4) is required (version 4)
VMWare vSphere 4.1 Enterprise Plus (E)
VMware Site Recovery Manager (E)
VMware Service Manager (I)
VMware vCloud Director (I)
VMware vShield for Cloud Director (I)
VMware vChargeback (I)
VMware View 4.5 Premier and/or Citrix XenDesktop virtual desktops (E)
Client server hardware (E)
Ethernet / GigE/10Gb Converged Networking (E)
Storage Area Networks (E)
Scripting (I)
TCP/IP (I)
Active Directory (I)
DNS/WINS (I)
Microsoft Certified System Administrator (I)
Red Hat Linux System Administrator version 5 or higher (I)
Quest/Vizioncore vFoglight Professional (I)
HELPFUL SKILLS:
VMware vSphere 5.0 / VCP5 certification (Desired)
Microsoft W2003/2008 certified Systems Admin or Systems Engineer (MCSA or MCSE) is desired.
CA-Unicenter NSM monitoring (B)
EMC Storage Administration (I)
NetApp Storage Administration (I)
Veritas Netbackup (B)
Certification/Credentials Clearance
Certification Credential Preference Comments
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) preferred
VMware Certified Professional (VCP4) version 4 required
VMware Certified Professional (VCP5) version 5 desired