VM Backup Administrator, Level 3 Support

VM Backup Administrator - Level 3 Support

On behalf of our client in the Banking Sector, PROCOM is looking for a VM Backup Administrator - Level 3 Support.

VM Backup Administrator - Level 3 Support – Job Description

Reporting to the Director, Cloud Engineering, you will play a critical part in the data center consolidation project to leverage virtual machine or physical machine migration solutions to move machines to bank’s new Private Cloud infrastructure, which is built by vary HCI solutions, VMware vRealize Suite, vSphere, vSAN, HCX, NSX-T, Cohesity, Platespin etc.

Work with technical and business subject matter experts on this large, technically complex, and moderately risky project to ensure the migrated applications are functional well to meet their business goals

When required, non-standard office working hours for scheduled implementations or while on rotational on-project support

Manage and maintain the backup and NAS solution, assist in troubleshooting, and provide guidance

Provide Level 3 support & vendor escalations for transitioned services

Support the development of technical documentation of configuration and operational procedures for service operations teams (build & runbooks) & technical specifications

Contribute to implementation planning

VM Backup Administrator - Level 3 Support – Mandatory Skills

Recent VM backup administrator experience

4+ years of hands-on technical working experience with backup from the following products : Cohesity and / or Dell EMC Data Domain (backup and replication) and / or NetBackup and / or Veeam, etc.

3+ years of hands-on technical working experience with storage from the following products : NetApp NAS and / or Dell EMC and / or Hyper Converged Virtual SAN

3+ years of hands-on technical working experience with the architectural and / or deployment and / or operational support of VMware vSphere Hypervisor

3+ years of hands-on technical working experience with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 / 16 administration and / or Red Hat Linux administration 7.x

5+ years of hands-on technical working experience with Networking technologies and operational experience

Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills to be able to work well with technical peers and business stakeholders at different levels within the organization

Excellent interpersonal skills to be able to collaborate and work closely with external vendors

Ability to analyze complex situations and problems and do the necessary research using multiple sources of information to arrive at innovative solutions

Ability to work as part of a team, as well as work independently or with minimal direction

Good time management and organizational skills to effectively manage high scale projects

Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required

VM Backup Administrator - Level 3 Support - Nice to Have Skills

Experience with VMware vRealize suite (including vRealize Automation, vRealize Operation Manager, vRealize Log Insight, etc.) and / or VMware Cloud Foundation

Experience with Scripting (VMware PowerCLI, Backup automation, REST API scripting, PowerShell & Python)

VM Backup Administrator - Level 3 Support - Assignment Start Date

ASAP – 12 months to start

VM Backup Administrator - Level 3 Support - Assignment Location

Toronto, ON - Work Remotely