Senior VMWare Administrator

Job Description :

• This position requires a person having 7+ years of relevant experience in the given technology areas.
• Adhering to SLAs.
• Mentoring / Training Team Members.
• Handling tickets / requests.
• Perform root cause analysis.
• Troubleshooting technical issues.
• Defining processes and ensuring that the processes are adhered to.
• Oversees and is responsible for successful completion of Installation, configuration and migration.
• Ensure maximum uptime according to the SLA.
• Understanding of Multi-geo support environment.
• Responsible for building / maintaining a test environment.
• Improves and maintains customer and employee satisfaction.
• Suggests new technologies and design changes.
• Monitoring and maintaining SLA requirements by the team members.
• Suggesting patches / upgrades to maintain security level.
• Testing / Auditing / processes as required from time to time.
• Identify Skill gaps and plan for training / knowledge updating.

Technical Requirements :

• VMWare Infrastructure Administration and management.
• Installation, Provisioning and Troubleshooting of VMware Virtual Infrastructure and Physical Server.
• Installation, upgradation and Configuration of VMware vSphere Platform 6.x,7.x ESXi Host, vCenter Server.
• Deployment and Provisioning of Windows, Linux VM from template, ISO and preconfigured appliances.
• Installations for security patches, functional patches, and version upgrades.
• Performance tuning of ESX server.
• Implement Hardening on ESXi Server.
• Document support processes.
• Maintain Compliance with Corporate Security Policies :
• Security Policies : Work together with the security team, identify the server vulnerability issues and resolve them.
• Responsible for restoration of data.
• Snapshot, HA, DRS & Cloning background process.
• vCenter and ESXi Security hardening as per VMware security standards and best practices.
• ESXi host profile creation and implementation.
• Health Check for VMs and ESX host using vRealize Suite.
• Capacity Planning for virtual environment (Cluster capacity, Storage capacity).
• Expanding VM resources like CPU & RAM and adding / expanding VMDKs.
• Update manager through OS upgradation.
• VMware ESX (from version 6.0 to the release 6.7 and 7.0).
• Proficient on VMware technologies like : - VMware High-Availability, VMware vMotion, VMware DRS, VMware vCenter and vCenter Update Manager, - VMware vCenter and Web console.
• Troubleshooting, upgradation of ESXi host, VMware tools, NIC & HBA Drivers and firmware on requirement basis or break fix.
• Managing License Compliance for vCenter, ESXi, vROP’s, VRA.
• Manage and Configuration of Monitoring tool vRealize Operations.
• Hands-on experience of Server build Automation.
• Extensive knowledge on DR Tools like SRM and Veritas.
• In depth knowledge of managing Client / Dell hardware and configuration of Networking and storage via Client Tools.
• Knowledge and Hand-on experience of Client OneView and Virtual Connect.

Skills :

• Excellent communication and conversation skills (Verbal and Written).
• Good documentation skills.
• Should have excellent customer handling skills.
• Able to handle high pressure situations.
• High level of acceptance.
• Can drive Client's value and its methodology.
• Proactively resolve issue and root cause analysis.

Experience :

• Worked on Production systems.
• Datacenter understanding.
• Experience with hardware platforms.
• Storage Management Techniques.
• Experience on Sun / Veritas / Microsoft Cluster.
• Knowledge on Cloud technologies like - Azure or AWS.
• Prior experience of working in a DevOps / Agile environment will be an added advantage.
• Working knowledge on ITSM tool - JIRA.
18 days ago