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Role: VMware Administrator
Level: L3
Experience Required: 9+ years (Datacenter)
Location: San Francisco, CA
Job Type: Full Time/ Permanent
Key skills: VMware administration, ITIL, VMware High availability, VMware vMotion, SAN, NAS and vCenter SRM
Educational Certification:
Diploma/Graduate - Any Specialization, Diploma/PG - Any Postgraduate - Any Specialization, Post-Graduation Not mandatory.
Technical Certification:
· VCP-DCV required/VCAP Desired
· VCP-cloud/MCTS/MCITP/MCSA/MCSE would be additional advantage
Responsibilities:
· Reporting to the Track Lead / Team Lead
· Ensuring that the processes are adhered to
· Ensure maximum uptime according to the SLA
· Handling tickets / requests
· Monitoring and mentoring junior team members
· Creating PoC and UAT environment
· Identifying and suggesting implementation of new technologies/products for enhancement
· Identify Skill gaps and plan for training / knowledge updating
· Helping team members in case of Issues/Technical Problems
· Knowledge of ITIL best practice on incident management, change management and problem management
Technical Skills Required:
· Experience in Datacenter management
· Experience in Install, configure and upgrade ESX/ESXi 3.x/4.x/5.x hosts
· Proficiency in VMware High-Availability, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion, DRS, vCenter, DVS and vCenter Update Manager
· Knowledge in host profiles for building ESX/ESXi Host cluster
· Performance monitoring and reporting for the compute, storage and network resources
· vCenter based warning and alert management
· Experience in scripted automation and management tools like vMA, vCLI and vSphere PCLI
· Troubleshooting and root cause analysis for the escalated issues
· Design & Implementation of new Virtual Infrastructure and consolidation of P2V Migration
· Knowledge in vCenter convertor and Plate spin tools
· High Availability & DR testing and creating the DR design /process documents
· Experience in vCenter SRM is preferable
· Experience in OEM hardware (IBM/HP) & remote connectivity tools like ILO/DRAC/RSA
· Experience in Capacity planning, Resource Utilization and Bottleneck reporting. i.e. Capacity Planner/vCOPS
· Knowledge in VSAN and tools like VM Turbo and Veeam will be added advantage
· Create backup, restore and security Policies. Setup Monitoring and Operations process and tools for the DC and DR setup
· Defining user roles and permission in vCenter, based on the level of access required
· Planning Backup/Restore strategy for 24x7 operation support
· Testing / Auditing/processes as required from time to time
· Suggesting patches/upgrades to maintain security level
· Work independently and as a member of a team of consultants on engagements with customers, often in a technical leadership role
· Document best practices in developing and deploying VMware solutions and upload in the knowledge base for reuse by customers and partners
· Proven experience with IT automation systems (BMC, HP, IBM/Tivoli, CA)
· Hardware : Hands on Servers ( HP/DELL/HP/IBM)
· Participate in the pre-sales process to understand customer business and technical objectives and product requirements in order to develop effective solutions
· Provide architectural guidance and oversight into integration of VMware products with third party products within the customer’s IT environment: Storage, networking, systems management capacity management and monitoring, high availability solutions and security infrastructures
Soft Skills:
· Excellent Communication skills (written & verbal)
· Good Documentation Skills and Presentation Skills
· Team Work and Strong leadership Skills
· Should have good customer handling skills
· Driving HCL’s value and its methodology
· Building and maintaining good relationship with the stakeholders
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