VMware Administrator

Overview

Experience Required: 9+ years (Datacenter)

Key skills: VMware administration, ITIL, VMware High availability, VMware vMotion, SAN, NAS and vCenter SRM

Technical Certification

• 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

• 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

• 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

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.