System Administrator - Virtual Infrastructure

On behalf of our client, Procom is looking for a System Administrator, specifically experienced with Virtual Infrastructure to provide expert Operations Management support for virtual infrastructure and IaC automation tools: VMware vSphere 8.x (VSAN and NSX-T), VMware SRM, EMC RP4VM, VMWare vRealize Orchestration and Automation, Ansible Tower, and Azure DevOps


Responsibilities

• Provide expert Operations Management support for virtual infrastructure and IaC automation tools: VMware vSphere 8.x (VSAN and NSX-T), VMware SRM, EMC RP4VM, VMWare vRealize Orchestration and Automation, Ansible Tower, and Azure DevOps
• Configure real-time/continuous health monitoring on supported technologies
• Resolve incidents and problems related to supported technologies and integrations within SLA specifications
• Execute configuration management changes on supported technologies, as necessary
• Execute standardized request fulfilment within SLA specifications while identifying opportunities to promote task automation by recommending design and implementing features, while ensuring proper testing, and maintaining documentation or release notes
• Apply and maintain adequate cybersecurity controls supported technologies
• Apply and maintain adequate resiliency controls, including the creation and validation of IT Disaster Recovery plans
• Perform technology upgrades/updates/patching ensuring compliance with vendor provided compatibility matrices, and to maintain required cybersecurity controls
• Perform capacity management on IT infrastructure
• Respond to audit requests (i.e.: ad-hoc reporting)
• Perform supported technology functional testing and health checks during change, incident and other activities performed by other teams, as required
• Participate in on-call rotation, as required
• Other related activities and deliverables, as required
  
  
  

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated experience working with VMware vSphere 8.x (VSAN and NSX-T), VMware SRM, EMC RP4VM, VMWare vRealize/Aria Orchestration and Automation, Ansible Tower, and Azure DevOps
• Demonstrated work experience in each of the following: o A scripting language, such as PowerShell or Python and in creating automation scripts, deploying orchestration and automation processes and products o Developing and supporting IAC (Infrastructure as Code) with tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Azure, etc. o System administration (priority given for VxRail, VSAN, Dell PowerEdge support)
• Demonstrated ability to work individually or as part of a team
• Demonstrated experience with technical decision-making needed to support a 24/7/365, multi-tiered large-scale production environment
  
  
  

Nice to Have

• ITIL certified
• TOGAF certified
• Agile certifications