VMware Administrator

Experience Required: 9+ years (Datacenter)Key skills:

VMware administration, ITIL, VMware High availability, VMware vMotion, SAN, NAS and vCenter SRMTechnical Certification:· VCP-cloud/MCTS/MCITP/MCSA/MCSE would be additional advantageResponsibilities:Reporting to the Track Lead / Team LeadEnsuring that the processes are adhered toEnsure maximum uptime according to the SLAHandling tickets / requestsMonitoring and mentoring junior team membersCreating PoC and UAT environmentIdentifying and suggesting implementation of new technologies/products for enhancementIdentify Skill gaps and plan for training / knowledge updatingHelping team members in case of Issues/Technical ProblemsKnowledge of ITIL best practice on incident management, change management and problem managementTechnical Skills Required:Experience in Datacenter managementExperience in Install, configure and upgrade ESX/ESXi 3.x/4.x/5.x hostsProficiency in VMware High-Availability, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion, DRS, vCenter, DVS and vCenter Update ManagerKnowledge in host profiles for building ESX/ESXi Host clusterPerformance monitoring and reporting for the compute, storage and network resourcesvCenter based warning and alert managementExperience in scripted automation and management tools like vMA, vCLI and vSphere PCLITroubleshooting and root cause analysis for the escalated issuesDesign & Implementation of new Virtual Infrastructure and consolidation of P2V MigrationKnowledge in vCenter convertor and Plate spin toolsHigh Availability & DR testing and creating the DR design /process documentsExperience in vCenter SRM is preferableExperience in OEM hardware (IBM/HP) & remote connectivity tools like ILO/DRAC/RSAExperience in Capacity planning, Resource Utilization and Bottleneck reporting. i.e. Capacity Planner/vCOPSKnowledge in VSAN and tools like VM Turbo and Veeam will be added advantageCreate backup, restore and security Policies. Setup Monitoring and Operations process and tools for the DC and DR setupDefining user roles and permission in vCenter, based on the level of access requiredPlanning Backup/Restore strategy for 24x7 operation supportTesting / Auditing/processes as required from time to timeSuggesting patches/upgrades to maintain security levelWork independently and as a member of a team of consultants on engagements with customers, often in a technical leadership roleDocument best practices in developing and deploying VMware solutions and upload in the knowledge base for reuse by customers and partnersProven 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 solutionsProvide 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 infrastructuresSoft Skills:Good Documentation Skills and Presentation SkillsTeam Work and Strong leadership SkillsShould have good customer handling skillsDriving HCL’s value and its methodologyBuilding and maintaining good relationship with the stakeholdersAdditional Information

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