VMware Engineers (Microsoft AD, VMWare vSphere)

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Role: VMware Engineers (Microsoft AD, VMWare vSphere)

Start date: ASAP

Contract duration: 3 months + extensions

Location: Fleet

The Senior VMware Engineer reports into the VMWare / Windows Team Leader. This role holds accountability for VMware Infrastructure service projects and production support.

* Ownership and leadership of technical resolution for high severity production

* Adherence to client standards for change control, network security and network patterns.

* Take part in the technical team during disaster recovery and business continuity exercises

* Define operational procedures and documentation

* Provide on-call rota support where required

* Lead and define network delivery requirements for Service Improvement Unit initiatives

* Design and lead internal projects and deliveries aligned with the VMWare roadmap

* Support the architect and product teams in developing the network roadmap.

* Identify new technologies and services to transform the network service offering

* Mentor the global technical team to build a high-performing technical delivery environment

Person Specification

* Expert knowledge of network administration of VMware and Microsoft technologies

* Knowledge of the ITIL framework, vocabulary and best practices

* Expert in working with Vendor technical support staff, including vendor development teams

* Expertise in defining technical plans and procedures

* Expert in multiple VMWare vSphere and vRealize suite with a strong background in Scripting.

* Expert skills and a desire to automate functions

* Demonstrable experience of VMware performance tuning and capacity management on critical customer-facing systems and high-volume payments services

* Experience of working in a highly regulated environment and the associated processes and tools

* Have a strong working knowledge of infrastructure components and the processes required to maintain the infrastructure

* Have a good understanding of the business areas and application / service components used and an appreciation of applications from both a technical and business perspective.

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

* VMWare VCP 6.0 minimum

* Proven experience with vSphere 6 multi-site configurations and PSC management

* Strong storage configuration skills with NFS and iSCSI in vSPhere - must have a firm grasp of best practice, performance tuning, troubleshooting

* vRealize Operations Manager or vCloud Suite deployment and configuration

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

* MCSE & Strong Windows Troubleshooting skills

* Strong Active Directory and Group Policy skills

* Cisco UCS Management experience

Please submit CVs in the first instance