Senior Virtualization Engineer, Team Lead
ComPsych
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $120,000 - $140,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
LinuxVMware
About the role
- Supports the ongoing maintenance, both proactive and reactive, of our VMware environment.
- Supports our Storage Area Network and Network Attached Storage solutions across multiple sites.
- Performs regular software patching across the VMware solution environment.
- Performs capacity planning and manages the hardware and software lifecycle of the VMware environment.
- Maintains and provisions the VMware Horizon VDI environment.
- Works with the network team to ensure that the NSX solution conforms to best practices.
- Works with the security team to ensure that patches, firewall policies, host settings, and isolation policies meet our business security requirements.
- Collaborates with consumers of the virtualization platform, including Windows, Linux, and app-dev teams to ensure the performance required is delivered.
- Acts as a technical lead, project manager, and level 3 engineer, seeing projects from inception to completion while adhering to BC/DR best practices.
- Identifies automation opportunities and implements accordingly.
- Builds extensive documentation both for new and existing solutions.
- Identifies new solutions and/or designs to improve/streamline the environment and/or which provide direct benefits to the business.
Requirements
- Experience and proficiency with VMware vSphere 6.x-7.x.
- Experience and proficiency with vRealize Suite products (vROPS, vRLI, etc).
- Experience and proficiency with VMware NSX-T 3.x.
- Experience and proficiency with HPE Servers and HPE OneView.
- Experience with VMware Horizon 7.x-8.x.
- Experience with VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.x
- Experience with Veeam Backup & Replication 9.x-11.x.
- Proficiency in PowerCLI and/or other scripting languages.
- Strong troubleshooting skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Project Management skills and capable of leading meetings.
- 5 or more years supporting VMware environments.
- Proficiency with core networking concepts and ability to troubleshoot network connectivity issues.
- Flexibility to work after-hours as needed and to be a part of an on-call rotation.
- Must be able to work on-site when needed at our Chicago office and/or regional datacenters.
- VCP (or higher) preferred.
Benefits
- Full benefits package, including Paid Time Off (PTO), medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with match, robust EAP, wellness program, and much more
- Competitive pay with annual increases
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Hard skills
VMware vSphere 6.x-7.xvRealize SuiteVMware NSX-T 3.xHPE ServersHPE OneViewVMware Horizon 7.x-8.xVMware Site Recovery Manager 8.xVeeam Backup & Replication 9.x-11.xPowerCLInetworking concepts
Soft skills
troubleshootingwritten communicationverbal communicationproject managementleadershipflexibility
Certifications
VCP