Sure Shot :: Sr. System Administrator - VMWare :: San Jose , CA (Hybrid)

Title                       : Sr. System Administrator – VMWare

Location               : San Jose , CA (Hybrid) Locals are preferred

Visa                       : No H1B/CPT

Client                    : The Permanente Medical Group Inc

 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum five (5) years’ experience working in a in a highly virtualized environment using VMware and server OS administration in either Redhat or Microsoft.
• Minimum five (3) years’ experience working with HPe Server Hardware, including DL series servers and blade technologies.
• Thorough understanding of L1 Network / Storage connectivity and must be able to rack equipment in standard 42U racks.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Social Science, Education, Business, Health Care or related field and Minimum three (5) years working in IT or operations. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.

 

Essential Responsibilities:

• Completes work assignments by applying up-to-date knowledge in subject area to meet deadlines; following procedures and policies, and applying data and resources to support projects or initiatives; collaborating with others, often cross-functionally, to solve business problems; supporting the completion of priorities, deadlines, and expectations; communicating progress and information; identifying and recommending ways to address improvement opportunities when possible; and escalating issues or risks as appropriate.
• Pursues self-development and effective relationships with others by sharing resources, information, and knowledge with coworkers and customers; listening, responding to, and seeking performance feedback; acknowledging strengths and weaknesses; assessing and responding to the needs of others; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Meets timelines to drive the delivery of appropriate, sustainable, and prompt solutions.
• Provides first and second level support for enterprise systems and systems in one or more additional IT domains by diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving complex incidents to minimize system issues.
• Supports stability, availability, and performance of enterprise systems (e.g., systems, applications, network, databases, storage, security) by monitoring systems to identify problems, trends, and opportunities for improvement.
• Escalates identified issues, risks or problems to lead administrators according to processes.
• Plans and performs complex system configuration
• Supports communications with product users and suppliers to share information, identify opportunities, resolve problems, prioritize customer requirements, and maintain continuous improvement through customer feedback.
• Defines and tests maintenance and refresh activities.
• Participates in the installation, upgrade, or decommissioning of designated systems, products, and infrastructure.
• Assists with application-oriented administration and technical support for production and non-production environments.
• Supports vendor support activities, as appropriate.
• Recommends and executes performance tuning and optimization activities.
•   Creates documentation of new and existing system configuration and procedural information, and reviews documentation of others.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Three years of experience writing documentation or standard operating procedures related to system administration.
• Two years of experience managing NAS infrastructure, NFS and SMB/CIFS (NetApp or equivalent)
• Two years of experience in Palo Alto Firewall installation and management
• Two years of experience in Citrix XenApp installation and management
• Two years of experience in Veeam or other backup solutions integrated installation and management
• One year experience troubleshooting networks using packet captures
• One year experience assessing vulnerabilities and determining when to mitigate
• One year working on Docker Containers and or Kubernetes orchestration
• One year working in ServiceNow for managing incidents and service requests

 

 

With Gratitude;

Prashant Kumar | Lead Technical Recruiter

E-Mail: prashant@firstringsolutions.com | Direct : +1 (215) - 475- 5529

First Ring Solutions LLC | Philadelphia, PA 19102