Job Description :
Job Title : Systems Engineering Senior
Location : Dearborn, MI
Position Description:
*ITI/RRS This position will be a ESXI DevOps Systems Administration and Automation role within Ford IT Operations . Technical Management department.
Primary responsibility will be to administer daily operations of the ESXi, VMware vRealize suite (vRA, vRO, vRB-future Candidate will work closely with the NexGen Datacenter Engineering, Cloud Automation team in a DevOps role
The vRealize Cloud Management Platform will deliver the Cloud Provisioned (on premise) environment
Secondary responsibility will be to support the automation blueprints and orchestration workflows and all required REST endpoint integrations
These integrations include core infrastructure and services, and ITIL endpoints, required to provision IaaS and PaaS services, for example, Windows VM, Linux VM, MS SQL Server, etc. Integrations include: Active Directory, vCenter, Network (Cisco ACI), DNS (Nokia QIP), Storage (NetApp), Backup / Protection (Catalogic), Configuration Management (Chef), F5 (iWorkflow), CMDB and Change (BMC Remedy), and others
This position will work closely with existing ESX Operations team.
Skills Required:
5+ years of strong ESX OS experience at a Senior Systems Admin level
5+ years of experience with Linux/Windows, VMware vSphere suite (vCenter) and virtualization technologies
5+ years scripting and GUI experience with multiple languages: Bash, PowerShell, Ruby, Python, TCL, Javascript, Perl, PHP, and markup languages and data interchange specifications: HTML5, JSON, XML, and Web services to manipulate
Web resources with focus on REST API Must be able to demonstrate an Automation mindset and provide working examples where you have been a primary designer, contributor, developer; strong experience with PowerShell and Rest API Coding for automation development within HP Oneview
3+ years working in a DevOps role between Infrastructure teams and-or Application development teams Hands-on experience with DevOps Toolsets: Github, JIRA, Slack, Confluence, etc
3+ years of experience with Cloud Services as a developer or consumer (Azure, AWS, etc) Strong understanding of Active Directory and DNS technology and operations 3+ years of Operations experience at a large enterprise including ITIL processes
Experience Preferred:
Experience with HP Synergy and C7000 blade chassis or cisco UCS. VMware vRealize suite, vRA blueprints and catalog, vRO workflows and REST integrations Experience with VMware operational software, vROPS and Log Insight VMware Certification ITIL Certification Ability to work on a DevOps collaborative team Open thinking and sharing is a requirement Flexible to embrace new technologies and approaches, willingness to learn and iterate to full solutions This is a hands-on operations and administration position with a focus on cloud management and automation using a DevOps model. Supervision is not a direct responsibility.
Education Required:
BS Computer Engineering or Computer Science, or related