Job Description :
Position: Sr. VMware/UCS Engineer
Location: West Chester, PA
Contract Duration: 6+ Months
Interview Process: Webex
They need the person to be equally as strong on VMware and Cisco UCS.
They will hire off of a WebEx interview, so it doesn’t matter where they are located.
The person will be required to work with the business units as well, so THEY MUST HAVE 10/10 COMMUNICATION SKILLS this is vital!
Job Description
Provide engineering support for the blade and server Virtual Environment deployment.
Support, design, testing, review, system maintenance, and other activities as required for the effort
Install, configure, and manage VMware vSphere environment: vCenter, hypervisor on new hosts, virtual machines, datastore creation and maintenance in coordination with storage engineers
Planning and convert P2V as directed on Windows, UNIX, and Linux operating systems. Troubleshoot interoperability and performance issues
Maintain virtualized architecture using vCenter
Provide Tier 1 support and administer multiple environments (e.g., production, testing) on multiple enclaves
Coordination/integration with specialists from storage, network, server, and db systems
Provide Tier 2/3 technical support regarding virtualization issues
Diagnose problems on ESXi hosts; troubleshoot technology issues, using various resources; document lessons learned
Follow policies and procedures for change and incident management
Document virtualization environment and keep documents updated per the configuration management plan
Automate processes where appropriate and apply datastore best practices
Health- performance-optimization monitoring of virtualized architecture
Expert knowledge of Windows operating systems and troubleshooting
VMWare Certified Professional vSphere 5.x or Higher– Desired but not required
Expert knowledge of Cisco USC Manager/Central
Proven experience building out Cisco UCS domains
Working knowledge of Cisco UCS B & C-series servers