Chicago, IL
VMware Systems Engineer will be responsible for the design, implementation and support of the VMware infrastructure for the corporate campus in Chicago and field locations around the country. You will define, maintain, communicate, and implement standards consistent with established architecture and strategy.
In this role, you will be part of the Virtualization and Server Infrastructure Team and will work closely with the following teams:
Open Systems, Windows Server, and various others to provide a virtual platform for RHEL, Windows, and appliances using VMware ESXi
Network and Storage teams to create/support the virtual platform
VMware Horizon View as part of supporting the overall virtual desktop infrastructure
Onsite 24/7 Enterprise Operations Center to enable them to provide level 1 support
Project Management Office to create high-level resource plans used to staff projects
Enterprise Architecture to create capability roadmaps and perform vendor evaluations
Team members who are SME's for our Dell, Cisco UCS and Tintri implementation
Various application teams as part of performance evaluation and tuning
Outside of ESXi the Team utilizes other software products such as VMware vROPs to manage the virtual infrastructure performance and capacity, vCenter Orchestrator to automate routine VMware tasks and the provisioning of Windows and RHEL systems.
Qualifications:
As a Lead VMware Systems Engineer, you should have 5+ years progressive x86 server, VMware, and either RHEL or Windows experience. 2+ years' experience with Dell and/or Tintri and/or Cisco UCS is also required. In addition, you should have a Bachelor's Degree in a related technical field or similar discipline.
Technical Skills
Ability to design and implement an enterprise-wide virtual infrastructure using ESXi v6.x
Ability to design and implement an enterprise-wide Dell/Tintri/Cisco UCS solution
vSphere and vCenter
Distributed virtual switch configuration
HA, DRS, server and storage vMotion
Tintri, SAN and disk configuration and troubleshooting
Network configuration and troubleshooting
Capacity management and system tuning
VMware Horizon View
Experience with automation and innovation using scripts or 3rd party tools
Experience creating and using VROPS dashboards and Splunk dashboards is a plus
Ability to lead a technical project team to design new solutions
Ability to interface with project managers to provide plans and estimates for complex tasks
Ability to manage demand in concurrent projects to plan
