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Cyberdata lists this Senior Virtualization Engineer (RedHat) opportunity in college park, Maryland. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Principal Virtualization Engineer -
Location: College Park, Maryland (walking distance to metro).
Competitive salaries, bonuses, generous benefit packages, and paid time off to balance work and personal commitments.
Duties include (but are not limited to):
Responsible for implementing, tuning and maintaining VMware-based solutions;
Builds and maintains VMware ESX Servers, Administration of Virtualized Servers, VMware ESX, etc;
Develop project plans and status reports for senior management;
Assist Enterprise Operation Manager to participate in enterprise project deployment or resolve operational issues.
Establish system parameters and formats to ensure hardware/software compatibility;
Coordinate and/or modify project requirements in terms of existing and projected computer capacity and capabilities;
Implements VMware vSphere for server consolidation and virtualization;
Applies technical knowledge of networks, operating systems and utilities to the VMware environment;
Provides guidance to management for changes related to virtual infrastructure;
Maintains awareness of VMware software patches and their impact on the environment;
Develops and maintains operational guidelines for the maintenance and support of the virtual infrastructure;
Evaluates resource requirements for VMware products;
Uses Configuration Management tools such as Puppet to manage large server farm.
Job Requirements include (but are not limited to):
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience;
10 or more years of relevant work experience, including working with host platform security, server consolidation, virtual desktops and server virtualization;
5 years of experience in virtualization and consolidation of server technologies, specifically VMware vSphere and ESXi Virtual Infrastructure, as well as vCenter Server (vSphere 6, ESXi 5.5 and 6);
5 years of experience building and maintaining high-availability VMware environments;
5 years of experience in RedHat Linux 6 and 7;
Hands-on expertise with debugging experiences in Red Hat LINUX system administration;
Shell scripting experience with PowerShell, bash, Perl and/or Python;
Strong working knowledge of SAN Storage Solutions, such as NAS appliances such as NetApp and Dell NetApp, especially cluster mode;
VMware Certified Professional 6 or 6.5 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV, VCP6.5-DCV) preferred, VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization Design (VCAP6-DCV Design) is a big plus;
Strong troubleshooting skills and analytical thinking;
Able to adapt to changing deadlines or revised assignments;
Ability to both take direction and work in a self-directed environment; to effectively interact with all levels of staff and external contacts; and ability to work, as an effective team member is essential;
Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
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Worksite address
college park, MD, 20741, US
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