Senior Virtualization Engineer

AHEAD is searching for a Sr. Virtualization & Compute Engineer to be a part of our Managed Services team. Candidates are eager to learn, customer focused, an effective communicator, self-initiating and can perform most tasks without direct oversight.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert and direct escalation resource dealing with technical events and requests needing additional resources or urgent attention
• Daily administration and support of core infrastructure systems
• Work with vendors to resolve virtualization and compute issues
• Perform root cause analysis for issues / provide workarounds to ensure business continuity
• Create and document application & infrastructure requirements by working with those involved in the development of IT enhancements and changes, including Business Systems staff, developers, business stakeholders, and outside consultants as needed
• Ensure that clients’ infrastructure is healthy, stable, documented, and configured with accepted technical best practices
• Ensure business continuity and security across all systems supporting the company IT operations
• Completion of training and certification as assigned to further skills and knowledge

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10+ years of experience with Virtualization technologies. 
• Experience with VMware hypervisor required
• Experience with Cisco UCS and Dell hardware systems is required, familiarity with Dell PowerStore would be considered a plus
• Operating System skills with Windows and Linux preferred
• Understanding PowerShell and PowerCLI as well as the ability to create and utilize scripts preferred
• Experience with performance monitoring tools – LogicMonitor, SolarWinds, Elastic, etc.
• Familiarity with Pure and NetApp storage platforms would be considered a plus
• Familiarity with Commvault for VM backups would be considered a plus
• Azure Cloud Platform and Azure Virtual Desktop knowledge is desired
• A college degree or equivalent in Information Systems or related field. Unique education, specialized experience, skills, knowledge, training, or certification may be substituted for education.
• VMware Certified Professional certification required but VMware Certified Advanced Professional certification is preferred
• Managed Services or Consulting experience is a plus
• ITILv4 certification encouraged