Infrastructure Engineer (VMware & SAN)
Posted on Mar 16, 2023 by IntecSelect
West Midlands, United Kingdom
IT
Immediate Start
£50k - £58k Annual
Full-Time
Infrastructure Engineer (VMware & SAN)
A leading financial services corporation about to embark on greenfield on-premise to cloud migration is hiring an Infrastructure Engineer with solid capabilities in VMware (vCentre/ESXi) and Storage (SAN/NAS) to lead on several business-critical projects with some BAU support. This role is paying up to £58,000 + 15% Bonus + Excellent Benefits based in either Chatham or Wolverhampton up to 3 days per week.
The chosen Infrastructure Engineer will be Reporting to the VMware & Storage Lead, you will work across Server, Storage and Backup technologies, and the candidate would be expected to have expert-level knowledge in these areas. This role forms part of an Infrastructure team providing BAU and Project support to our clients. You will be working in an ITIL SLA-driven environment to deliver high levels of customer service to our clients. Our client will put you on the latest course if you do not have ITIL.
Role responsibilities:
To provide administration and support services for existing VMware services for in house and hosted environments
Recommend, plan and design changes to the VMware virtualisation infrastructure to address the requirements of the business
To ensure optimum performance and availability of on premise VMware ESXi Servers through monitoring and pro-active maintenance and housekeeping
To provide VMware, Citrix and additional technology monitoring, including regular information reports, analysing performance and capacity profiles
Performing investigations and taking ownership of operational problems or development and developing and preparing solutions
To action production support requests, as required, in a timely and effective manner, in accordance with agreed Change Management and Support procedures, ensuring accurate and timely communication with the Technology Support at all times
To maintain security and integrity of the production and development environments, in accordance with Office and Security Policies
To provide rota based, on-call support for VMware and/or recently implemented solutions
Skills required;
5+ years' experience with VMware and working in a large-scale, multi-site virtualised environment.
3+ years' experience with MS Active Directory at Enterprise/Multi Forest Scale
Strong expertise in Backup Solutions (SAN/NAS)
3+ years' experience with MS Exchange and Exchange Online
In-depth knowledge of vCenter Server and ESXi across all vendor-supported versions
Knowledge of Storage Technologies - Nimble, HPE 3Par, DELL PowerStore (nice to have)
Knowledge of MS Windows Servers and MS Exchange Servers
Knowledge of PowerShell Scripting (nice to have)
Industry recognised certification within VMware (nice to have)
Microsoft Cloud Certification AZ-104, AZ-303, AZ-304 or equivalent (nice to have)
Package:
£50000 to £58,000 (circa)
15% Bonus
25 days holiday
Generous contributory pension scheme
Discretionary bonus scheme
Free parking
Training
Infrastructure Engineer (VMware & SAN)
A leading financial services corporation about to embark on greenfield on-premise to cloud migration is hiring an Infrastructure Engineer with solid capabilities in VMware (vCentre/ESXi) and Storage (SAN/NAS) to lead on several business-critical projects with some BAU support. This role is paying up to £58,000 + 15% Bonus + Excellent Benefits based in either Chatham or Wolverhampton up to 3 days per week.
The chosen Infrastructure Engineer will be Reporting to the VMware & Storage Lead, you will work across Server, Storage and Backup technologies, and the candidate would be expected to have expert-level knowledge in these areas. This role forms part of an Infrastructure team providing BAU and Project support to our clients. You will be working in an ITIL SLA-driven environment to deliver high levels of customer service to our clients. Our client will put you on the latest course if you do not have ITIL.
Role responsibilities:
To provide administration and support services for existing VMware services for in house and hosted environments
Recommend, plan and design changes to the VMware virtualisation infrastructure to address the requirements of the business
To ensure optimum performance and availability of on premise VMware ESXi Servers through monitoring and pro-active maintenance and housekeeping
To provide VMware, Citrix and additional technology monitoring, including regular information reports, analysing performance and capacity profiles
Performing investigations and taking ownership of operational problems or development and developing and preparing solutions
To action production support requests, as required, in a timely and effective manner, in accordance with agreed Change Management and Support procedures, ensuring accurate and timely communication with the Technology Support at all times
To maintain security and integrity of the production and development environments, in accordance with Office and Security Policies
To provide rota based, on-call support for VMware and/or recently implemented solutions
Skills required;
5+ years' experience with VMware and working in a large-scale, multi-site virtualised environment.
3+ years' experience with MS Active Directory at Enterprise/Multi Forest Scale
Strong expertise in Backup Solutions (SAN/NAS)
3+ years' experience with MS Exchange and Exchange Online
In-depth knowledge of vCenter Server and ESXi across all vendor-supported versions
Knowledge of Storage Technologies - Nimble, HPE 3Par, DELL PowerStore (nice to have)
Knowledge of MS Windows Servers and MS Exchange Servers
Knowledge of PowerShell Scripting (nice to have)
Industry recognised certification within VMware (nice to have)
Microsoft Cloud Certification AZ-104, AZ-303, AZ-304 or equivalent (nice to have)
Package:
£50000 to £58,000 (circa)
15% Bonus
25 days holiday
Generous contributory pension scheme
Discretionary bonus scheme
Free parking
Training
Infrastructure Engineer (VMware & SAN)
Reference: 2512330823
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