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Senior vmware engineer requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in senior vmware engineer job postings.
Sample senior vmware engineer requirements
- Extensive experience in VMware vSphere
- Strong technical knowledge of SAN and NAS technologies
- Proficient in scripting languages (e.g. PowerShell, Bash)
- Knowledge of networking protocols and technologies
- Able to troubleshoot and debug complex problems
Sample required senior vmware engineer soft skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and in a team
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills
- Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time efficiently
Senior vmware engineer job description example 1
The Blackstone senior vmware engineer job description
Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Sr. VMware Engineer to join our team at our clients site in Miami, FL.
The VMware Senior Consultant will:
· Apply high skill with commands, utilities and understand advanced aspects in the engineering and administration of VMware.
· Collaborate with other server, network, SAN and application teams, identify operational characteristics, determining the presence of a problem, identifying possible solutions, selecting the most appropriate solution, and implementing that solution in a timely manner in accordance with Change Control Process. Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures; contribute to and maintain system standards, policies and procedures.
· Maintain system performance by performing system monitoring and analysis, performing tuning, troubleshooting, system hardware, installation, firmware patching and VMware software patching.
· Responsible for the health of the production server infrastructure.
· Provide 24x7 support as needed.
Minimum Experience Required:
· B.S./B.A./M.S. degree or equivalent technical training
· Experience working with VMware Platform Services Controller appliance in vSphere 6.7, vROPS 7.x, vRLI 4.x
· In depth NSX knowledge is critical.
· Must have VCP.
· Strong hands-on experience with vSphere problem determination, capacity planning and root cause analysis.
· Strong hands on experience with vSphere Standard and Distributed Switches.
· Experience with running administrative reports in VMware.
· Intermediary skill level using PowerShell, PowerCLI, and REST APIs for automation.
· VCP7 or newer certifications
· Demonstrated experience with VMware technology
· Experience with VMware Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC ) products
Clearance:
· Active Secret clearance (Top-secret preferred)
Blackstone Talent Group is a division of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and solutions firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstones global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.
EOE of Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabilities
The VMware Senior Consultant will:
· Apply high skill with commands, utilities and understand advanced aspects in the engineering and administration of VMware.
· Collaborate with other server, network, SAN and application teams, identify operational characteristics, determining the presence of a problem, identifying possible solutions, selecting the most appropriate solution, and implementing that solution in a timely manner in accordance with Change Control Process. Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures; contribute to and maintain system standards, policies and procedures.
· Maintain system performance by performing system monitoring and analysis, performing tuning, troubleshooting, system hardware, installation, firmware patching and VMware software patching.
· Responsible for the health of the production server infrastructure.
· Provide 24x7 support as needed.
Minimum Experience Required:
· B.S./B.A./M.S. degree or equivalent technical training
· Experience working with VMware Platform Services Controller appliance in vSphere 6.7, vROPS 7.x, vRLI 4.x
· In depth NSX knowledge is critical.
· Must have VCP.
· Strong hands-on experience with vSphere problem determination, capacity planning and root cause analysis.
· Strong hands on experience with vSphere Standard and Distributed Switches.
· Experience with running administrative reports in VMware.
· Intermediary skill level using PowerShell, PowerCLI, and REST APIs for automation.
· VCP7 or newer certifications
· Demonstrated experience with VMware technology
· Experience with VMware Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC ) products
Clearance:
· Active Secret clearance (Top-secret preferred)
Blackstone Talent Group is a division of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and solutions firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstones global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.
EOE of Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabilities
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Senior vmware engineer job description example 2
Leidos senior vmware engineer job description
The Leidos Defense Group currently has a career opportunity for a Senior VMware Systems Engineer to work at Joint Base Andrew.
Primary Responsibilities:
+ Support all aspects of Air Force Nation Capital Region (AFNCR) enterprise operations, to include technical planning, design, development, integration, assessment, and requirements analysis, as well as future capability needs (near and long-term) to drive the design and maintain an IT Enterprise.
+ Analyzing, developing, integrating, and maintaining enterprise automation and operations based on community policies and guides.
+ Support all aspects of the current and planned developed solutions, capabilities, risk mitigation, analysis of alternatives, testing.
+ Design all new developments in VMWare to ESXi Host.
+ Validate the design and impact of all new deployments in support of VMware Horizon in support of on-premis VDI.
+ Coordinate with internal and external agencies to ensure interoperability.
+ Lead the development and implementation of senior management and customer O&M and future need requirements into detailed technical solutions.
+ Mentor and review the work of junior team members.
+ Supports customer requirements in a 24/7/365 IT enterprise operations environment.
Basic Qualifications:
+ Bachelors Degree with 12+ years of prior relevant experience or a Masters with 10+ years of prior relevant experience, additional years of related experience, certification and/or training may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
+ Possess an active DoD Secret clearance.
+ Experience working in large enterprise operations environments that include: the identification, development, analysis, scheduling and managing of enterprise IT activities, solutions/risk mitigations, artifacts and migrations.
+ Understanding of information technology functions and services supporting the AFNCR and the missions of its respective agencies.
+ Experience developing and leading enterprise automation and enterprise class commercial technology integrations.
+ Demonstrated experience in implementing enterprise automation and technologies systems engineering practices, especially in collaborative environments.
+ Experience in collaborating with other enterprise technologists both internal and external to resolve complex technical issues.
+ Experience in supporting and coordinating across senior-level organizations.
+ Experience mentoring junior team members.
+ Ability to communicate with senior management and customers.
+ Superior oral and written communication skills
+ Candidate must, at a minimum, meet DoD 8570.11- IAT Level II certification requirements (currently Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, or SSCP).
+ VCP- VMWare Certification.
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Experience collaborating with diverse AFNCR stakeholders to drive consensus and forward progress.
+ Degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or Information Technology desired.
Pay Range:Pay Range $113,100.00 - $174,000.00 - $234,900.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
REQNUMBER: R-00088566
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.
Primary Responsibilities:
+ Support all aspects of Air Force Nation Capital Region (AFNCR) enterprise operations, to include technical planning, design, development, integration, assessment, and requirements analysis, as well as future capability needs (near and long-term) to drive the design and maintain an IT Enterprise.
+ Analyzing, developing, integrating, and maintaining enterprise automation and operations based on community policies and guides.
+ Support all aspects of the current and planned developed solutions, capabilities, risk mitigation, analysis of alternatives, testing.
+ Design all new developments in VMWare to ESXi Host.
+ Validate the design and impact of all new deployments in support of VMware Horizon in support of on-premis VDI.
+ Coordinate with internal and external agencies to ensure interoperability.
+ Lead the development and implementation of senior management and customer O&M and future need requirements into detailed technical solutions.
+ Mentor and review the work of junior team members.
+ Supports customer requirements in a 24/7/365 IT enterprise operations environment.
Basic Qualifications:
+ Bachelors Degree with 12+ years of prior relevant experience or a Masters with 10+ years of prior relevant experience, additional years of related experience, certification and/or training may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
+ Possess an active DoD Secret clearance.
+ Experience working in large enterprise operations environments that include: the identification, development, analysis, scheduling and managing of enterprise IT activities, solutions/risk mitigations, artifacts and migrations.
+ Understanding of information technology functions and services supporting the AFNCR and the missions of its respective agencies.
+ Experience developing and leading enterprise automation and enterprise class commercial technology integrations.
+ Demonstrated experience in implementing enterprise automation and technologies systems engineering practices, especially in collaborative environments.
+ Experience in collaborating with other enterprise technologists both internal and external to resolve complex technical issues.
+ Experience in supporting and coordinating across senior-level organizations.
+ Experience mentoring junior team members.
+ Ability to communicate with senior management and customers.
+ Superior oral and written communication skills
+ Candidate must, at a minimum, meet DoD 8570.11- IAT Level II certification requirements (currently Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, or SSCP).
+ VCP- VMWare Certification.
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Experience collaborating with diverse AFNCR stakeholders to drive consensus and forward progress.
+ Degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or Information Technology desired.
Pay Range:Pay Range $113,100.00 - $174,000.00 - $234,900.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
REQNUMBER: R-00088566
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.
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Senior vmware engineer job description example 3
Kforce senior vmware engineer job description
Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Windows Virtual Infrastructure Engineer in Austin, TX. Responsibilities:
* The Senior Windows Virtual Infrastructure Engineer will manage and maintain High Availability Datacenter Infrastructure - Physical & Virtual Servers, Virtual Desktops, and SAN Storage as per best practices
* Quickly troubleshoot to isolate and solve problems and adhere to best practices
* Provide L3 & L4 support; Be aware and react to down alerts and warnings coming in from our monitoring system, communicate and investigate in a timely fashion - escalate when necessary * Perform occasional after-hours work and/or on weekends as needed to support business needs; Attend and participate in departmental meetings
* Coordinate and perform system changes with strict adherence to our Change Control policy
* Ensure tickets are created, assigned, and updated appropriately with accurate time entries and resolution details of impending changes and/or agreed outages
* Perform installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of Windows Servers of various roles (Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, File and Print Services)
* Create and maintain documentation including inventory information and network diagrams
* Work with 3rd party vendors to perform installation, configuration, patching and support for their respective software
* Assist in the creation of BOMs (Bill of Materials), obtaining quotes from vendors where necessary - for the purpose of solution costing for new implementations
* Effectively communicate step-by-step instructions with non-technical personnel acting as remote hands to install and maintain infrastructure
* Evaluate existing systems for potential problems/improvements
* The Senior VmWare/Windows Infrastructure Engineer will manage multiple concurrent tasks and function within a fast-paced setting
* Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, a related technical degree or equivalent
* 10 years of experience in infrastructure design, implementation, management, and support
* VMware VCA-VCP-DCV, VCAP-DCV experience
* Advanced troubleshooting of VMware components - VCSA, ESXi, VDS, HA, DRS
* Microsoft Active Directory, Domain services
* Experience with or solid understanding of TCP/IP networking - VLANs, Routing, DHCP, DNS
* Work in concert with a team or independently to manage project milestones and deliverables, with or without direct supervision/guidance as needed
* KPI driven, proactive, and motivated for continuous improvement, adaptation, reflection, and growth
* Experience in tools like SharePoint, Teams, ServiceNow, Jira, SAFe, Confluence, Adaxes, LogicMonitor, InfoBlox, Thycotic, SNOW, Splunk, etc.
Technical Requirements:
* VMware vSphere Enterprise
* HA/DRS
* Distributed Switches
* Update Manager, PowerCLI
* VM, VCSA, ESXi troubleshooting and maintenance
Hands-on Server & Storage Experience:
* Cisco UCS/Dell/HPE - Rack Servers, Blade Systems
* SAN Storage - Dell Storage, Nimble
* ISCSI Networking and Configuration
* SAN DELL EqualLogic, Compellent administration
Windows Server Administration:
* Active Directory
* Group Policies
* DHCP, DNS, File servers
Great to have:
* PowerShell scripting; Packet sniffers/WireShark
* Domain migrations/consolidations
* Enterprise security, such as zero-trust networks, network access control, next-generation firewalls, and related
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.*Compensation Type:*Hours*Minimum Compensation:*50.00*Maximum Compensation:*65.00
* The Senior Windows Virtual Infrastructure Engineer will manage and maintain High Availability Datacenter Infrastructure - Physical & Virtual Servers, Virtual Desktops, and SAN Storage as per best practices
* Quickly troubleshoot to isolate and solve problems and adhere to best practices
* Provide L3 & L4 support; Be aware and react to down alerts and warnings coming in from our monitoring system, communicate and investigate in a timely fashion - escalate when necessary * Perform occasional after-hours work and/or on weekends as needed to support business needs; Attend and participate in departmental meetings
* Coordinate and perform system changes with strict adherence to our Change Control policy
* Ensure tickets are created, assigned, and updated appropriately with accurate time entries and resolution details of impending changes and/or agreed outages
* Perform installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of Windows Servers of various roles (Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, File and Print Services)
* Create and maintain documentation including inventory information and network diagrams
* Work with 3rd party vendors to perform installation, configuration, patching and support for their respective software
* Assist in the creation of BOMs (Bill of Materials), obtaining quotes from vendors where necessary - for the purpose of solution costing for new implementations
* Effectively communicate step-by-step instructions with non-technical personnel acting as remote hands to install and maintain infrastructure
* Evaluate existing systems for potential problems/improvements
* The Senior VmWare/Windows Infrastructure Engineer will manage multiple concurrent tasks and function within a fast-paced setting
* Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, a related technical degree or equivalent
* 10 years of experience in infrastructure design, implementation, management, and support
* VMware VCA-VCP-DCV, VCAP-DCV experience
* Advanced troubleshooting of VMware components - VCSA, ESXi, VDS, HA, DRS
* Microsoft Active Directory, Domain services
* Experience with or solid understanding of TCP/IP networking - VLANs, Routing, DHCP, DNS
* Work in concert with a team or independently to manage project milestones and deliverables, with or without direct supervision/guidance as needed
* KPI driven, proactive, and motivated for continuous improvement, adaptation, reflection, and growth
* Experience in tools like SharePoint, Teams, ServiceNow, Jira, SAFe, Confluence, Adaxes, LogicMonitor, InfoBlox, Thycotic, SNOW, Splunk, etc.
Technical Requirements:
* VMware vSphere Enterprise
* HA/DRS
* Distributed Switches
* Update Manager, PowerCLI
* VM, VCSA, ESXi troubleshooting and maintenance
Hands-on Server & Storage Experience:
* Cisco UCS/Dell/HPE - Rack Servers, Blade Systems
* SAN Storage - Dell Storage, Nimble
* ISCSI Networking and Configuration
* SAN DELL EqualLogic, Compellent administration
Windows Server Administration:
* Active Directory
* Group Policies
* DHCP, DNS, File servers
Great to have:
* PowerShell scripting; Packet sniffers/WireShark
* Domain migrations/consolidations
* Enterprise security, such as zero-trust networks, network access control, next-generation firewalls, and related
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.*Compensation Type:*Hours*Minimum Compensation:*50.00*Maximum Compensation:*65.00
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Updated March 14, 2024
Updated March 14, 2024