Vmware/Windows/Storage Systems Administrator

Role: VMWare/Windows/Storage Systems Administrator

# Resource(s) Needed: 2

Length of Engagement: Through 12/31/2019 (options to extend)

Start date: ASAP, Location: San Jose

Rate: $market All Inclusive

Work Summary

This position is needed to provide technical expertise to support VMWare, Windows and Storage

infrastructure at OCH and SLRH.

Skills and Experience

• The candidate must have 3+ years as a Systems Administrator in a large IT organization
• In-depth experience with systems administration in the areas of:

o Windows Operating Systems

o VMWare server virtualization

o VDI

o Server and Storage HW maintenance

o SAN, based on Dell/EMC storage array technologies

o Enterprise security

o Knowledgeable on collecting metrics, measuring systems performance and troubleshooting

systems problems

o Disaster Recovery and technologies related to data protection (e.g. Spectrum Protect and/or

Veeam)

o Experience with automation and scripting (Powershell scripts)

Responsibilities

• Plans, determines requirements, builds, customizes, tests, implements, maintains, and enhances software and hardware systems;
• Integrates systems for inter-operability across multiple platforms and technologies; obtains new and upgraded systems from vendors and utilizes tools and develops programs to ensure that new and upgraded systems work effectively with current systems and programs;
• Provides technical system support to departments, designers, software engineers, and project teams;
• Implements security policies (e.g., logon, access, dataset security) on server platforms and applications;
• Monitors system performance and capacity and publishes related reports; uses performance monitoring and capacity planning tools to ensure that systems are performing effectively; monitors the number of problems or incidents reported;
• Reviews system reports and adjusts system resource thresholds to assure best performance and efficiency of resource utilization;
• Confers with senior team members to ensure that proposed solutions are appropriate;
• Establishes and updates backup and recovery procedures; establishes and documents the most appropriate schedule to backup information and data;

• Determines and documents proper installation parameters for software and hardware for smooth integration, transition, and efficiency;