The Virtualization Administrator is responsible for the day-to-day support, administration, and optimization of virtualized infrastructure, including VMware vSphere, ESXi hosts, Horizon, and Microsoft Hyper-V environments across production and test/development platforms. This role involves managing virtual machines, monitoring system performance, troubleshooting issues, and participating in capacity planning and upgrades.
Location:Jefferson City, Missouri, United States
Responsibilities:
- Manage and support VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V clusters across production and test/development environments.
- Build, configure, test, and maintain virtual machines.
- Monitor system performance, resource utilization, and overall health of the virtualization environment.
- Detect, troubleshoot, and resolve VMware/Hyper-V issues.
- Assist with VMware Horizon administration as needed.
- Fine-tune VM configurations for optimal performance.
- Participate in capacity planning for compute, storage, and network resources.
- Provide guidance on best practices, new technologies, and potential infrastructure improvements.
- Recommend structural and design improvements for future virtualization upgrades.
- Analyze the current vSphere environment and provide upgrade recommendations.
- Apply ESXi host updates, firmware updates, and necessary vulnerability patches.
- Develop and execute test plans for installations, upgrades, and repairs, including back-out plans.
- Maintain accurate documentation of configurations, processes, and changes.
- Create documentation for new functionality and updated procedures.
- Provide coaching and knowledge transfer to technical staff.
Required Skills & Certifications:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience administering and supporting VMware and Hyper-V environments.
- Strong experience with vSphere administration, including vMotion, storage migrations, and P2V conversions.
- Basic understanding of Unix/Linux systems.
- Solid expertise with vSphere performance tools and capacity planning.
- Excellent communication, troubleshooting, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
- Proactive in research, problem-solving, and issue resolution.
Preferred Skills & Certifications:
- Not specified.
Special Considerations:
- Not specified.
Scheduling:
- Not specified.
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