Senior Virtualization & Cloud

Job Description

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

1. VMware Infrastructure Administration

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• Design, deploy, configure, and administer VMware vSphere environments, including ESXi and vCenter.
• Manage VMware vSAN clusters and hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), including Dell VxRail.
• Perform virtual machine lifecycle management, including provisioning, cloning, snapshot management, migrations (P2V/V2V), and decommissioning.
• Configure and maintain VMware High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), and Fault Tolerance (FT).
• Manage VMware networking components, including Standard vSwitches, Distributed Virtual Switches (DVS), VMkernel adapters, and VLAN configurations.
• Perform ESXi host and vCenter upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Monitor infrastructure health and optimize performance using VMware vRealize Operations or equivalent monitoring tools.
• Troubleshoot virtualization platform issues and perform root cause analysis.

2. Windows Server Administration

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• Install, configure, administer, and support Microsoft Windows Server (2008 R2–2022).
• Manage Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and authentication services.
• Configure and administer Windows Failover Clustering for Hyper-V and SQL Server.
• Manage enterprise file services, DFS, print services, and NTFS permissions.
• Administer Hyper-V virtualization environments.
• Perform server patching, upgrades, and security hardening.
• Support enterprise server platforms, including HPE Synergy, C7000, and Dell PowerEdge.

3. Backup & Disaster Recovery

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• Deploy and administer enterprise backup platforms, including Veeam, Commvault, Cohesity, and Dell Networker.
• Configure VMware-aware and application-aware backup solutions.
• Monitor backup jobs, troubleshoot failures, and ensure successful recovery testing.
• Develop and maintain enterprise backup strategies and operational documentation.
• Implement and support disaster recovery solutions using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and Zerto.
• Coordinate disaster recovery drills and validate recovery objectives.

4. Enterprise Storage Administration

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• Administer enterprise SAN and NAS storage platforms.
• Configure storage pools, RAID groups, LUNs, and VMware datastores (VMFS/NFS).
• Manage enterprise storage solutions, including Dell EMC, Unity, Pure Storage, and HPE 3PAR/MSA.
• Monitor storage performance, optimize capacity utilization, and perform storage migrations.

5. Microsoft Azure Administration

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• Deploy and administer Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, and Azure networking.
• Configure Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), NSGs, VPN Gateways, Load Balancers, and Azure Firewall.
• Manage Azure Storage services, including Blob Storage, Managed Disks, and Azure Files.
• Monitor Azure infrastructure using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Azure Advisor.
• Implement cloud governance and security using Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Azure Policy.
• Configure Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery (ASR), and Azure Update Manager.

6. Network Infrastructure Support

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• Support enterprise LAN/WAN infrastructure.
• Configure VLANs, switch ports, routing, and network segmentation.
• Administer Cisco switches and routers.
• Configure VPN connectivity, firewall policies, and network security controls.

7. Leadership & Strategic Responsibilities

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• Lead infrastructure modernization, virtualization, cloud migration, and transformation projects.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, operational procedures, and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with networking, database, cybersecurity, DevOps, and application teams.
• Perform infrastructure capacity planning and technology lifecycle management.
• Participate in major incident response and on-call support rotations.
• Recommend improvements to enhance infrastructure performance, scalability, security, and resilience.

Required Qualifications

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• Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.

Experience

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• **10–15+ years** of experience in enterprise IT infrastructure and virtualization.
• Proven experience supporting large-scale, multi-site enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with VMware, Windows Server, Azure, storage, backup, and disaster recovery technologies.