System Administrator - Systems & Storage Unix

Equal Plus Consulting has been engaged to search for a System Administrator - Systems & Storage Unix Team member to work for a client based in Lawrenceville, GATitle: System Administrator - Systems & Storage Unix TeamStart Date: ASAPTerm: 12 months +Location: Lawrenceville, GACandidates must be local and be able to interview and work onsite.

• Bachelor’s degree is desired but not required.
• VMware Certified Professional and MCP are desired but not required.
• Support large scale VMware Environment.
• Layer 2 support of multi-site Data Centers.

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience working with VMware production environment.
• Ideally 2+ years of Network Layer-2 in a production environment.
• Experience/Exposure with SDN or ACI environment.
• Previous experience managing, setting up, and administration of storage/VMware clusters.
• Experience with Enterprise backup solutions, Commvault experience a plus.

• Administer, monitor, and manage large-scale production environments.
• Implement automated procedures for deployments of services, configuration, infrastructure.
• Work with engineering teams to design and implement application operational procedures and processes on existing and new data center environments/projects.
• Support migration from legacy VM Environments to modern VM architecture standards.
• Repair and perform preventative maintenance on systems, including major patches and updates, resolve vulnerabilities and monitor for EOL of products.
• Maintain records and prepare reports.
• Expert understanding of networking concepts, (i.e., Configuration of network layer-2, TCP/IP, VLANs, and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel virtual networking, HCI-Hyperconverged Infrastructure and SDI-Software Defined Infrastructure.
• Troubleshooting and resolving LAN/WAN performance connectivity and related network problems.
• Install, configure, and manage VMware vSphere environment: vCenter, App-V, Site Recovery Manager (SRM), virtual machines, datastore creation and maintenance.
• Configure vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS), VMware Distributed Resource Scheduling, High availability, and Fault Tolerance.
• Provide advance troubleshooting support and problem resolution of the entire Virtualization Infrastructure with various OS platforms such as Microsoft 2016, 2019, 2022 & Linux (Red Hat and Oracle).

• Ensure ongoing operation of systems/applications through troubleshooting, scheduling/monitoring jobs and technology-related business processes, and end user support as needed.

• Understanding of Storage Architecture, SAN environment and Health-performance-optimization monitoring of virtualized architecture.
• Understanding of security best practices for multi-tiered operating systems.
• Technical written and verbal communication skills (technical writing) are a plus.
• Ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment. Willingness to learn and take on new projects.
• Good customer service skills.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.