SeniorAdministrator - Vmware vSphere & vCenter,VMware vSAN

• *Job Summary**
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Adhering to SLAs \- Mentoring / Training Team Members \- Handling tickets / requests \- Perform root cause analysis \- Troubleshooting technical issues \- Defining processes and ensuring that the processes are adhered to \- Oversees and is responsible for successful completion of Installation, configuration and migration \- Ensure maximum uptime according to the SLA \- Understanding of Multi\-geo support environment \- Responsible for building / maintaining a test environment \- Improves and maintains customer and employee satisfaction \- Suggests new technologies and design changes \- Monitoring and maintaining SLA requirements by the team members \- Planning Backup/Restoration Strategy for 24x7 operation support \- Suggesting patches/upgrades to maintain security level \- Testing / Auditing/processes as required from time to time \- Identify Skill gaps and plan for training / knowledge updating

• *Key Responsibilities**
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In\-depth knowledge on working of ESX Server \& vCenter Server \[formally Virtual Center] • Work independently and as a member of a team of consultants on engagements with customers, often in a technical leadership role. • Architect and develop customer solutions based on current hands\-on knowledge of the VMware product line, storage, networking, management, and associated customer business processes. • Participate in the pre\-sales process to understand customer business and technical objectives and product requirements, in order to develop effective solutions • Document best practices in developing and deploying VMware solutions, and feed them into our knowledge base for reuse by customers and partners • 3\+ years experience in architecting, designing and deploying virtualized infrastructures, ideally with a special emphasis on VMware vSphere (or VI3\.5\) and VMware Lab Manager 3 (or 4\) • Proven experience with IT automation systems (BMC, HP, IBM/Tivoli, CA) • Strong practical Linux systems administration skills would be added advantage • Understanding of computer server architectures, including peripheral interfaces (SCSI, RAID, Ethernet) and multi\-processor designs (SMP) • Knowledge on VMware Datacenter and Management Products like vSphere, vCenter Converter, Lab Manager, Chargeback, Capacity IQ etc is must. • Hardware : Hands on Servers ( HP/DELL/HP/IBM)Work independently and as a member of a team of consultants on engagements with customers, often in a technical leadership role. • Architect and develop customer solutions based on current hands\-on knowledge of the VMware product line, storage, networking, management, and associated customer business processes. • Participate in the pre\-sales process to understand customer business and technical objectives and product requirements, in order to develop effective solutions • Document best practices in developing and deploying VMware solutions, and feed them into our knowledge base for reuse by customers and partners • 3\+ years experience in architecting, designing and deploying virtualized infrastructures, ideally with a special emphasis on VMware vSphere (or VI3\.5\) and VMware Lab Manager 3 (or 4\) • Proven experience with IT automation systems (BMC, HP, IBM/Tivoli, CA) • Strong practical Linux systems administration skills would be added advantage • Understanding of computer server architectures, including peripheral interfaces (SCSI, RAID, Ethernet) and multi\-processor designs (SMP) • Knowledge on VMware Datacenter and Management Products like vSphere, vCenter Converter, Lab Manager, Chargeback, Capacity IQ etc is must. • Hardware : Hands on Servers ( HP/DELL/HP/IBM) • Provide architectural guidance and oversight into integration of VMware products with third party products within the customer’s IT environment: storage, networking, systems management capacity management and monitoring, high availability solutions, security infrastructures, etc. • Provide architectural guidance and oversight into integration of VMware products with third party products within the customer’s IT environment: storage, networking, systems management, capacity management and monitoring, high availability solutions.

• *Skill Requirements**
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VMware Level 3 Administrator

• *Must Have Skill**
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VMware Aria Operations,VMware SRM,Vmware vSphere \& vCenter,VMware vSAN

• *Good to Have Skill**
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• *Other Requirements**
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Excellent communication and conversation skills (Verbal and Written) \- Good documentation skills \- Should have a excelent customer handling skills \- Able to handle high presure situations \- High level of acceptance \- Can drive HCL’s value and its methodology