VxRail SME

Title: Senior Solution Architect
Duration 3+ Months (Contract to Hire)
Location Totowa NJ onsite

Job Description:

Mus Have Skills: VxRail
Project Tasks:
The new CIO is seeking a VxRail SME with two primary focus areas:
The first priority of the customer is to ensure the VxRail has the latest firmware updates. The resident will work with customer support to gather the requirements needed to schedule the CS team to perform the firmware updates
The second priority is to get their environment to a stable place. CIO is looking for the resident to be a trusted advisor and assist her team with:
o Day to day operational tasks/activities
o General VMware infrastructure management knowledge: How to do permissions, standard VM management, licensing, and vSphere networking
o Lifecycle management for the VxRail
o Resident needs to ensure the customer understands the process/procedures for version and code upgrades, maintenance, firmware updates etc.
o Assist customer in optimizing the VxRail environment
o Review processes and policies (incident, capacity, performance and change management, user and backup policy) to identify areas of improvement
o Conduct knowledge transfer to address the customer team members skills and "product" gaps
o General troubleshooting/optimization - ensure the customer understands how to manage these areas once residency is completed
o Monitors, reviews, and manage backup environment to identify areas of improvement.
o Resident needs to be confident and proactive in providing best practice recommendations to the customer
o Share best practice methodologies throughout the residency assignment