Overview
Hybrid
$40+
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)
Skills
Vmware
Nutanix
Azure
Job Details
Duration: 6+ Months Contract to Hire
Location: Cincinnati or St Petersburg
"U.S. Citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor or transfer visas at this time. No Vendors/3rd parties."
Responsibilities and Requirements:
- Work as part of a technical support team delivering a quality service to single/multiple clients using a variety of hardware and software products
- Analyze and understand clients' needs and expectations, as well as alternative architectures and trends
- Interview clients' technical teams to gather relevant information to facilitate architectural requirements definitions
- Takes responsibility to lead small to medium scale design projects, interfacing with project managers
- Establish, explain, and validate the solution testing criteria for projects
- Design services in accordance with Client standards and vendor best practices
- Remain current on vendor best practices as it relates to the interlinking of technologies (Windows, VMware, Storage platforms)
- Provide expertise on system performance tuning, capacity planning, and maintenance patching and new version installation
- Develop and maintain standard templates for repeatable build outs
- Work with vendors and drive them to help us meet our service level obligations
- Plan and implement small to medium scale changes on production systems
- Analyze and assess the impact and risk of small to medium risk changes on production systems
- Install, configure, patch and maintain appropriate technologies (e.g. servers/databases/network/ storage)
- Design and assist small to medium scale disaster recovery tests
- Create and review technical system recovery plans
- Demonstrate commitment to Service Excellence
- Perform major upgrades of systems and associated products
- Act as technical lead for one or more small to medium scale clients
Required Skills:
- VMware: Hands-on experience with vSphere environments, including managing ESXi hosts and vCenter.
- Experience with upgrading VMware environments and managing virtual networks using NSX.
- Nutanix: Practical experience with Nutanix Acropolis (AHV) and managing hyper-converged infrastructure.
- Proficiency with Nutanix tools like Prism for monitoring and management.
- Azure: Deployment and management of Azure VMs, storage accounts, and networking.
- Experience with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and Azure governance (e.g., policies and role-based access control).
At least one Certification required:
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
- VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP)
- Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP)
- Nutanix Certified Advanced Professional (NCAP)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Associate
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