Windows, AD and VMware professional

Overview

On Site
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - Long Term

Skills

azure
Active Directory
VMWARE
hyper-v

Job Details

Job Title:

Windows, AD and VMware professional

Location:

Minneapolis, MN / New Orleans, LA

Experience

9+ years

Job Description

Role and Responsibilities

  • Ensures that assigned infrastructure at the client site is configured, installed, tested, and operational
  • Performs necessary checks, apply monitoring tools and respond to alerts
  • Identifies problems and errors prior to or when it occurs and log all such incidents in a timely manner with the required level of detail
  • Assists in analyzing, assigning, and escalating support calls
  • Investigates third line support calls assigned and identify the root cause of incidents and problems
  • Reports and escalates issues to 3rd party vendors if necessary
  • Provides onsite technical support to clients and provide field engineering services to clients
  • Conducts a monthly random review of incidents and service requests, analyze and recommend improvement in quality
  • Proactively identifies opportunities for work optimization including opportunities for automation of work
  • May manage and implement projects within technology domain, delivering effectively and promptly per client agreed upon requirements and timelines
  • May work on implementing and delivering Disaster Recovery functions and tests
  • Installation , Troubleshooting and configuration of Windows/Linux based operating systems & Patch management.
  • Good experience in Installation, configuring & troubleshooting of MS Outlook 2007/10/13/16 or Outlook Express, Office 365 , Taking Regular data & mail backup of MS outlook (PST files).
  • Managing data backup and recovery.
  • Configure & Troubleshooting of TCP/IP settings & connectivity problems for client computers and add them to domain. Exposure in Active Directory user creation & deletion
  • AD Domain controller migration 2008 to 2019.
  • Managing Active Directory and Group Policies.
  • Active Directory implementation and Administration.
  • Active Directory Backup and Restoration.
  • Experienced in DCPROMO process and configuring OU structure, Global Catalog server, directory services.
  • DNS administrations and troubleshooting skill
  • Working on Active Directory replication, GPOs and FSMO roles.
  • Creating new group policies as per the Customer request,
  • User Management including Adding, Deleting, Modifying, Assigning Rights to the User accounts.
  • NTFS security, disk quota management.
  • ADFS administration and management
  • DFS management and troubleshooting skill
  • Provide systematic RCA and problem management for P1 and reoccurring issues
  • PowerShell knowledge at intermediate/advance level
  • PS Automation skill and any hands-on experience on real time project.
  • ADFS knowledge
  • Develop and maintain scripted and automated tools for management of the Windows physical and virtual environments.
  • The ability to perform deep dive analysis of issues and be able to quickly resolve complex problems.
  • Experience defining and executing Disaster Recovery and Business Contingency Plans.
  • Must be independent, organized, self-motivated, responsible, and able to complete tasks with little or no supervision.
  • Knows ITIL concepts and can apply them effectively.

VMWare:

  • Work experience on VMware ESXi 5.X, 6.X & 7.0 environment.
  • Installation & Configuration of VMware ESXi host & vCenter.
  • Virtualization project SOW preparation. Execution of project.
  • Find RCA & solution for repeated & escalated issues.
  • Managing and troubleshooting HA and DRS environment.
  • Managing and troubleshooting on VMware vMotion, Storage vMotion, High Availability, DRS
  • Deploy virtual machines, use clones, snapshots, templates
  • Managing and troubleshooting standard switch & distributed virtual switch.
  • Managing Virtual Machine Snapshots
  • Troubleshooting with the help of VMware Logs & vCenter logs
  • Troubleshooting on VMware performance issue with commands
  • Troubleshooting experience on vCenter performance counter

Hyper-V:

  • Excellent knowledge of Hyper-V and System center
  • Installation and Configuring Virtual Machines for Server Consolidation and HA
  • Managing and troubleshooting Hyper V cluster issues.
  • Managing and troubleshooting on Hyper-V Replication
  • Create VM s, V-disk s and install guest OS
  • Configure and Manage Virtual Networks
  • Managing Virtual Machine Snapshots
  • Troubleshooting complex Hyper-V production issues
  • Knowledge of System Center 2012,2016,2019 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager
  • Configuring and managing virtualization hosts, networking, and storage resources.
  • Maintain and manage Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2/2016/2019 infrastructure including high-availability Microsoft Hyper-V.
  • Maintain and manage SAN hardware and storage.
  • Experience automating tasks with scripting and programming languages such as PowerShell
  • Ability to design robust processes for complex problems

Azure:

Knowledge and work experience on below Azure infrastructure technology

Qualifications and Education Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent work experience.
  • Certifications relevant to the services provided (certifications carry additional weightage on a candidate's qualification for the role)
  • MCITP
  • MCSA
  • ITIL Foundation
  • Cloud Certification if any

Preferred Skills

  • Knowledge of Banking, Travel and Healthcare industries, their regulations and laws
  • Ability to plan activities and projects well in advance, and takes into account possible changing circumstances.
  • Hands on IT experience with Windows Server, Exchange Server, Active Directory, IIS, Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, Certificate Authority and more.
  • Ability to Script
  • Working knowledge and understanding of Mimecast Email Security.
  • Working knowledge and understanding Microsoft Identity Manager.
  • Acts as the main interface between IT, project stakeholders, and end users
  • Provides technical support and guidance to various stakeholders, including business executives, IT admins, and end users in implementing messaging-based business processes-Answers end user questions relating to Exchange Server, specifically supporting the implementation of new deployments, migration strategies and troubleshooting problems that may occur in the deployment.
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