VMware & Windows Administrator

Hybrid in San Francisco, CA, US • Posted 2 hours ago • Updated 2 hours ago
Contract W2
12 Months
No Travel Required
Able to Sponsor
On-site
$60 - $70/hr
Fitment

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Job Details

Skills

  • Backup
  • Collaboration
  • Computer Networking
  • Documentation
  • Dragon NaturallySpeaking
  • DNS
  • DRS
  • Database
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Failover
  • Capacity Management
  • VMware ESXi
  • VMware vSphere
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Management
  • Microsoft IIS
  • Microsoft Operating Systems
  • IT Management
  • Intellectual Property
  • Lifecycle Management
  • Firmware
  • Group Policy
  • Hardening
  • High Availability
  • STaaS
  • Scripting
  • Storage
  • Switches
  • Testing
  • Network Security
  • Patch Management
  • Performance Tuning
  • Provisioning
  • IP
  • Microsoft
  • Microsoft Windows Server
  • Migration
  • CPU
  • Change Management
  • Virtual Machines
  • Clustering
  • Virtualization
  • DHCP
  • Fiber Channel
  • Network
  • VLAN
  • VMware
  • Windows PowerShell
  • Windows Services
  • iSCSI

Summary

Job Summary

  • Seeking a highly experienced VMware & Windows Administrator with 10–12+ years of hands-on experience managing enterprise Windows Server and VMware environments.
  • Responsible for virtualization, Windows infrastructure, Active Directory, patching, monitoring, backup, troubleshooting, security, and performance optimization across large-scale environments.

Key Responsibilities

  • Administer and support VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, HA, DRS, and VM provisioning.
  • Manage enterprise Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 environments.
  • Perform Windows server installation, configuration, hardening, patching, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
  • Manage Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, OU, user/group administration, and domain services.
  • Configure and maintain VMware clusters, resource pools, datastores, virtual switches, and VM networking.
  • Perform VM migrations, cloning, snapshots, capacity management, and virtual machine lifecycle management.
  • Troubleshoot VMware ESXi, vCenter, VM performance, CPU/memory/storage, and network-related issues.
  • Implement and maintain Windows Server security baselines, vulnerability remediation, and system hardening.
  • Manage Microsoft Failover Clustering, Windows services, IIS, and enterprise server components.
  • Support SAN/NAS storage, including Fibre Channel, iSCSI, datastores, and storage provisioning.
  • Manage backup and disaster recovery solutions and participate in DR testing.
  • Automate administrative tasks using PowerShell and scripting.
  • Monitor infrastructure using enterprise monitoring tools and proactively resolve performance issues.
  • Perform OS and VMware upgrades, patch management, firmware updates, and maintenance activities.
  • Participate in incident, problem, and change management processes.
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure documentation, SOPs, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
  • Collaborate with network, security, storage, cloud, database, and application teams.
  • Provide technical leadership during infrastructure migrations, upgrades, and data-center initiatives.

Required Technical Skills

  • VMware vSphere / ESXi / vCenter
  • VMware HA, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion
  • vSAN and VMware cluster administration
  • Windows Server 2016/2019/2022
  • Active Directory & Group Policy
  • DNS / DHCP / IIS
  • PowerShell scripting
  • Microsoft Failover Clustering
  • SAN / NAS / Fibre Channel / iSCSI
  • Windows Server security and hardening
  • Backup & Disaster Recovery
  • Performance monitoring and troubleshooting
  • TCP/IP, VLANs, DNS, DHCP and basic networking
  • Patch management and vulnerability remediation
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 91138713
  • Position Id: 9071729
  • Posted 2 hours ago
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