VM Ware Consultant

Job Description

A reputable Managed Service provider based in Manchester with over 25 years of experience of operating in their industry with a diverse range of clients over various industries including insurance, retail, gaming and other industries are seeking a 3rd Line Wintel Engineer to join their dynamic and growing team of 25 Wintel Engineers

Core technical skills:

• VMware vSphere ESXi
• VMware vCenter
• VMware vCloud
• VMware Horizon
• VMware NSX
• VMware vSAN
• VMware Workspace One

Essential skills:

• Deployment of virtual Windows Servers within a VMware / Hyper-V estate according to vendor best practice and to a given specification
• Installation and upgrade of ESXi on new or existing hardware from vendors including Dell & HP
• Proven ability to migrate to a VCSA from a Windows vCenter
• Referenceable track record configuring vCloud Director for new customers
• Excellent troubleshooting skills where issues may occur while projects are in flight
• Ability to configure VMware NSX to be used with hypervisor level anti-virus: i.e. McAfee Move, Kaspersky for Virtual Environments
• Prior experience setting up vSAN according to vendor best practice
• Understanding of virtual switching: configuring vSwitch & adding further labels to existing Distributed vSwitching
• Good understanding of VMware licensing and features
• Understanding and experience of SAN technologies, ability to present new LUN’s

Desirable

• Working knowledge of backup technology including Veeam Backup & Replication & Quest Rapid Recovery
• Experience with Zerto
• Ability to setup new customers within VMware Workspace One
• Understanding and experience of SAN technologies, ability to present new LUN’s
• Prior experience delivering VMware Horizon

Experience installing SAN’s including NetApp, Dell EMC Storage Centre Roles and responsibilities: