Description
VMWare Engineer - VMWare, vSphere, Windows is required by my client who is based Hounslow, West London
Essential Skills
VMWare VCP (vSphere3/4/5/6)
Windows Certifications
Desirable Skills
ITIL - IT Service Management
Red Hat RHCT or equivalent
Good understanding of Network Administration
Good understanding of Storage and Storage Administration
Working knowledge of managing and monitoring HP Proliant, Cisco UCS, IBM X and Dell PowerEdge Servers
Knowledge of Servers backup & recovery process & tools
Commercial experience gained within a Managed Service Provider/High Availability enterprise production environment covering both Physical and Virtual environments
Competencies
High levels of interpersonal skills
Innovative, creative and imaginative approach to problem management
Generally adaptable approach, with ability to work under pressure
Willingness to accommodate a wide variety of tasks and duties, not necessarily specified in job descriptions - flexibility to work requirements
Self-motivated and able to work with a minimum of supervision
Willingness to work additional hours and adopt flexible patterns of work including participation in the Managed Serves on-call rota
Role Purpose
The Windows/VMWare Team is part of the Cloud & Managed Services group. The group is responsible for implementing,supporting and maintaining Windows and VMWare ESX platforms across Europe. This covers customer dedicated solutions, The range of Cloud Platforms including G-Cloud accredited Cloud platforms. The team are also responsible for management of the Recovery Services Storage Area Network.
This is a 3rd level support role with responsibility supporting High Availability Server environments on behalf of our customers. Activities covered by the role include Design, Implementation, Configuration, Support and Administration of our customers Physical and Virtual environments. The Windows/VMWare team are responsible for the pro-active Management of my clients Enterprise, Private Cloud and G-Cloud Services, provisioning of VDC's (Virtual Data Centres), incident management and responding to customer requests for change to their VDC's.
The VMWare Systems Engineer's work closely with other technical support teams within the Technical Practice, other AS Operational Teams, Solutions Architects, Pre-Sales, Professional Services Group, Project Management and Product Teams to ensure design and delivery of highly available solutions.
A good standard of Networking and Storage knowledge is important in this role to assist in design, build and troubleshooting the virtual infrastructure.
Engineers are required to monitor and evolve all standards, policies and procedures utilised within the Management of Production environments.
Mercator IT Solutions provides services as an agency and an employment business