Description
Required Qualifications:
Experience capturing and evaluating non-functional system requirements.
Understanding of and experience in documenting Logical and Physical solution design models.
Experience capturing and analyzing system requirements to identify appropriate infrastructure platform solutions including server, storage, clustering, integration, messaging, application/database platforms, backup/recovery, replication, DR.
Senior level expertise with pSeries, AIX, HP DL/BL hardware, xSeries, Microsoft Server OS, Microsoft Cluster Server, EMC Storage, and Microsoft SQL Server.
Senior level expertise with VMWare ESX Server/Hipervisor. (ESX 3.5 and 4.0), Virtual Center.
Senior level expertise with VMWare Site Recovery Manager, and data replication and recovery strategies in a VMWare environment.
Advanced knowledge and experience with Redhat Linux.
Extensive experience with data center migration and server consolidation projects. In depth understanding of the process for evaluating, analyzing, planning, and executing physical to virtual migrations. Must understand how to analyze physical server utilization in order to appropriately size the target VM environment.
Must be able to clearly articulate solution alternatives and trade-offs, and develop sound recommendations for end-to-end infrastructure technology solutions.
Experience and understanding of how to size systems, and how to design solutions to meet availability and performance requirements.
Must possess excellent communication skills with experience communicating in professional manner with Sr. Management and Business customers.
Must be able to produce thorough, comprehensive, detailed, high-quality documentation using MS office suite, Visio, and Powerpoint.
Must possess strong initiative and be self motivated.
Thorough understanding of enterprise scale network technologies - switch, router, firewall, load-balancer.
Bachelor's degree is required with emphasis in Computer Sciences, Information Systems, an engineering discipline, business, or related field.
Must be able to multitask with effective time management skills supporting multiple IT projects and work efforts.
Must be open to flexible work schedule to remain in-step with project and organizational needs.
Occasional travel may be required.