VMWare Admin (Windows)

Functional Area: Information Technology (ITM)
Career Stream: IT Infrastructure (INFR)
Role: Specialist (SPE)
Job Title: Specialist IT Infrastructure
Job Code: SPE-ITM-INFR
Job Level: Level 08
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Manage and support Intel/VMware/Windows servers/operating systems and Active Directory that constitute the Celestica global enterprise server duties include Vmware and Windows Server administration tasks operating systems management hardware and software architecture installation configuration and support system/admin security and setupThe Specialist IT Infrastructure will install maintain upgrade and continuously improve the virtual infrastructure and operating environments ensuring the ongoing reliability performance and security of the infrastructure. This includes monitoring and upkeeping the virtual infrastructure and operating environments; responding to incidents & problems planning for growth deployment of new technologies as well as designing installing configuring maintaining and performing testing of virtual infrastructure server operating systems networks and related utilities and hardware. Other responsibilities include troubleshooting problems as reported by users and the acquisition replacement and decommissioning of related equipment software and services.

Performs tasks such as but not limited to the following:

• Deal with Tier 2/3 problem-solving in a timely efficient manner

• Shift rotation

• Available 24x7 for critical Tier 2/3 / Priority 1 or 2 production problems

• Respond to and resolve ServiceNow tickets (both priority and service requests) in the GBL-Intel and GBL-AD queues

• Develop architect and support enterprise solutions using Windowsand 2022 for enterprise applications and related databases

• Develop architect and support mid-range and enterprise storage solutions for Windows servers applications and related databases

• Communicate effectively with both executive and technical levels building customer service-centric relationships and communicating technical concepts to colleagues on Windows Linux Storage and related management teams. Develop concise technical documents and/or deliverables for the project and daily support

• Direct vendor and company support teams or work individually to use standard operating facilities (including PowerShell scripts and operating system administration tools) diagnostic tools technical manuals and system documentation to identify diagnose and solve basic system problems as directed

• Perform server performance tuning including monitoring servers and taking corrective action to maximize server uptime including disk drive capacity within defined limits network connectivity virtualization process monitoring and control memory utilization performance and hardware/software monitoring

• Provide server security with respect to implementing security measures and designs to protect individual server hosts from unauthorized access

• Provide application server support by assisting application teams in installing and upgrading software creating job schedules creating and maintaining directories assisting with application tuning following change control and assisting in job monitoring

• Provide tier 2/3 escalation support to the Service Desk for performance issues including maintaining historical information on server and/or storage systems performance making adjustments to system-level parameters compiling statistics making adjustments to system parameters to increase performance and compiling network performance metrics

• Extensive VMware Enterprise experience (VMware 7 8 9)

• Extensive Windows Server Enterprise experience (Win 2012and 2022)

• Minimum of 3 - 5 years experience as the SME for VMware and Windows Server for architecting systems and daily operating procedures. projects consultations and critical incidents

• In-depth working knowledge of VMWare/server virtualization environments VMware hosts clusters vCenter vSAN NSX-T networking & security

• Ability to plan projects and tasks.

• In-depth knowledge of the Windows OS (server and client) and the desktop operating environment. Linux and other mainstream OS knowledge will be helpful.

• Demonstrate deep technical experience including architecting sizing designing installing integrating implementing and supporting multiple varieties of Windows-based solutions

• Extensive Windows server experience including RDS DHCP server etc.

• Strong troubleshooting ability

• Ability to work in a group and individually

• Working knowledge of mid-range and enterprise storage systems in iSCSI SAN FC SAN FC switch

• Extensive experience in dealing with senior management application support teams and other business partners

• Extensive experience in working with remote IT teams

• Extensive experience in directing and dealing with third-party support teams

• Practical knowledge of standard quotation and purchasing processes

• Practical experience in dealing directly with vendors and commodity/procurement departments

• A basic understanding of networking is required

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.

• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. Repetitive manual movements (e.g. data entry using a computer mouse using a calculator etc.) are frequently required.

• Minimum 3 - 5 years of work experience in a similar role or industry

• Bachelors Degree

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.