Virtual Analyst/VMware Engineer

Role: Virtual Analyst/VMware Engineer

Location: Schenectady, NY

Type of Employment: Contract

Visa : USC and GC on w2 only

Role Descriptions:

Relevant Experience (in Yrs): 5 Years

Technical/Functional Skills VMWare(ESX, Horizon, Vcenter, Cloud Volume, vGPU’s, etc.) Windows, RHEL OS Experience

Strong virtualization knowledge.

Software installation procedures on VDI

Provision VDIs on Amazon Workspace

Linux Networking fundamentals (net groups etc.,)

Awareness of containerization technology

NFS and ISOLON storage class

Experience Required:

Roles & Responsibilities

VDI Infrastructure Development & Management

Create new VDI Master images and provide VDI administration in the domain and sub domain pertaining to VDI clients. This will include the following:

Create Virtualization using VMWare, VMWare product suite (ESX, Horizon, Vcenter, Cloud Volume, vGPU’s, etc.)

Perform VMware virtualization that includes ESX, Server migrations, DRS, HA, vMotion, Horizon, vCenter and vROPs.

Perform VDI rollout within defined standards and practices

Software installation on VM’s and its Management

Vmware Migration and upgrades

Work and track the activity to closure for all incidents that are received via ServiceNow tool. Address, complete and track the activities to closure for the items assigned in Rally following the rules set by the governance team leader. This will include the below VDI Administration activities

Patches and bug fixes

Install Service Packs and Security configurations

Resolve job failures and data defects

Group Policy – Enforce Policy in the User Machines

Storage Management – Manage Data Storage

Monitoring and alerting for job failures

Install client applications on VDI (Project specific Software tools, Java, Anaconda, kubectl, containerd, visual studio, .NET tools etc.,)

Create or map storage exports for NFS and ISILO

Support server repairs/replacements with vendors/suppliers

Work involves Export Control jobs