What are the responsibilities and job description for the Datacenter Engineer (Linux & VMware) position at K&K Global Talent Solutions INC.?
K&K Global Talent Solutions Inc. is an international recruiting agency that has been providing technical resources in the Canada and the USA region since 1993.
This position is with one of our clients in USA, who is actively hiring candidates to expand their teams.
Job Title: Datacenter Engineer (Linux & VMware)
Location: Olathe, KS /Onsite
Experience:8 Years
Position type: Full time/Permanent role
Job Description
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
• Strong hands-on expertise in Linux administration (RHEL, Ubuntu): system tuning, performance analysis, filesystem management, and security hardening.
• Advanced experience in VMware administration (ESXi, vCenter, VM provisioning, snapshots, performance troubleshooting).
• Proven expert-level troubleshooting capability, including packet capture analysis using Wireshark, tcpdump, or equivalent tools.
• Experience with enterprise backup technologies such as Veeam, Rubrik, Cohesity, or similar platforms.
• Solid understanding of storage technologies (SAN, NAS, RAID, LUNs, multipathing, performance optimization).
• Strong foundation in networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, VLANs, firewalls) to support end-to-end issue resolution.
• Experience working in 24x7 production environments with strict SLA and availability requirements..