Position: Dell (VxRail/ESXi) Admin + Windows Admin

Location: Rugby, UK

Duration: Permanent

JOB DESCRIPTION:

This role within the Global Windows Platform & Services team is responsible for planning, designing, automating, orchestrating, and implementing the entire stack of VMware solutions in our data centers. You will need to have expert knowledge of installing and managing the Dell Vxrail infrastructure, VMware technologies, and related technologies such as SAN storage, backup solution and third-party supporting applications.

Responsibilities/Qualification

• 5+ year experience in similar role, in-depth VMware ESXi/vCenter and Horizon experience.
• Installation and Support of Dell Vxrail and ESXi on new hardware including Dell EMC Storage Centre Roles and responsibilities.
• Perform planning activities for the VxRail solution to be implemented.
• Lead the implementation and Support of VxRail, Powerstore, and PowerEdge solutions for our clients.
• Gather and document business requirements, assess technical capabilities and analyze findings to translate into the engineering of technology solutions.
• Create logical, physical design and architecture for all VMware-based server and virtual desktop solutions (ESXi/vCenter, Horizon, NSX-T, AppVolumes, Dynamic Environment Manager).
• Take ownership of Active Directory and Windows Server infrastructure, service operations and support.
• Lead on all phases of Active Directory and Windows Server estate life cycle management.
• Lead on troubleshooting Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, MFA and Group Policy issues.
• Strong technical experience in administering MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) technologies across server and client components.
• Actively manage and monitor Active Directory and Server estate related ServiceNow tickets, and remediations from monitoring and alerting systems.
• Experience in creating/updating the Server/Client Golden image.
• Experience in Microsoft 365 services and Endpoint Manager
• Strong PowerShell, SCCM and SCOM skills.
• Experience support Veeam Back up solution.
• Follow policies and procedures for change, problem, and incident management.
• Proactively participate in L2/L3 problem escalations and resolve server support issues.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and planned maintenance activities after hours when needed.
• Includes operational maintenance of infrastructure such as vSAN, App Volumes, Dynamic Environment Manager etc.
• Strong working knowledge of vCenter, ESXi, CLI commands, ESXi updates/troubleshooting,
• Windows 10 golden image creation with the usage of clones and templates.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Strong customer service and professional client facing skills.
• Strong time management and organizational skills and ability to meet project deadlines.
• Understanding of networking concepts, LAN/WAN, DNS/DHCP, routing, switching and Firewalls within the scope of the VMware technology stack.
• Experience as an Implementation and support, with a strong focus on VxRail, Powerstore, and PowerEdge.

Desirable

• VMware Certifications (VCP-DCV, VCP-DTM) are a strong plus.
• Expert experience in Windows Server 2008/2012/2016, Microsoft SQL & Windows clustering technologies, Active Directory, Group Policy and DFS file systems.
• More Dell products experience is preferred.