Senior Systems Engineer (VMWare) Job at Techsavanna - Career Opportunity in Kenya

Vacancy title:
Senior Systems Engineer (VMWare)

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Computer Software , Category: Science & Engineering ]

 

Jobs at:

Techsavanna

Deadline of this Job:
15 April 2020  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, April 02, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
Job / Role Description: To work in a technology restoration and availability command center as a VMware L2/L3
The successful candidate will serve as a Senior Systems Engineer (VMWare) reporting to ICT-Infrastructure unit.
This role is responsible for providing operational support and proactive maintenance of the hosting Microsoft Windows and Linux Virtual Servers.
This position will be an escalation point for support engineers within the Windows and Linux Operations group and will help management define support methodology and run books. .

Primary Responsibilities:
• Correlation and diagnosis of events
• To represent the team during any high impact incidents and through the problem review process.
• Interact with vendors for support and issue identification.
• Proactively seek information and utilize analytical and creative problem solving skills along with standard Processes and technologies.
• Remediation of issues quickly and effectively to reduce business impact
• Perform proactive monitoring to identify potential and/or problems and provide resolution;
• Manage and troubleshoot multiple large VMWare environments;
• Maintain VMWare related standards, policies and procedures;
• Manage and maintain all (EXSi) host environments;
• Manage and support VMware/Hyper-V infrastructure environments;
• Follow procedures in support and implement VMWare /Hyper-V best practices;
• Manage disaster recovery plans;
• Provide 24/7 support to resolve complex technical operational problems;
• Perform Systems Administration (Windows & Linux);
• Troubleshoot and resolve OS, disk space and memory issues;
• Work on assigned tickets including incidents and requests; create appropriate changes for any modification, upgrades, etc. on the servers;
• Diagnose and document problem resolution;


Technical Skills Required:
• Define, build and maintain in good operational conditions complex technical environments with respect to SLAs.
• Install, Configure & Manage VMware vSphere 6.0 ESXi Infrastructure.
• Experience in high level diagnostics & troubleshooting on VMware vSphere 6.0 ESXi.
• Excellent troubleshooting and System Administration skills on VMware products and tools.
• Experience working on vSAN configuration and troubleshooting.
• OS / Patch Release management and manage Hosts patching via Update Manager Plug-in.
• Configure and Manage HA, DRS , SDRS, Resource Pools clusters.
• Manage Backups and Restore, along with understanding of VMware Snapshots.
• Configure and Manage Monitoring Alerts w.r.t VMware Hypervisors and VM’s
• Perform Capacity and Performance reports for Cluster , Hosts , Storage , VM’s etc.
• Manage Resources like CPU / Memory / Disk and manage respective resource bottleneck.
• Experience in performance tuning of VMware servers and Virtual sessions and management of servers resources between virtual machines.
• Experience in P2V, VMotion, Storage VMotion, FT etc.
• Experience on ESXi 6.X Architecture and vSphere Web Client.
• Installation and Configuration of ESXi, HA and DRS Clusters, Virtual Center and troubleshooting on HS, DRS, VMotion etc. issues.
• Management & configuration of Virtual Center and plugins like Update Manager.
• Knowledge and hands-on on vROps. ? Optional
• Knowledge of Basic Networking concept.
• Run Maintenance (Performance, Break fix, Troubleshooting, Health Check)for VMware vSphere 6.X environment.
• Good knowledge on blade servers: Dell, HP, Cisco UCS
• Scripting skills – shell, batch, PowerShell, etc.
• Hands on experience with storage or at an expert level with IBM/HP/EMC/NetApp storage in block and file services: FC, iSCSI and NFS
• Knowledge of networking and storage protocols: NFS, CIFS, TCP/IP, Fibre Channel


Minimum Requirements
• BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• Proven working experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting UNIX /Linux based environments.
• Experience with virtualization and containerization (e.g., VMware)
• Experience with monitoring systems
• Solid networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP)
• Enterprise storage administration
• ITIL foundation certification is an added advantage
• Able to operate in a performance driven organization
• Culturally aware and adept at working across multiple geographies


Job Education Requirements: Not Specified


Job Education Experience: Not Specified


Work Hours: 8

 

{module 312}

Job application procedure
If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, please send your resume with your cell phone contact indicating your experience and why you are the most suitable candidate for the role, clearly quoting the job title and job reference to the address; info@techsavanna.technology 

All Jobs

QUICK ALERT SUBSCRIPTION

{module 316}

Job Info
Job Category: Engineering jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 15 April 2020
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 02-04-2020
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 02-04-2020
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 02-04-2065
Apply Now
Notification Board

Join a Focused Community on job search to uncover both advertised and non-advertised jobs that you may not be aware of. A jobs WhatsApp Group Community can ensure that you know the opportunities happening around you and a jobs Facebook Group Community provides an opportunity to discuss with employers who need to fill urgent position. Click the links to join. You can view previously sent Email Alerts here incase you missed them and Subscribe so that you never miss out.

Caution: Never Pay Money in a Recruitment Process.

Some smart scams can trick you into paying for Psychometric Tests.