Description


In this role the individual will support and assist the team in effectively overseeing configuration and maintenance of all vxRail HyperConverged hardware assets, within a framework of industry standards. This includes security regulations (CJIS/NIST), ITIL, AGILE best practices, and strategic IT principles and policy guidelines. 
They will troubleshoot and resolve critical operations issues at the PPSB (400 N Broad) and Enterprise (1234M) data centers. 
This individual is expected to take proactive steps to manage capacity and performance across vmWare systems, as well incident response. 
Additionally, the individual will work with the team to help develop and document systems, operation workflows, and their support models. 
Part of this role also requires working with the IT Architect to develop a comprehensive backup model for all applications, systems, and programs housed within the environment. 
The individual must be able to provide technical subject matter expertise, be able to understand complex vxRail, vmWare, and network related issues and provide clear solutions.
In addition, the individual is expected to adhere to change/problem and incident management processes, and to transfer knowledge to the existing platform engineering staff

Work Activities

Implement solutions based on current industry standards and best practices
Install, configure, and administer Dell vxRail and related technologies
Install, configure, and manage hyperconverged technologies and environments
Troubleshoot storage, network, and compute issues through problem resolution
Engineer new hyperconverged/software defined storage solutions to meet the enterprise standards and requirements
Adhere to established processes related to Change/Problem/Incident Management
Install, configure, and manage components for NSX and any related VMware software-based networking features

Skills/ Experience Of The Assigned Staff

Ability to work effectively as a team lead; collaboration and leadership skills are key
3 plus years of experience in system integration, designing, building, and administering hyperconverged environments, disaster recovery, data protection solutions, and troubleshooting
Networking and security within a hyperconverged environment, including SAN and NAS protocols
Vmware VCP certification and related, i.e. vSphere/ESXi, vSan, NSX
NSX Experience
Experience with Dell EMC storage infrastructure solutions and their related technologies, i.e.: HCI, and HCI based appliances
Current experience with DellEMC vxRail backup technologies, i.e. Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection (IDPA) software, i.e. DellEMC Data Domain; i.e. DellEMC Avamar; and hardware
Cloud architecture experience, i.e. AWS and Azure
Experience managing storage networks and appliances.

Highly Desired/ Preferred

Current Juniper Network technologies experience
Automation experience
Database performance optimization experience

Education

Any graduate