Windows Virtualization Engineer

Company: Thinkfind Corporation
Location: Fort Worth
Posted on: November 23, 2020

Job Description:

We are looking for a Windows System Administrator to support our Enterprise infrastructure for one of our leading clients. You will design, configure, deploy and optimize operating systems, hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and projectoperational requirements design, document, implement and optimize solutions to ensure optimal performance and availability. Design, implement and manage Active Directory environments focusing on cross-domain functionality, GPO driven policies, and usergroup management implement and maintain a configuration management system to assure compliance and adherence to best practices, security policies, and disaster recovery requirements for all systems research, test and deploy application, operating system and hardware patchesupdates and, coordinate updates, outages, maintenance windows, and other potential service impacting activities that could disrupt the availability of safety-critical systems. Will also design, implement, allocate, and optimize SANNAS based storage across multiple vendor solutions to virtual and physical infrastructures maintain and expand the existing backup strategy and infrastructure for operational efficiency, including data staging, recovery and hardware migration develop, implement and maintain policies, procedures, and programs that increase system reliabilityavailability and strengthen disaster recovery policies and procedures lead root cause analysis and provide 2nd3rd level support for all system hardware, software, operating systems and safety-critical applications and. work with infrastructure teams, application teams, and service providers to ensure solid designs and solutions to maintain secure and highly available systems. The environment supports safety-critical applications and will require working irregular shifts and provide on-call coverage in a 247 environment As an ideal candidate, you are a self-starter, problem-solver, and should have experience leading server design, operating systems deployment, server management, server clustering, storage (SANNAS) management, Windows scripting, and active directory in a highly available mission-critical environment. You should possess the ability to work closely with the Operations department and scheduled personnel. You must have a thorough understanding of building, designing, and deploying operating systems and software and configuration tasks to end-user workstations and servers through the use of automation deployment tools. Experience working with and configuring services such as SMTP, DNS, IIS, FTP, CIFS and NFS required. Position requires a Bachelor's Degree in a Technology related discipline andor at least 4-5 years of related experience in Information Technology for critical Enterprise infrastructures. Strong leadership communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization in a professional, diplomatic and tactful manner are a must. 5 - 7 years of experience developing and implementing large scale, complex, highly available Infrastructure architecture supporting critical business applications required. 3 years of experience with VMware vSphere (ESX) and vCenter 3 years of experience with SAN and NAS Storage 3 years of experience with Monitoring Tools 3 Years of experience administering Windows Server andor Red Hat Linux all essential. The ideal candidate will have experience working with large complex projects experience with Windows and Linux-based computer systems, Microsoft clusters, Windows scripting, Active Directory, Storage Area Networks (SAN), computer imaging and hardwaresoftware troubleshooting, and antivirus protection. A thorough understanding of and experience with computer-based systems and associated networking architectures is desired. Availability for 24X7 on-call support. Must be able to work on multiple projects simultaneously and have the ability to think and work independently with minimal supervision. The candidate should possess a demonstrated ability to work closely with NOC and field personnel. Must be willing to work irregular shifts and provide on-call coverage in a 247 environment. Desired Skills Server Design, Server Clustering, SAN, NAS, Scripting, Active Directory, SMTP, DNS, IIS, FTP, CIFS, NFS, VMware vSphere, ESX, vCenter, Red Hat Linux. Local candidates preferred

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