Sr VMware Administrator Walk In Drive In Gurugram

Job description

**Job Requirements\\*** **LOCATION:- GURUGRAM** - Strong expertise in VMware vSphere (ESXi, vCenter) versions 6.x/7.x/8.x. - Hands-on experience with VMware HA, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion, and Distributed Switches. - Experience in VMware infrastructure upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management. - Strong knowledge of SAN/NAS storage technologies and datastore management. - Experience with backup and disaster recovery solutions such as Veeam, Commvault, or SRM - Good understanding of Windows and Linux server administration. - Knowledge of networking concepts including TCP/IP, VLANs, DNS, and DHCP. - Experience in troubleshooting complex virtualization issues in production environments. - Hands-on experience in administering and troubleshooting Cisco UCS environments. - Strong knowledge of Cisco UCS Manager, Fabric Interconnects, Chassis, and Blade Servers. - Experience with UCS Service Profiles, Templates, Pools, and Policies. - Familiarity with Cisco UCS Central/Intersight administration and monitoring. - Experience in firmware upgrades, patch management, and UCS infrastructure maintenance. - Experience performing health checks, capacity planning, and root cause analysis for UCS infrastructure. - Ability to coordinate with server, storage, and network teams for infrastructure-related activities. - Hands-on experience with PowerCLI/PowerShell automation and scripting. - Familiarity with ITIL processes, Incident Management, Problem Management, and Change Management. - Experience in capacity planning, performance tuning, and root cause analysis (RCA). - Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills. - Ability to support critical infrastructure in a 24x7 enterprise environment. Tools / Platforms - ServiceNow / ServiceNow ITOM for ITSM processes, incident/problem/change management, event correlation, CMDB management, and service operations. - SolarWinds, Grafana, VMware Aria Operations (vROps), and ServiceNow ITOM for infrastructure monitoring, performance management, capacity planning, and observability. **Key Responsibilities\\*** - Manage and support VMware vSphere environments (ESXi, vCenter Server). Own L2/L3 VMware operations support for virtual infrastructure stability lifecycle activities, incident resolution, and support of business-critical virtual workloads - Perform installation, configuration, upgrades, and patching of VMware infrastructure. - Drive ESXi version currency and upgrade planning, upgrading non-latest / out-of-support ESXi versions to maintain patch compliance and OEM supportability. - Own the ESXi host lifecycle roadmap, prioritizing version upgrades, warranty/support considerations, and host refresh decisions. - Govern risk management, DR alignment, and service availability metrics for the hypervisor estate. - Monitor and maintain high availability of virtual environments. - Configure and manage VMware HA, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion, and Fault Tolerance. - Capacity planning and performance tuning of virtual infrastructure. - ESXi hosts lifecycle management and cluster administration. - Manage datastore provisioning and VM resource allocation. - Conduct health checks and infrastructure audits. - Support DR solutions and disaster recovery testing. - Participate in DR planning and recovery validation for VMware-hosted workloads in line with Customer’s formalization of DR expectations and Experience with VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM). - Knowledge of backup solutions such as Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup. - Create SOPs, and operational documentation. - Maintain asset inventory and configuration records. - Ensure compliance with security and organizational standards. - Provide Level 3 technical support for complex VMware issues. - Analyze and resolve critical incidents within SLA timelines. Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures - Coordinate with OEM vendors (VMware/Broadcom, Dell, HPE, Cisco, Lenovo) for issue resolution. - Work with ServiceNow / ServiceNow ITOM / SolarWinds / Grafana for event monitoring, ticketing, visibility, and trend reporting. - Lead planning tied to hypervisor standardization and customer's forward-looking compute transformation direction.