Beschreibung
A major pharmaceutical business is growing its technical function rapidly and is now looking for VMware specialists to join their team based in Basel.
This is a fantastic opportnity with an initial 6 month terms that will almost certainly extend into 2017.
The successful candidate will be expected to meet the following brief:
MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES
*Support and administer VMware ESX server infrastructure including VMware Virtual Center and peripheral virtualization technologies in patching, backup, disaster recovery, and replication.
*Provide design, configuration and planning support for virtual infrastructure. Execute change management and provide support for scheduled, planned maintenance
*Implementation and post-installation responsibilities include technical consulting to end-user community and other infrastructure team.
*Providing virtualization technology solutions to existing problems.
*Support virtual environment through issue troubleshooting and migration to future software versions.
*Provide technical expertise for the planning and definition of new system requirements: perform feasibility and performance studies, including benchmark, capacity planning, sizing, etc.
*Support and improve system environment and services (ie capacity planning and automation)
*Write all related documentation (validation docs, systems proposals/recommendation, etc).
*Participate in and leverage virtualization expertise to create a new company cloud management model utilizing new and existing automation tools
*Participate in data center efficiency improvements using virtualization technologies (P2V and VM density improvement)
*Participate in researching and testing next generation technologies such as HP Flex technology, and additional hypervisor
*Assist in expanding virtualization to global model and external cloud solution.
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS/MEASURES OF SUCCESS
*Achieve agreed targets in terms of quality, time and cost.
*Ensure stable and well performing system environment.
*Apply professional competencies to administrate and optimize the assigned system environment.
*Implement levels of best practice (price/performance etc.).
JOB DIMENSION
*Member of a global team of ~30 system administrators
*Virtual Infrastructure deployed across the globe
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
*VMware Certified Advanced Professional 4 or 5 - Data Center Administration (VCAP5DCA or VCAP4-DCA)
*7 years of experience in Windows and/or Linux system administration in a global enterprise environment
*5 years of experience of VMWare ESX management
*2 years with hybrid cloud expertise ( AWS or other public cloud )
*PowerShell Scripting with PowerCLI
*Network architecture at least 6 years
*System design at least 5 years
*Fluent in English