VMware Engineer

IT Infrastructure & Security Engineer

Naperville, IL (Hybrid 3 days/week onsite)

Direct Hire | Perm

VMware (Required)

• Candidate must be able to:
• Work in vCenter independently
• Troubleshoot DRS issues
• Explain vMotion vs Storage vMotion
• Investigate resource bottlenecks
• Handle day-to-day VMware administration
• does NOT need architecture, upgrades, or storage engineering expertise
• Azure (Required but Not Deep)

Need:

• Resource Groups
• VNets
• Regions
• VM administration
• Portal navigation

Do NOT need:

• Azure architect
• Deep cloud engineering
• complete lack of Azure is the disqualifier. Deep expertise is not required

Linux (Preferred)

Environment is roughly 50% Linux and 50% Windows.

Need:

• SLES/SUSE administration
• Patching
• Troubleshooting
• Not expected to be a Linux architect

Veeam (Huge Priority)

• Interestingly Vince stated Veeam may be even more important than VMware. Candidate needs to:
• Troubleshoot backup failures
• Read backup reports
• Diagnose snapshot issues
• Investigate failed jobs
• wants problem solvers, not ticket escalators
• Security Expectations

The candidate MUST know what a CVE is

Required knowledge:

• CVEs
• Vulnerability remediation
• MFA
• Patch management
• Risk prioritization
• Microsoft Defender
• Tenable
• Arctic Wolf