VMware & Windows Administrator

Job Summary

• Seeking a highly experienced VMware & Windows Administrator with 10–12+ years of hands-on experience managing enterprise Windows Server and VMware environments.
• Responsible for virtualization, Windows infrastructure, Active Directory, patching, monitoring, backup, troubleshooting, security, and performance optimization across large-scale environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, HA, DRS, and VM provisioning.
• Manage enterprise Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 environments.
• Perform Windows server installation, configuration, hardening, patching, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Manage Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, OU, user/group administration, and domain services.
• Configure and maintain VMware clusters, resource pools, datastores, virtual switches, and VM networking.
• Perform VM migrations, cloning, snapshots, capacity management, and virtual machine lifecycle management.
• Troubleshoot VMware ESXi, vCenter, VM performance, CPU/memory/storage, and network-related issues.
• Implement and maintain Windows Server security baselines, vulnerability remediation, and system hardening.
• Manage Microsoft Failover Clustering, Windows services, IIS, and enterprise server components.
• Support SAN/NAS storage, including Fibre Channel, iSCSI, datastores, and storage provisioning.
• Manage backup and disaster recovery solutions and participate in DR testing.
• Automate administrative tasks using PowerShell and scripting.
• Monitor infrastructure using enterprise monitoring tools and proactively resolve performance issues.
• Perform OS and VMware upgrades, patch management, firmware updates, and maintenance activities.
• Participate in incident, problem, and change management processes.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure documentation, SOPs, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with network, security, storage, cloud, database, and application teams.
• Provide technical leadership during infrastructure migrations, upgrades, and data-center initiatives.

Required Technical Skills

• VMware vSphere / ESXi / vCenter
• VMware HA, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion
• vSAN and VMware cluster administration
• Windows Server 2016/2019/2022
• Active Directory & Group Policy
• DNS / DHCP / IIS
• PowerShell scripting
• Microsoft Failover Clustering
• SAN / NAS / Fibre Channel / iSCSI
• Windows Server security and hardening
• Backup & Disaster Recovery
• Performance monitoring and troubleshooting
• TCP/IP, VLANs, DNS, DHCP and basic networking
• Patch management and vulnerability remediation