Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage VMware vSphere environments including ESXi, vCenter, HA, and DRS
• Administer and support Active Directory services including AD DS, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, and FSMO roles
• Manage enterprise backup and recovery solutions such as Cohesity, Veeam, or Commvault
• Support enterprise storage platforms including SAN/NAS technologies like NetApp, Dell EMC, HPE, Pure Storage, PowerScale, and Nimble
• Perform storage provisioning, LUN management, replication, snapshots, and capacity planning
• Ensure infrastructure high availability, performance tuning, and operational stability
• Conduct backup validation, disaster recovery testing, and restore exercises
• Troubleshoot complex issues across virtualization, storage, backup, and identity platforms
• Lead infrastructure upgrades, migrations, patching, and data center transformation activities
• Implement and maintain security, backup retention, governance, and compliance policies
• Create and maintain SOPs, architecture diagrams, operational documentation, and RCA reports
• Participate in ITIL-based incident, problem, and change management processes
• Coordinate with vendors and cross-functional teams for issue resolution and operational support
• Monitor SLAs, KPIs, and infrastructure health dashboards

Required Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with VMware ESXi and vCenter Server administration
• Expertise in VM provisioning, snapshots, templates, cloning, and lifecycle management
• Experience with VMware vSAN and Site Recovery Manager (SRM) preferred
• Deep knowledge of Active Directory architecture, GPO management, replication, and DR recovery
• Experience integrating on-prem AD with Azure AD / Entra ID
• Strong expertise in backup technologies including Cohesity and Veeam
• Hands-on experience with enterprise storage administration and SAN/NAS technologies
• Knowledge of cloud storage integration with Azure or AWS is a plus
• Excellent troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills
• Experience supporting 24x7 enterprise production environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• VMware / Microsoft / Storage certifications preferred
• Experience with enterprise data center operations and infrastructure modernization initiatives
• Strong stakeholder management and vendor coordination skills

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree