Infra Lifecycle Engineer (Windows, VMware, Datacenter) @ Remote but travel required to Dayton - OH

Diverse Lynx is seeking an Infra Lifecycle Engineer to manage physical and virtual infrastructure in manufacturing plant environments. The role involves overseeing the lifecycle of hardware and software, including installation, upgrades, and coordination with various stakeholders during replacement activities.

Responsibilities:

• The Candidate is required to execute the Lifecycle work as a project for the manufacturing sites as needed. The entire work involves build/configure of physical or virtual Servers and Workstations, coordinate with the plant points of contacts, external vendors and application team to plan and schedule the replacement activities
• The candidates is required to travel to the site during the cutover window for the physical hardware replacements and disposal of the old assets. He or she must work with various stake holders during the process
• The job may involve some heavy lifting primarily during racking and stacking of Nutanix and any physical devices such as servers, Storage units etc. The candidate is required to Install and connect network cables, power cables, and management interfaces during these activities

Requirements:

• The job requires up to 15% travel to other sites (Manufacturing Plants) across US as and when needed. There may be requirements for overnight stay and air travel. All travel expenses will be fully reimbursed as per Client policy
• The candidate should have a strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to coordinate with multiple stake holders from various job functions
• 8+ Years of solid hands on experience on Microsoft Windows Systems Administration with Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, 2019 and 2022. Ability to technically troubleshoot system issues on Windows Platform. Experience with Infra Support activities like installation and uninstallation of Software on Windows 10 and Server Platform
• Experience with Infra Support activities like installation and uninstallation of Software on Windows 10/11 and Server Platform. Handle diagnosis of complex issues, experience in administering and troubleshooting the provisioned Infrastructure on Plant Segmented networks
• Knowledge of Build and deployment of Physical and virtual Workstations and servers for engineering, Plant Control and or End User Computing Environment. Ability to configure Windows Operating system including security settings. Ability to configure network settings including IP addressing, DNS, and domain integration. The candidate should have the knowledge to Provision resources such as CPU, memory, storage, and networking for virtual machines
• Knowledge on fundamentals of VMware, vSphere, vCenter, ESXI cluster administration. The candidate should be a hands on IT Specialist familiar with Dell products (workstations and rack mount servers). Experience on racking and stacking of ESXI Hosts and configuration of ESXI and SAN Storage in a data center or a Manufacturing Plant Environment
• Extensive knowledge on fundamentals of Nutanix, deployment, installation, and configuration of Nutanix infrastructure, including rack and stack of hardware and migration of virtual servers from legacy platforms to Nutanix AHV
• Must have experience working in a Manufacturing Plant Environment or working on a datacenter environment
• The Candidate is required to execute the Lifecycle work as a project for the manufacturing sites as needed. The entire work involves build/configure of physical or virtual Servers and Workstations, coordinate with the plant points of contacts, external vendors and application team to plan and schedule the replacement activities
• The candidates is required to travel to the site during the cutover window for the physical hardware replacements and disposal of the old assets. He or she must work with various stake holders during the process
• The job may involve some heavy lifting primarily during racking and stacking of Nutanix and any physical devices such as servers, Storage units etc. The candidate is required to Install and connect network cables, power cables, and management interfaces during these activities
• Knowledge on Infra H/W, Networking, Security, and Storage & Backup
• Prior experience in supporting manufacturing control system will be added advantage
• Ability to create process documents process, runbooks and maintain knowledge repository