Sr. Compute & Virtualization Engineer

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** We will NOT accept 3rd Party (C2C) Contractors **
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JOB DETAILS:
Position:Sr. Compute and Virtualization Engineer
Job Ref #:45054 - JIH5JP00004666
Duration:12+ Months (On-going Contract)
Location:HYBRID - Greensboro, NC 27409
Pay Rate:$74.00 per hour (W2 ONLY)

HYBRID: Must work ONSITE MON-THUR (Onsite interview required)

HIRING REQUIREMENTS:
** NOT accepting any 3rd Party C2C candidates for any reason**
** NOT accepting candidates willing to relocate (LOCAL CANDIDATES Only)**

Senior Compute Platform Administrator is accountable for the reliable operation, lifecycle management, security, resilience, and continuous improvement of server, virtualization, virtual desktop, infrastructure, cloud-workload, and disaster-recovery platforms supporting the HACI environment.

DAILY TASKS:
Provided hands-on engineering leadership across Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware, Nutanix, Cisco UCS, Lenovo/IBM xServers, Nvidia agents/licensing for VDI and applicable Windows workloads and AWS compute workloads.
Provides infrastructure recovery planning and testing, leads complex incident resolution, and provides secondary coverage for storage connectivity and recovery operations.
Work within global standards, ITSM controls, vulnerability and patch programs, and governance expectations.

RESPONSIBILITES INCLUDE:
Own OS, virtualization, compute-platform, VDI-infrastructure, and DR operations, lifecycle, availability, patching, and technical standards.
Lead incident response, troubleshooting, RCA, vulnerability remediation, and service-restoration activities for assigned platforms.
Perform and coordinate hands-on data-center infrastructure work for assigned platforms, including hardware installation and removal, rack/stack, cabling, diagnostics, parts replacement, RMA activity, remote hands, vendor coordination, and
technical decommissioning. Plan and execute platform upgrades, capacity reviews, recovery runbooks, DR exercises, and corrective actions.
Coordinate compute workload administration, platform integrations, and changes with global, regional, application, network, security/IAM, and data-platform teams.
Administer and maintain platform-specific access controls for assigned infrastructure in accordance with security and access-management processes.
Provide technical oversight of vendor/MSP support concerns and project delivery, including case initiation, troubleshooting coordination, escalation, resolution validation, validation of changes and operational deliverables, and communication
of service concerns to management.
Maintain runbooks, architecture documentation, monitoring requirements, cross-training, and secondary coverage for storage-related recovery.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:
10+ years of progressive enterprise infrastructure or systems-administration experience.
5+ years administering enterprise server and virtualization platforms
3+ years supporting DR planning, exercises, failover, or infrastructure recovery.
Advanced VMware vSphere experience, including installation/upgrade of ESXi hosts, host and datastore cluster configuration, virtual switch VLAN configuration, performance and capacity management, and end-to-end operational support.
Advanced Windows Server (2016 and higher) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (7.x and higher) administration experience.
Advanced Cisco UCS platform experience, including configuration and ongoing management of server profiles/templates and Fabric Interconnect network/storage connectivity.
Experience with Nutanix AOS platform and other x86 server hardware.
Experience supporting AWS EC2 workloads and related platform integrations.
Experience with operational automation using tools such as Ansible or comparable scripting and configuration-management tools.
Working knowledge of NAS, SAN, and backup platforms; experience with Dell PowerStore, Isilon/OneFS, Avamar, Data Domain, and Cisco SAN switching preferred.
Experience with ITSM, 24x7 operations, change control, patching, vulnerability remediation, major incidents, and RCA. Strong preparation and presentation skills for upper Management Levels as well as stakeholder s status reports.
Works independently on complex issues and leads major incident and recovery activities.
Creates standards, runbooks, technical diagrams, lifecycle plans, and management-ready risk/status communications.
Translates architecture and security requirements into operationally supportable solutions.
Mentors others, supports cross-training, and demonstrates secondary coverage for data-platform recovery.

OTHER:
Travel: frequency of North America 5% to 10% per year
Overtime estimate: 5-10 hours per week.
Hybrid remote/on-site: 80% on-site
Able to provide after-hours on-call and escalation and may be required to support critical incidents outside normal business hours.
Must be capable of on-site work for physical infrastructure, recovery testing, hardware replacement, and incident support, including lifting and racking/unracking of equipment.

DESIRED SKILLS:
Experience with Red Hat Satellite; SCM platforms such as GitHub or GitLab; Horizon VDI; NVIDIA vGPU; Windows Group Policy and DHCP; HPC Hardware, and infrastructure monitoring platforms.
Training/certifications: VMware VCP, RHCSA/RHCE, Microsoft, and/or ITIL Foundation.

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Calance Consultant Benefits Offerings:
* EPO/PPO Medical Plans
* HMO/PPO Dental programs
* Vision - VSP (Vision Plan Summary)
* 401K Retirement vesting program (VOYA)
* Paid Bi-Weekly/Direct Deposit
* Flex Spending Plan
* Voluntary Life, AD&D, STD or LTD plans