Valdez International is currently seeking individuals to join an amazing team that provides internal and external customers with exceptional 24x7 customer service support in a flexible environment. To provide these services and solutions, we bring together offerings and capabilities from our employees, systems integration, infrastructure services, maintenance services, and high-end server technology; this along with our leadership, innovation, decisiveness, agility, teamwork, and integrity, Valdez International keeps ahead of the curve in a rapidly changing industry. Be part of an amazing team.

The likely salary range for this position is $100,000- $130,000, this is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary; rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location, and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.  There is a possibility that this position could be remote for the right candidate.

 
Job Description

  • Manage VMware Infrastructure/vSphere clusters on Production, Corporate, and Test/Development environments.
  • Build, Test, and Maintain new VM's.
  • Work with System owners and fine-tune VM configurations to get the best performance/resource utilization
  • Detection of VMware issues, monitoring, and ownership of standards and requirements.
  • Participate in capacity planning for the infrastructure.
  • Provide tools and procedures for resources provisioning.
  • Document processes and procedures.
  • Propose VM provisioning solutions to be analyzed and/or implemented.
  • Evaluate and apply version updates to ESX hosts and vulnerability patches as needed.
  • Develop and implement test plans to verify installation, upgrades or repairs, including back-out plans.
  • Manage and Maintain Hyper-V environments
  • Manage and Maintain VDI environments. This includes both Citrix XenApp and Horizon view VDI solutions.
  • Provide support for physical hardware that the virtualization solutions reside on.
  • Maintain the daily operations of the OCIO Production VMware environments
  • Provide technical expertise for design, maintenance, and diagnostics for the VMware environments
  • Support other top tier VMware products like vCenter, Horizon, vRealise Operations, and Site Recovery Manager
  • Participate in supporting the Citrix Environment for customer.

Requirements

  • Basic understanding of Unix/Linux.
  • Working experience with vSphere systems administration and support, including storage migrations, and P2V migrations.
  • Strong focus on vSphere capacity planning and performance tools.
  • Outstanding communication skills.
  • Excellent troubleshooting skills.
  • Ability to provide after-hours support occasionally as necessary.
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills.
  • Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team​.
  • Initiative to research and resolve problems.
  • Candidate should possess or be pursuing their VCP​.
  • Experience with Kubernetes on VMware vSphere is a strong plus. 

Experience Requirements

  • 8 or more years experience. 
  • Bachelor's degree preferred.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Company Paid Short & Long Term Disability
  • Life Insurance
  • Paid Holidays
  • Vacation & Sick Leave
  • 401K

 

Valdez International Corporation provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.  In addition to federal law requirements, Valdez International Corporation complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.  This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, and transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Valdez requires drug screenings of all its employees.  Incoming employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless a reasonable accommodation for medical or religious reasons is requested and approved.  Valdez International Corp. chooses not to employ persons who require sponsorship for an employment visa, such as an H-1B visa; being authorized to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment. 

 

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Phone: 719-600-4573



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