Systems Administrator - Storage Virtualization

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and 5 years of experience or an Associates degree and 7 years of experience or a High School diploma and 9 years of experience.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green card holder and have the ability to pass a background check.
• Demonstrated hands on experience performing administration, troubleshooting, patching, and support of VMware virtual infrastructures, storage and backup environments and Windows AD
• Experience and in-depth understanding of Active Directory, DNS and other Windows core services.
• Experience managing private cloud environments as well as developing highly available virtualized environments including defining monitoring standards, operational procedures and growth plans required
• Experience with additional VMware tools (e.g., vRealize Operations, View, Site Recovery Manager) a plus
• Experience with EMC Unity and Net App storage arrays
• Knowledge and experience with HPE Pro Liant servers
• Proven experience designing and implementing an enterprise-wide virtual infrastructure using ESXi v8
• Demonstrated experience working with vendors on system troubleshooting
• Ability to automate processes through the effective application of scripts (Power Shell, Pearl, VBS)
• Ability to handle multiple tasks while prioritizing and delivering results on time.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must have strong analytical skills
• Ability to think strategically with technical vision
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills

• Microsoft/VMware certifications preferred
• ITIL certification preferred

Peraton has an opening for a Systems Administrator with a comprehensive skill set in virtualization technologies, storage and backup systems and Windows Active Directory.

The person who takes this role will spend their first 6 weeks (orientation) onsite, 5 days a week, in our Boston office at 1 Ashburton Place.

Candidates will ONLY be considered if they live local to Boston. Candidates who live more than 2 hours from downtown Boston will not be considered.

After the orientation period, the person in this role will be on a hybrid onsite schedule with a minimum of 3 days per week, at the same Boston location. The role could revert to full time onsite in Boston 5 days per week at any time.

The System Administrator is primarily responsible for management of all virtualized environments. This includes the various vSphere/vCenter deployments, ESXi Host management, storage area networks, and all other technologies classified as a virtualization technology or used to support virtualized environments.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Monitor the health and analyze performance of the virtualization environment.
• Make recommendations and implement changes to improve the overall performance of vSphere.
• Hardware build-out to expand and refresh available physical resources.
• Identify realignment needs of resources to correct under provisioned and over provisioned virtual systems.
• Recommend best practices for design and installation of new virtual platforms.
• Test, upgrade, and migrate virtual environment as new versions of software and hardware become available.
• Create and document procedures regarding virtualization standards within the organization.
• Under minimal direction, performs basic analysis, design, implementation and maintenance activities in various areas of IT.
• Formulate and/or define scope and objectives of feasibility studies.
• Works independently and leads assignments of medium to high complexity.
• Consistently applies the concepts of appropriate standard methodologies and best practices.
• Prepares reports, records progress and creates solutions to IT problems/issues.
• Interfaces with suppliers and vendors as needed to evaluate software, hardware or services and makes recommendations.
• Participate in rotation for after hours support.