VIRTUALIZATION AND SERVER ADMIN

If you are available and interested please do call me at 732 549 2660 to discuss in detail.

Title: Virtualization and Server Administrator

Location: Bridgewater,NJ

JOB DESCRIPTION:-

The Virtualization and Server Administrator is responsible for advanced administration, design, build, implementation and support of server environments, including VMware vSphere-hosted virtual machines, Citrix XenApp farms, and physical Windows servers.

  This position also provides support of UNIX and LINUX server environments, disk storage systems, backup/restore environments, and local area network/wireless network communications equipment to effectively support the LifeCell’s network and server operations.

  Primary Duties/Responsibilities: (give an estimated percentage of time for each duty) Essential Duties % of Time 1) Manage and administer Server Virtualization (VMware 4.x & 5.x/Citrix 5.x) and Windows Servers: • Build/design VM Requirements, manage and perform physical server host and guest operating system maintenance, installation, patching, configuration, support, backup/restore, monitoring, trending. • Administration of Windows server environments

• Administration of SAN and disk storage • Administration of LVM structures and file systems • SQL Server administration

• Tuning systems and I/O for optimal performance

• Development, debugging and maintenance of shell scripts

• Maintenance of user accounts, group membership and printer configurations 30% 2) Provide technical scripting, tooling and automation for continuous and efficient operations. 10% 3) Participates in activities/projects involving server hardware and/or disk storage solutions. Serve as team representative on projects related to server/storage builds. Responsible for more critical and senior level assignments, tasks and trouble-shooting. 10% 4) Operational Server Support activities: • Define and implement system/applications monitoring procedures and health checks. • Generate metrics to trend performance and overall resource consumption. • Provide recommendations for hardware and software architectures. • Produce and maintain documentation related to any and all activities, such as customer contact lists, escalation procedures, scheduled job inventories, “how-to” documents, and operational “cookbooks.” 10% 5) In collaboration with Corporate IT, ensures compliance of policies and procedures are followed for the LifeCell network and servers. 5% 6) Participates in on-call rotation and after-hour duties. 10% 7) Generates metrics to trend disk storage consumption, server performance, and network utilization. 5% 8) Responsible for scheduling and monitoring all server backups and daily, monthly and year-end operational activities. 10%

9) Participates in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning and execution. 10% University Degree BS degree in computer science or related field Please list degree type and area of study/concentration Experience: (please list specific experience and field of work) 1-3 yrs SAN, NAS, 3-5 yrs VMware/ Citrix Administration, SharePoint 2007 administration, Active Directory, Backup/Restore 5-7 yrs 7-10 yrs Windows Server Administration Other Required Skills: • Bachelor’s degree in computer-related field and minimum 6 years computer related experience, OR 10-12 years of computer related experience in Windows server administration. • Minimum two years of experience in VMware Administration. • Minimum two years of experience in Citrix Administration. • Minimum two years of experience in SharePoint Administration. • Minimum five years of experience in SQL, Active Directory and backup/restore.

• At least 5 years of experience in Windows server administration • Experience in Disaster Recovery concepts and strategies relative to data recovery • Experience using MS Office applications including: Word, Outlook, Excel, and Visio Preferred Qualifications: • Experience with Data Center Server Virtualization (VMware) 4.x & 5.x, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS), Active Directory, and enterprise system backup/restore. • Extensive and proven knowledge of Citrix technologies: XenApp 4x, 5.x & 6.x, XenDesktop 4.x and 5.x, Provisioning Services 5.6 and 6.x, Citrix NetScaler/Advanced Access Gateway 9.x, Web Interface and EdgeSight. • Extensive and proven knowledge of SharePoint 2007. • Experience building Windows 2008 or 2003 servers. • Experience developing scripts and configuring performance monitoring tools. • Two years of experience supporting Citrix Metaframe. • Demonstrated communication, presentation, and written skills • Ability to multi-task and deal with changing deadlines • Demonstrated knowledge of technology processes • Ability to troubleshoot complicated issues across multiple systems, regardless of architecture and driving the effort to a successful conclusion • Ability to explain complicated technical solutions clearly to non-technical individuals • Ability to grasp new concepts and learn new skills quickly • Demonstrated willingness to assume new responsibilities, and initiative • Demonstrated interpersonal skills • Demonstrated logic, problem solving, and decision making skills • 3 years of experience in Unix/Linux, enterprise disk storage, SAN and back/up restore administration