IT Specialist - VMware

Raas Infotek; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Raas Infotek LTD is seeking an experienced VMware Implementor to lead upgrades from VSphere 8 to VCF 9.x across multiple data centres in Canada and the US.

Responsibilities include planning upgrades with solution architects, producing test plans and implementation documents, and ensuring operations readiness with focus on DR and HA testing.

Qualifications

• Requires VMware upgrade experience across data centres.
• Experience with planning and implementing upgrades from VSphere 8 to VCF 9.x.
• Experience with VMware stack components (SRM, NSX-T, vSphere, vSAN, vLCM).

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute an existing VMware environment upgrade to 9.x with the solution architect team.
• Provide input to project deliverables (schedules, test plans, results, implementation plans).
• Develop, implement and review support processes to ensure compliance and risk mitigation.

Skills

VMware architecture

VCF upgrade to 9.x

workload migration to VCF 9.x

SRM / NSX-T / vSphere / vSAN / vLCM

DR testing / HA testing (SRM)

Job description

The resource for the position will need to have established skills in the following areas:

• VMware Architecture, Design, Implementation Experience (Required)
• Experience with VMware environment upgrade to VCF 9.x (Required)
• Experience with workload migration to VCF 9.x (Required)
• VMware stack experience with: SRM, NSX-T, vSphere, vSAN, vLCM (Required)
• Lead VMware DR and High Availiability testing including SRM, vShere Replication (Desired)

Detail Job Description

We are looking for an experienced VMware Implementor with expertise performing VMware upgrades.

This role requires a technical architect/implementator with experience planning and implementing VMware upgrade from VSphere 8 to VCF 9.x spanning multiple data centres in Canada and the US.

In relation to these initiatives and some operational requirements we require an Infrastructure Architect/Implementer to assist with our design and upgrade implementation of VMware.

The accountabilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Work with an established team of solution architects to plan and execute an existing VMware environment upgrade to 9.x.
• Providing input to the IS Infrastructure project deliverables (schedules, test plans, test results, implementation plans, transition to operations, processes/procedures) and other documents as needed.
• Developing, implementing and reviewing the support processes to ensure compliance to policies, standards and regulatory requirements and to ensure mitigation of risk.