Hypervisor / Virtualization specialist L2 - L5

nttlimited; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking a hypervisor and virtualization engineer, specialist or architect to provide operational, engineering and architectural support for enterprise virtualization platforms. The role ensures client environments remain available, secure, resilient and capable of supporting business-critical workloads.

Depending on level, responsibilities range from second-line platform support to technical leadership and virtualization architecture, including defining standards and roadmaps and

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise virtualization platforms and large-scale environments.
• Strong host, cluster and VM management capabilities.
• Knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization.
• Automation, orchestration and infrastructure-as-code experience.

Responsibilities

• Monitor health, availability and performance of virtualization platforms.
• Investigate and resolve incidents affecting hosts, clusters, VMs and management platforms.
• Administer virtual infrastructure: provisioning, configuration, lifecycle activities.
• Perform patching, upgrades and maintenance per approvals.
• Support capacity, availability, performance and resilience management.
• Troubleshoot integration issues across compute, storage, network, backup and DR.
• Support migrations, consolidation and refresh activities.
• Maintain platform documentation and configurations.
• Identify opportunities to automate provisioning, monitoring and ops.
• At senior levels, define standards, reference designs and roadmaps.
• At L5, provide architecture leadership for complex private-cloud solutions.

Skills

Hypervisor platforms

VM/Cluster management

HA & DR

Automation/DevOps (IaC)

Performance monitoring

Tools

VMware vSphere

Azure/Hyper-V

Nutanix

Job description

Make an impact with NTT DATA

Join a company that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We are renowned for our technical excellence and leading innovations, and for making a difference to our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion - it's a place where you can grow, belong and thrive.

Your day at NTT DATA

The hypervisor and virtualisation engineer, specialist or architect provides operational, engineering and architectural support for enterprise virtualisation platforms. The role ensures that client environments remain available, secure, resilient and capable of supporting business-critical workloads. Depending on the assigned level, the position ranges from second-line platform support through to technical leadership and virtualisation architecture.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor the health, availability and performance of virtualisation platforms.
• Investigate and resolve incidents involving hosts, clusters, virtual machines, management platforms and associated services.
• Administer virtual infrastructure, including provisioning, configuration and lifecycle activities.
• Perform approved patching, upgrades and platform maintenance.
• Support capacity, availability, performance and resilience management.
• Troubleshoot integration issues across compute, storage, network, backup and disaster-recovery services.
• Support migrations, platform consolidation and infrastructure-refresh activities.
• Maintain platform documentation, operating procedures and configuration records.
• Identify opportunities to automate provisioning, monitoring and operational activities.
• At senior levels, define virtualisation standards, reference designs and platform roadmaps.
• At L5, provide architecture leadership for complex private-cloud and virtualization solutions.

Technical knowledge

• Enterprise hypervisors and virtualization platforms.
• Host, cluster and virtual-machine management.
• High availability, workload mobility and disaster recovery.
• Virtual networking and storage integration.
• Capacity and performance management.
• Automation, orchestration and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
• Platform monitoring, backup and recovery.

Relevant certifications

• VMware VCP or higher.
• Microsoft Azure Local or Hyper-V certification.
• Nutanix NCP.
• Vendor-specific virtualisation and data-centre certifications.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 70 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

Equal Opportunity Employer

NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category. Join our growing global team and accelerate your career with us.