Senior VMware Administrator - vSphere & DR Specialist

NorthBay Solutions LLC; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthBay Solutions LLC in Pakistan seeks a skilled VMware Administrator to manage and optimize our virtualized infrastructure across data center environments in Lahore, Karachi or Islamabad. The role emphasizes hands-on work with vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, VM provisioning, backup and DR planning.

You will collaborate with Linux/Windows teams, perform capacity planning, tune performance, apply security best practices, and maintain documentation.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter Server.
• Experience in VM provisioning, configuration, migration, and lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of VMware networking, storage, clusters, and resource management.
• Experience with VM backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain VMware vSphere infrastructure including ESXi hosts and vCenter Server.
• Provision, configure, and manage virtual machines according to business requirements.
• Monitor VMware infrastructure performance, availability, capacity, and resource utilization.
• Perform virtual machine administration including deployment, migration, cloning, snapshots, and resource allocation.
• Implement and maintain backup and disaster recovery strategies for virtual machines.
• Perform VMware infrastructure upgrades, patches, and configuration changes.
• Troubleshoot virtualization related issues and resolve performance, availability, and connectivity problems.
• Manage VMware clusters, resource pools, datastores, and virtual networking.
• Monitor storage, CPU, memory, and network utilization and perform performance tuning when required.
• Maintain documentation of VMware infrastructure, configurations, procedures, and operational activities.
• Implement security best practices and access controls across the virtual environment.
• Collaborate with Linux, Windows, Network, Storage, and Security teams to support enterprise infrastructure

Skills

VMware vSphere

ESXi

vCenter Server

VM provisioning

Backup and DR

Performance tuning

Security best practices

PowerCLI

VCP certification

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT

Job description

NorthBay Solutions LLC in Pakistan seeks a skilled VMware Administrator to manage and optimize our virtualized infrastructure across data center environments in Lahore, Karachi or Islamabad. The role emphasizes hands-on work with vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, VM provisioning, backup and DR planning.

You will collaborate with Linux/Windows teams, perform capacity planning, tune performance, apply security best practices, and maintain documentation.