Vsphere Administrator

Solid Company; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Solid Company is seeking an experienced VMware Administrator to join the data center team in Kraków. You will administer, maintain, and optimise VMware vSphere 8 and ESXi 8 environments, ensuring high availability, stability, and performance.

You will manage vCenter Server, configure HA/DRS/vMotion, monitor capacity, and collaborate with networking and storage teams to deliver resilient infrastructure. Strong scripting skills and Linux/Windows server experience are a plus.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience administering VMware vSphere 8 in enterprise environments.
• Deep knowledge of vCenter Server, cluster management and lifecycle tasks.
• Experience with HA, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion and admission control.
• Strong Linux/UNIX admin skills (RHEL) and Windows Server administration.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and optimise VMware vSphere 8 and ESXi 8 environments.
• Manage vCenter Server, clusters, permissions, roles, alarms, and inventory.
• Configure and maintain vSphere HA, DRS, vMotion, and Storage vMotion.
• Handle virtual networking and storage configurations, including datastores.
• Perform ESXi deployments, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Monitor performance, investigate incidents, and perform root-cause analysis.
• Support backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and ensure compliance with ITSM and SLAs.

Skills

VMware vSphere 8

ESXi 8

vCenter Server

HA

DRS

vMotion

Storage vMotion

VMware networking

VMware storage

Linux/UNIX administration

Windows Server administration

Job description

YOU WILL

• Administer, maintain, and optimise VMware vSphere 8 and ESXi 8 environments, ensuring high availability, stability, and performance.
• Manage vCenter Server, including clusters, resource pools, permissions, roles, alarms, and infrastructure inventory.
• Configure and maintain vSphere HA, DRS, vMotion, and Storage vMotion to ensure infrastructure resilience and efficient resource utilisation.
• Manage virtual networking and storage configurations, including switches, VLANs, datastores, and storage connectivity.
• Perform ESXi host deployments, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, investigate incidents, and perform root-cause analysis of virtualisation issues.
• Support backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes for virtualised environments.
• Implement infrastructure changes and improvements with a focus on automation, security, performance, and availability.
• Support administration and troubleshooting of Linux/UNIX and Windows Server environments.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, network, storage, security, and application teams to resolve technical issues.
• Ensure compliance with IT Service Management standards, SLAs, and security requirements.
• Participate in on-call support, planned maintenance, and critical incident resolution.

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MUST HAVE

• Strong hands-on experience administering VMware vSphere 8 and ESXi 8 in enterprise production environments.
• Advanced knowledge of vCenter Server, including cluster management, permissions, monitoring, and lifecycle administration.
• Deep understanding of virtualisation technologies, including VMs, clusters, resource pools, templates, snapshots, and virtual hardware.
• Practical experience with vSphere HA, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion, and admission control.
• Good knowledge of VMware networking, including standard and distributed switches, VLANs, NIC teaming, and network troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of VMware storage technologies, including VMFS, NFS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, multipathing, and datastores.
• Experience with ESXi deployment, patching, upgrades, and vSphere Lifecycle Manager.
• Strong troubleshooting skills related to VM performance, host failures, storage capacity, and network connectivity.
• Knowledge of backup, restore, disaster recovery, monitoring, and capacity planning.
• Solid Linux/UNIX administration skills, particularly RHEL, including Bash scripting, networking, services, and patching.
• Good knowledge of Windows Server, including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and PowerShell.