DCS Engineer ( One Year Contract(

ALPEN ENGINEERING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions company in Singapore is seeking a DCS Engineer for a one-year contract. The role involves hands-on support for virtualization platforms such as VMware, system optimization, monitoring VM health, and compliance review. Candidates should have a degree in Computer Engineering or a related field with 12 years of experience in data center environments. Night hours may be required during project migrations.

Qualifications

• 12 years of related experience in DC environments with VMware knowledge and network architecture.
• Willingness to work night hours during project migrations.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on support for virtualization platforms.
• Monitor VM health and performance.
• Experience in supporting VM migrations and firmware patching.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for support and resolve migration failures.

Skills

VMware vSphere

vMotion

Red Hat

Incident Management

Troubleshooting

Performance Tuning

Education

Degree in Computer Engineering / Information Technology / Computer Science

Job description

Overview

Looking for DCS Engineer with cloud architecture and VMware experience (One Year Contract)

Responsibilities

• Validation and Monitoring: Hands-on support for virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter; monitor VM health and performance (CPU, memory, disk usage, and network performance) in the new alternate hypervisor environment; familiar with vMotion, DRS, HA, and VM snapshots.
• Guest OS and Networking: Familiar with Red Hat and Windows servers; understand networking in a virtualized environment; troubleshooting and incident management.
• VM Migration and Firmware Patching: Experience in supporting VM migrations and firmware patching; case logging with vendors and follow-up actions including logs upload.
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting: Experience in virtualization monitoring and issue resolution; diagnose performance or compatibility issues post-migration; collaborate with stakeholders for support; resolve migration failures.
• Incident, Problem, and Change Management: Provide support for critical incidents and disruptions; participate in change management processes.
• System Optimization and Tuning: VM performance tuning with engineering to optimize in the new environment; review resource allocation (CPU, memory, storage) and reallocate as needed; automate regular maintenance tasks (performance monitoring, backups, resource utilization).
• Security and Compliance: Review security configurations post-migration (firewalls, access control, encryption) and ensure VM compliance with regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Engineering / Information Technology / Computer Science
• 12 years of related experience in DC environments with VMware knowledge and network architecture
• Willingness to work night hours during project migrations