Senior Information Technology Consultant (Contract Role)

QUESS ENGINEERING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; Vor Ort; SGD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

QUESS ENGINEERING PTE. LTD. in Singapore seeks an experienced IT Infrastructure Specialist to manage storage, VMware virtualization, and backup environments. The role emphasizes capacity planning, performance optimization, and disaster recovery planning with SRM or Azure Site Recovery.

You will configure SAN/NAS provisioning, monitor health and performance, and ensure data integrity through rigorous backups and DR testing. Collaboration across server, network, and security teams is essential.

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years in IT infrastructure with strong VMware, storage and DR experience.
• Hands-on SAN/NAS storage provisioning, capacity management, datastore expansion, and performance troubleshooting.
• VMware ESXi, vCenter, and vSAN administration including VM operations and cluster management.
• Experience with enterprise backup platforms: Veeam, Commvault, or Veritas NetBackup.
• Disaster Recovery knowledge with SRM or Azure Site Recovery and replication testing.
• Experience with iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and virtualized storage dependencies.
• Strong incident management, root-cause analysis, and change management skills.
• PowerShell/PowerCLI or Python scripting for automation and maintenance.

Aufgaben

• Administer enterprise storage environments (SAN/NAS) including provisioning, capacity expansion, and connectivity management.
• Manage VMware virtualization infrastructure: ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, VM provisioning, resource allocation.
• Configure and maintain storage connectivity using iSCSI and Fibre Channel.
• Monitor storage utilization, datastore capacity, health, and performance to prevent bottlenecks.
• Manage backup solutions: scheduling, policy configuration, monitoring, retention, and restoration.
• Troubleshoot backup failures and validate data integrity; perform DR tests to ensure availability.
• Implement and maintain DR solutions with SRM or Azure Site Recovery; conduct failover/failback testing.
• Perform VM migrations, snapshots, cluster maintenance, patching, upgrades; troubleshoot issues.
• Collaborate with server, network, app, and security teams to resolve cross-functional infra issues.
• Maintain documentation: configurations, backups, DR plans, runbooks, incidents.
• Monitor capacity and reliability; propose improvements for efficiency.

Kenntnisse

Storage administration

VMware administration

Backup & DR planning

PowerShell

PowerCLI

Python

Cross-team collaboration

Incident management

Performance optimization

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Tools

VMware ESXi

vCenter

vSAN

iSCSI

Fibre Channel

Veeam

Commvault

Veritas NetBackup

SRM

Azure Site Recovery

Dell-EMC storage

HPE storage

Pure Storage

Brocade SAN

Cisco SAN

Jobbeschreibung

Responsibilities

• Administer enterprise storage environments, including SAN/NAS storage provisioning, capacity expansion, connectivity management, and performance optimization.
• Manage VMware virtualization infrastructure, including ESXi hosts, vCenter, vSAN clusters, virtual machine provisioning, and resource allocation.
• Configure and maintain storage connectivity between virtualization hosts and storage systems using iSCSI and Fibre Channel technologies.
• Monitor storage utilization, datastore capacity, infrastructure health, and performance metrics to identify and resolve potential bottlenecks.
• Manage enterprise backup solutions, including backup scheduling, policy configuration, job monitoring, retention management, and restoration activities.
• Troubleshoot backup failures, validate data integrity, and perform periodic recovery tests to ensure the availability of critical business data.
• Implement and maintain disaster recovery solutions using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) or Azure Site Recovery.
• Execute replication monitoring, recovery plan validation, and disaster recovery failover/failback testing in line with defined RPO and RTO targets.
• Perform VMware infrastructure maintenance, including virtual machine migrations, snapshot management, cluster maintenance, patching, and upgrades.
• Conduct infrastructure troubleshooting and root-cause analysis to resolve recurring storage, virtualization, backup, and recovery issues.
• Support infrastructure changes, firmware maintenance, and lifecycle activities while minimizing disruption to production workloads.
• Maintain technical documentation, including storage configurations, backup procedures, disaster recovery plans, operational runbooks, and incident records.
• Collaborate with server, network, application, and security teams to resolve cross-functional infrastructure issues.
• Monitor infrastructure availability and capacity, identify potential risks, and recommend improvements to reliability and operational efficiency.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor's or higher in Information Technology, Computer Science or any related discipline.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in IT infrastructure, VMware administration, storage management, enterprise backup, and disaster recovery.
• Strong hands-on experience in SAN/NAS Storage Administration, including storage provisioning, capacity management, datastore expansion, and performance troubleshooting.
• Practical experience administering VMware ESXi, vCenter, and vSAN, including virtual machine operations, cluster management, and shared storage environments.
• Experience with at least one enterprise backup platform: Veeam, Commvault, or Veritas NetBackup, covering backup policy management, job troubleshooting, retention, and restoration.
• Hands-on experience with Disaster Recovery solutions, preferably VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) or Azure Site Recovery, including replication management and failover/failback testing.
• Experience with iSCSI, Fibre Channel, storage connectivity, and virtualized infrastructure dependencies.
• Experience in backup validation, recovery procedures, RPO/RTO concepts, and disaster recovery readiness.
• Experience in enterprise production support, incident management, root-cause analysis, and change management.
• Experience in HPE server infrastructure, hardware lifecycle management, and firmware compatibility is an advantage.
• Experience in infrastructure automation or scripting using PowerShell, PowerCLI, or Python is desirable.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and cross-team coordination skills.
• Experience supporting enterprise VMware and storage environments in production.
• Experience in infrastructure monitoring, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Microsoft Azure certification is preferred.

Backup Software: Commvault, NetBackup, Acronis

Backup Appliance: HyperScale X Appliance, NetBackup Flex Appliance

Storage boxes: Dell-EMC, HPE, Pure Storage

SAN Switches: Brocade SAN switches, Cisco SAN switches