Senior VMware & Red Hat Linux Systems Administrator

JW Affinity IT; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plan

Life Insurance Plan

PTO

Short Term & Long-Term Disability

Internet & Phone Allowance

Wellness Resources (EAP)

Pet Insurance

Work-Life balance

Flexible Hours

Full-Time Permanent Positions

Job summary

JW Affinity IT is seeking a Red Hat Linux Systems Administrator with VMware SME responsibilities to manage on-prem VMware environments and related server hardware. The role involves patching, security management, and performance planning across enterprise servers, with after-hours work as needed.

You will analyze issues, lead projects, and collaborate with vendors to implement robust virtualization solutions, leveraging Terraform and Ansible in a hands-on enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• Strong on-prem VMware development and operational support.
• vSphere 7 and 8.
• ESXi hypervisor.
• vSphere/Virtual Center.
• VDS and networking.
• vDRS.
• Single Sign On.
• Strong HP and Dell server hardware in support of the ESXi hypervisor.
• Strong Terraform.
• Good/Strong Ansible.
• Strong GitHub/GitLab.
• Strong CI/CD.
• Some Cloud experience, specifically AWS.
• Good on-prem Network routing, DNS, Firewall understanding in support of the VMware platforms.

Responsibilities

• Utilizing Remedy, work customer reported server/desktop support issues.
• Analyze and resolve issues related to the network, infrastructure, and tools.
• Perform root cause analysis for complex problem resolution.
• Assess server performance and storage capacity for future needs.
• Patch, vulnerability/security management and file system maintenance, often after-hours.
• User account management.
• Maintain system documentation.
• Install server systems and related hardware.
• Interface with hardware service controllers and configure lights-out management.
• Install and configure operating systems and software applications.
• Lead projects in a closed-area environment based on program requirements.
• Provide input to architected solutions and coordinate with vendors.

Skills

VMware

vSphere 7/8

ESXi hypervisor

VDS networking

SSO

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub/GitLab

CI/CD

AWS

Linux

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub/GitLab

Job description

JW Affinity IT is seeking a Red Hat Linux Systems Administrator with VMware SME responsibilities to manage on-prem VMware environments and related server hardware. The role involves patching, security management, and performance planning across enterprise servers, with after-hours work as needed.

You will analyze issues, lead projects, and collaborate with vendors to implement robust virtualization solutions, leveraging Terraform and Ansible in a hands-on enterprise setting.