Virtualization Administrator

Encode, Inc; Virginia (MN); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work days

Casual attire

Team building events

Job summary

Encode, Inc is seeking a Virtualization Administrator to manage and support physical and virtual servers for customer environments. The ideal candidate should have 5-7 years of experience with vSphere components and strong networking knowledge. Additionally, familiarity with SAN/storage concepts and security hardening skills are essential.

This role emphasizes personal and professional satisfaction through ongoing education and a flexible work environment, including remote work options and team building events.

Qualifications

• Five to seven years of hands-on experience supporting vSphere components.
• Familiarity with server virtualization and SAN/storage concepts.
• In-depth experience with server chassis technologies.
• Working knowledge of OS security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain, deploy, and troubleshoot physical and virtual servers.
• Assist with implementing new system hardware and software.
• Monitor environments and react to time-critical situations.

Skills

vSphere components (vCenter, ESXi)

Networking concepts (VLANs, routing)

Server virtualization technologies

Security hardening

OS security best practices

Documentation

CompTIA Security+

VCP 5/6/7

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Here at Encode we strive to ensure that both professional AND personal satisfaction go hand in hand. We enhance professional satisfaction by constantly improving team member skills with ongoing education, conferences, and early adoption of automation tools. We want everyone to be the best they can be. We build personal satisfaction by embracing remote work days, casual attire, bagel Tuesdays, team building events at local establishments and in‑office cornhole competitions.

Job Description

The Virtualization Administrator will work with the existing Virtualization team to manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot and support the physical and virtual servers for numerous customer environments.

• Assist with implementing new system hardware and software, and provide input for developing local operating procedures and policies as needed
• Environment monitoring, reacting to time critical situations

Qualifications

• Five (5) to seven (7) years hands‑on experience supporting various vSphere components (vCenter, ESXi, VUM, VUMDS, etc...), and networking concepts (VLANs, routing, etc)
• Familiarity with server virtualization technologies and SAN/storage concepts (LUNs, HBAs, logical volumes, NFS, iSCSI, etc.)
• In depth experience with server chassis technologies (HP c7000, Cisco UCS)
• Security hardening experience
• Working knowledge of OS security best practices and configuring/managing/updating large groups of servers.
• Experience creating/maintaining high quality, detailed documentation
• CompTIA Security+ and VCP 5/6/7
• Bachelor's degree or higher

Preferred:

• Clustering Concepts – WFC, Oracle RAC
• Experience with DoD Security Technical Implementation Guidelines

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.