VMWare Administrator

Ztek Consulting INC; Framingham (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ztek Consulting INC in Framingham, MA seeks an experienced VMware Administrator to design, deploy, and support enterprise virtualization across production, DR, and test environments, managing vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, and vSAN with focus on stability and capacity planning.

Responsibilities include proactive performance monitoring, incident response, on-call rotations, root-cause analysis, and collaboration with Storage, Network, Security, and Backup teams.

Qualifications

• Extensive VMware administration experience across production, DR, and test environments.
• Proficiency with vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, and vSAN.
• Strong skills in patching, security hardening, and vulnerability remediation.
• Experience with backup/recovery, replication, and disaster recovery testing.
• Ability to monitor performance, perform root cause analysis, and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• VMware administration responsible for design, configuration, maintenance, monitoring, and support of enterprise VMware environments.
• Monitor platform health, performance trends and implement improvements for availability and efficiency.
• Collaborate with Storage, Network, Security, Backup, and Application teams to resolve issues and deliver stable services.
• Participate in on-call support, planned maintenance, and disaster recovery testing.

Skills

VMware

vSphere

vCenter

vSAN

ESXi

Troubleshooting

Patching

Security Hardening

DR/BCP

Documentation

Tools

PowerCLI

vRealize

Storage Arrays

Networking

Backup

Job description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Administer, maintain, monitor, and support enterprise VMware virtualization platforms, including vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, and related ecosystem components.
• Design, install, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot VMware infrastructure across production, DR, and test environments.
• Lead VMware cluster management activities, including host deployment, lifecycle management, capacity planning, and hardware refresh initiatives.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting of ESXi hosts, virtual machines, storage, networking, HA, DRS, vMotion, and vSAN-related issues.
• Manage VMware patching, upgrades, security hardening, and vulnerability remediation activities while ensuring minimal business disruption.
• Configure and maintain backup, recovery, replication, snapshot, and disaster recovery solutions for virtualized workloads.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security standards, audit requirements, and infrastructure governance policies.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, analyze trends, identify risks, and implement proactive improvements to enhance platform stability and efficiency.
• Perform root cause analysis for critical incidents, develop preventive measures, and drive continuous service improvements.
• Support infrastructure modernization initiatives, including VMware version upgrades, capacity optimization, workload migrations, and cloud integration projects.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and knowledge base articles.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Storage, Backup, Network, Security, Server, and Application teams to resolve complex infrastructure issues.

Roles & Responsibilities

• VMware administration responsible for the design, configuration, maintenance, monitoring, and operational support of enterprise VMware environments.
• Monitor platform health, utilization, and performance trends; implement proactive improvements to optimize availability and efficiency.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Network, Storage, Backup, Security, and Application teams to deliver stable and resilient services.
• Participate in on-call support, planned maintenance activities, major incident resolution, and disaster recovery testing exercises.