Vmware Consultant

Zencon Group Inc.; Columbia (SC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Zencon Group Inc. in Columbia, SC, USA is seeking a VMware Engineer to support enterprise virtualization, server infrastructure, storage environments, and disaster recovery for a state government agency.

Hybrid work arrangement with 3 days onsite and 2 days remote weekly; candidate must be a current SC resident with no relocation. The ideal candidate has extensive hands-on VMware ESX/ESXi administration experience, enterprise SAN familiarity, and capacity planning skills to optimize

Qualifications

• 13+ years of overall IT experience.
• 8+ years of enterprise infrastructure experience involving VMware and SAN environments.
• 8+ years of VMware ESX administration experience.
• VMware VCP certification required.
• 3+ years of Federal, State, or Local Government experience.
• Experience in infrastructure capacity planning and technical analysis.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, configure, and maintain VMware virtualization solutions.
• Administer and troubleshoot VMware ESX/ESXi environments.
• Diagnose and resolve complex VMware and SAN/storage-related issues.
• Perform infrastructure upgrades, monitoring, maintenance, and optimization.
• Support disaster recovery, failover, and infrastructure security initiatives.
• Conduct capacity planning and provide technical recommendations.
• Develop technical documentation, deployment plans, and support procedures.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, networking, security, and application teams.

Skills

VMware ESX/ESXi

Capacity planning

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/IT or related)

Tools

VMware

SAN storage

Job description

Location: Columbia, South Carolina, USA - Hybrid. 3 Days Onsite and 2 Days Remote per Week. Candidate must be a CURRENT SC resident. No relocation allowed.

We are looking for a highly experienced VMware Engineer to support enterprise virtualization, server infrastructure, storage environments, and disaster recovery initiatives for a South Carolina state government agency.

The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience with VMware ESX/ESXi administration, enterprise SAN environments, infrastructure optimization, and capacity planning.

• Design, implement, configure, and maintain VMware virtualization solutions.
• Administer and troubleshoot VMware ESX/ESXi environments.
• Diagnose and resolve complex VMware and SAN/storage-related issues.
• Perform infrastructure upgrades, monitoring, maintenance, and optimization.
• Support disaster recovery, failover, and infrastructure security initiatives.
• Conduct capacity planning and provide technical recommendations.
• Develop technical documentation, deployment plans, and support procedures.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, networking, security, and application teams.

• 13+ years of overall IT experience.
• 8+ years of enterprise infrastructure experience involving VMware and SAN environments.
• 8+ years of VMware ESX administration experience.
• VMware VCP certification required, as specified in the requirement.
• 3+ years of Federal, State, or Local Government experience.
• Experience in infrastructure capacity planning and technical analysis.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• NIST, PCI, and IRS Publication 1075 environments
• TCP/IP, DNS, and DHCP
• Disaster Recovery and Failover Support

Ideal Candidate: A self-motivated infrastructure professional with strong troubleshooting, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills who can manage complex technical issues in an enterprise environment.