Senior Microsoft/Linux/Virtualization Engineer

**M i c r o s o f t **

• Experienced in engineering support of Active Directory, Exchange, and any additional Microsoft, and VMware products;
• Experience with Active Directory including AD forest migration, as well as a strong foundation in other directory service technologies including GPO, DNS and DHCP, DFS, WSUS, user profile management;
• Hands on experience designing and configuring Microsoft Windows (Server and End User) technology including Antivirus, patch management and other System Administration tools;
• Experience with capacity planning, performance monitoring and maintenance planning to ensure high availability.
• Maintaining Application Packaging Standards / Desktop Standards / Hardware Imaging / OS Patches, etc. Common OS layer worldwide;
• Exchange (2016 and newer) Administration / Support;
• Microsoft SQL Server (2008 and newer) Administration / Support.

Virtualization

• Demonstrated experience in Virtualization Desktop Infrastructure with VMware Horizon View (7.x+)
• Demonstrated experience in virtualization specifically with VMware VSphere and ESXi Virtual Infrastructure (6.x+);
• Good knowledge of VMware applications and physical infrastructure services and their integration within the virtual infrastructure;
• Understanding of Windows Desktop operating systems to include design considerations for desktop, laptop and Thin-client/VDI;
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting VDI issues around performance, access and usability;
• Good understanding of profile management and GPO;
• Experience in Application Layering – Must Have skill;
• Expertise with SAN and VSAN storage.

Linux skills (not all essential):

• Experience with multiple OS platforms such as (Ubuntu, CentOS, RedHat)
• Configuring Linux operating systems for optimal performance.
• Performance monitoring, tuning utilities and commands.
• Container orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Other techologies

• Demonstrated NMS (Zabbix, Kabana etc) implementation history;
• Unified Endpoint Management (UEM);
• Expert backup admin skills using VEEM
• Strong Networking knowledge - netmasks, VLANs, ACLs, DHCP, DNS, routing.
• Good scripting knowledge is preferred for automation using Powershell, Ansible etc;

Preferred Certifications

• Microsoft Expert level (or MCSE ) certifications;
• VCP - VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization certification;
• VCP - VMware Certified Professional - Desktop and Mobility certification
• Cisco Professional certification - CCNP +

• Paid time off, paid sick leave, paid national holidays
• Flexible working hours as needed, overtime x1.5 for more than 40hrs a week + performance bonuses.