Virtualization Engineer (VMWare)

Sonoma Consulting is one of the fastest growing national IT Consulting and Executive Search company in the United States, which was founded in 2011 by Mark McGee, the President and CEO. Sonoma Consulting has two business divisions - IT Consulting Services & Executive Search to serve its 150 national clients which range from entrepreneurial start-ups to Global Fortune 500. Design and engineer the VMware operating environment Tuning and enhancing the performance of the VMware operating environment Migrations of existing VMware workloads from existing legacy environment to newer environments Installation, configuration and testing of high availability and disaster recovery solutions Working with application teams to assist in deploying virtual workloads as needed Provide environment data and capacity management as needed Coordinating with different application, vendor and technology teams Performing troubleshooting on servers managed by Design & Engineering Working with operations to update, build, and patch VMware servers as needed Provide Level-3 Support on escalated issues/problems Creating and maintaining documentation of the design and architecture of the VMware infrastructure Escalating issues to the TMCC Functional Manager Virtualization Engineer who has experience with the different versions of VMware, as well as other products within the various VMware suites. Ideally the candidate will have experience working with Storage, Networking, and other operating systems. Someone who has a proven track record of delivering quality work at a high level and can perform their duties with minimal oversight. Requirements: Skill / Experience Requirements: Must Have: Five or more years progressively responsible for the design and implementation of VMware farms ranging from versions 5.0 and up Knowledge of basic Windows/Networking technologies (AD, DNS, etc.) Knowledge of basic Storage technology as it relates to virtualization Knowledge of basic Network technology as it relates to virtualization Possess excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of associates Ability to work independently, with strong organizational and flexibility skills in a team-oriented environment Must be willing to provide support in a 7 X 24 environment Nice to Have: Experience working with VMware VCenter Orchestrator Experience working with VMware Vrealize Automation Experience working with VMware Vrealize Operations Experience working with VMware View and its components Experience working with VMware NSX or other types of network virtualization Experience working with Nutanix Experience working with other hypervisors Experience working with HP/Cisco Blade technology Experience working with VBlock and other converged systems Experience working with Xen Desktop Experience working with HP OpenView Suite/Prod Experience working with the Service Now management platform. Experience working on Data Center Migration Projects. Experience working on Application/Platform Migration Projects. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, place of origin, ethnic origin, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, genetic information, mental or physical disability, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, state, or local law.