The Consultant will be responsible for providing the following Services to the our client: Under the direction of the Assistant Director, Automation Tools and Compute
Services:
Provide expert Operations Management support for virtual infrastructure and IaC automation tools: VMware vSphere 8.X (VSAN and NSX-T), VMware SRM, EMC RP4VM, VMWare vRealize Orchestrationand Automation, Ansible Tower, and Azure DevOps
Configure real-time/continuous health monitoring on supported technologies
Resolve incidents and problems related to supported technologies and integrations within SLAspecifications
Execute configuration management changes on supported technologies, as necessary
Execute standardized request fulfilment within SLA specifications while identifying opportunities topromote task automation by recommending design and implementing features, while ensuring propertesting, and maintaining documentation or release notes
Apply and maintain adequate cybersecurity controls supported technologies
Apply and maintain adequate resiliency controls, including the creation and validation of IT DisasterRecovery plans
Perform technology upgrades/updates/patching ensuring compliance with vendor providedcompatibility matrices, and to maintain required cybersecurity controls
Perform capacity management on IT infrastructure
Respond to audit requests (i.E.: ad-hoc reporting)
Perform supported technology functional testing and health checks during change, incident and otheractivities performed by other teams, as required
Participate in on-call rotation, as required
Other related activities and deliverables, as required
Required Qualifications & Skills
The Consultant should have the following qualifications and skills:
A minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated experience working with VMware vSphere 8.X (VSAN andNSX-T), VMware SRM, EMC RP4VM, VMWare vRealize/Aria Orchestration and Automation, AnsibleTower, and Azure DevOps
Demonstrated work experience in each of the following: A scripting language, such as PowerShell or Python and in creating automation scripts, deploying orchestration and automation processes and productso Developing and supporting IAC (Infrastructure as Code) with tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Azure, etc.O System administration (priority given for VxRail, VSAN, Dell PowerEdge support)
Demonstrated ability to work individually or as part of a team
Demonstrated experience with technical decision-making needed to support a 24/7/365, multi-tieredlarge-scale production environmentAdditional QualificationsThe following will also be considered assets: ITIL certified, OGAF certified and, Agile certifications
