Title: Virtualization Engineer
Location: Candidate can work onsite at Salt Lake City, UT OR Dallas, TX
Duration: 06 Months (likely extensions)

You will:
Design, implement, and maintain VMware vSphere virtualization infrastructure, including ESXi hosts (6.5+), vCenter Server, and vSAN
Configure and manage virtual networks, storage, and other virtualization components
Installation, configuration, administration Virtual Center Server, VMware View, Disaster Recovery, Plate Spin, vMotion, P2V, P2P, V2V, VMWare Update Manager
Monitor and troubleshoot VMware vSphere environment for performance and availability
Develop and maintain automation scripts for VMware vSphere environment
vCenter integration with AD, DNS, backup or any other applications

Must have:
3+ years experience in the following:
Experience in managing Red Hat RHEL Operating Systems
Optimizing network hardware and software to enable VMWare integration
Experience with storage products (Dell/EMC/Hitachi)
Experience with SAN, NAS, CIFS, NFS Protocols, fiber channel switches Brocade, Cisco
Experience in managing and executing on large scale virtualization migration and modernization projects including physical hardware and OS/software tooling upgrades while managing cost saving optimization
Design disaster recovery planning, testing and execute on failover procedures
Determining business needs and evaluating existing network infrastructure and systems
Strong communication and collaboration skills

Preference
3+ years experience in the following:
VMWare Certified Professional (VCP) preferred (VCAP Design, VCAP Deploy, VCDX a plus)
Experience in other virtualization technologies - Kernel-based virtual machines (KVM), Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization (container-native virtualization)
Experience in container technologies - Kubernetes
In-depth knowledge in Virtualization and Hypervisor security including hardening techniques for the virtualization platform to prevent attack threats
Experience managing relationships with vendors
Education:
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, computer programming, or similar