Job Title: VMware Cloud Engineer

·       Servers’ hardware maintenance, Firmware updates and upkeep.

·       New VMs builds and servers decommissioning. rack/stack/plumb and decommission physical servers in the datacenter.

·       VMware upgrades and updates. VMware tools/VM hardware updates, security fixes and basic troubleshooting.

·       System Alerts monitoring, remediation/follow-ups.

·       Coordinating with various applications teams/analysts for downtime planning/scheduling for various activities (server updates/hardware maintenance/app updates etc.)

·       WSUS management interface

·       Understanding of selective OS patching methods.

·       Basic understanding of PowerShell ISE and running scripts.

·       Basic understanding of active directory and GPO management (to troubleshoot WSUS GPOs as needed)

·       Manage Solarwinds and Printing

·       The VPSX product by LRS for printing.

·       Dell OME – hardware management, BIOS, etc.

·       VMware – ability to place host in maintenance mode for OS / hardware updates.

Responsibilities and Duties :

·       Audit patching success / failure

·       Manual patching of systems when the vendor is providing an approved patch list.

·       Manual patching of systems when a specific procedure is required to shut down / start up the application.

·       Running pre-written PowerShell scripts to safely bring down and re-start selected applications.

·       Use VPSX to create new printer records for EPIC printing