Senior Virtualisation Specialist Dublin 8 based Hybrid contract Mandatory requirement: It is a mandatory requirement that you have the equivalent of Senior level experience (i.e. has 7+ years experience) in a similar role. It is a mandatory requirement, that you hold the following qualifications or equivalents: VCP or VCAP in Datacentre Virtualisation MCSE Microsoft Professional Certification or equivalent MS approved certification in Server Administration Experience, Competencies & Skillsets: Designing, administering, and maintaining data centre infrastructure with hands-on production administration of large virtual system environments using VMware vSphere and vCentre. This includes upgrading to newer versions and patch management. You must demonstrate their experience in the following; Working with vCenter and ESXi Provisioning of LUNs and volumes PowerShell and CLI Distributed Switches Provisioning virtual machines and automation of same Snapshots/cloning/instant clone Capacity and Performance Management Troubleshooting Windows Server Administration on current Windows OS versions. This includes troubleshooting and root cause analysis. Linux Server Administration on one or more enterprise Linux platforms (Redhat, Ubuntu). This includes troubleshooting and root cause analysis. Experience working with the following technologies. vRealize operations vRealize log insight vRealize network insight NSX-T Kubernetes clusters Omnissa Horizon Terraform Ansible Key Deliverables: To work with departments technical and functional staff to analyse requirements and develop enhancements to the Hosting environment. Provisioning of virtual/physical servers required for the operation of specific IT Systems Planning and supporting IT Projects To ensure the ongoing stability and overall health of the server hosting environment, including the physical hardware, virtualisation and OS layers. Evaluate and apply any necessary security patches, hotfixes, service packs and hardware updates. Supporting and configurating VMware VM Servers Building and managing 3rd party management platforms for Kubernetes clusters. Significant experience in working with the following VMware technologies VMware vCentre vSphere vRealize operations vRealize log insight vRealize network insight NSX-T Omnissa Horizon Server administration on the following OS's Windows server and 2022 Linux/Unix Experience working with Terraform and Ansible Incident analysis and resolution. Developing custom reports as required. Resource and Capacity Planning. Documentation of critical tasks. Operating within an ITIL environment. (Additional information is available on successful application) If you are interested in applying for this role, please do so via the relevant link. If you would like to discuss this role in confidence, please apply or contact Chris dot Byrne at eirevo dot ie. Ref: EET6815 Candidates must be eligible to work full time and long term in the location specified or currently hold a valid appropriate long term work Visa to apply. eir evo talent, eir evo and our clients are equal opportunity employers who seeks to recruit and appoint the best available person for a job regardless of marital / civil partnership status, sex (including pregnancy), age, religion, belief, race, nationality and ethnic or national origin, colour, sexual orientation or disability. eir evo talent, eir evo and our clients apply all relevant Data Protection laws when processing your Personal Data. If you choose to apply to this opportunity and share your CV or other personal information with eir evo talent, eir evo and our clients, these details will be held by us in accordance with our privacy policy used by our recruitment team to contact you regarding this or other relevant opportunities at eir evo talent and eir evo Skills: VMware vSphere vCentre