VMWare / Dell Data Center Engineer, Hampshire - My client has an immediate requirement for an experienced technician with an excellent knowledge of VMware and Dell hardware to work on the upgrade of an existing data centre at one location and the deployment of a new setup at another location.
The technologies required include:
- VMware vSphere 6.5 /6.7
- Dell EMC PowerEdge
- Dell EMC PowerVault
- Dell EMC ME
- Dell EMC SC Storage
- Dell EMC Unity Storage
- Dell EMC Force10
- Fortinet Fortigate
- Cisco IOS
- Cisco Meraki
- VSphere NSX
- Windows Server
You should also have experience of working in a data centre environment including:
- Racking of data centre equipment
- Deploying ESXi hosts environments in vSphere 6 environment
- Experience in ESXi patching with VMware Update Manager
- Experience in patching Dell EMC Hardware PowerEdge Hardware (Lifecycle Controller/ iDRAC)
- Experience in Compellent and / or Dell EMC SC Storage technologies (Including LUN Provisioning, Firmware Updates, Storage Tier Management, Relay Management)
- Knowledge of Networking fundamentals including (VLANs / Spanning Tree / LACP)
- Experience in deploying Dell EMC Unity (Commissioning, LUN and Server mapping provisioning)
- Experience in managing Fortinet Fortigate's. (Policy management / VPN Management)
- Experience in Dell EMC Force10 / N-Series Switching (VLT / Stacking)
- Experience with VMware NSX or vShield
- Documenting a datacentre environment
Any of the following certifications and skills would be highly beneficial:
- Microsoft MCSE / MCSA, VMware VCP, Cisco CCNA / CCNP, Dell Certified Storage / Network.
To be considered for this role please send an up to date copy of your CV as soon as possible.