Systems Engineer - VDI/VMware/F5

Systems Engineer - VDI/VMware/F5

Posted 2 weeks ago by Harvey Nash

£600 Per day
Undetermined
Remote
London
p>Senior Systems Engineer VMware/VDI sought by asset management firm based in London - Contract

The team is responsible for the design, execution and excellence of our virtualization delivery system, which includes;

  • Reliability of VDI Access
  • Stability of VDI Performance
  • Proactively addressing problems in VDI environment
  • Increase user satisfaction with VDI Platform
  • Introduce new features and enhancements to user experience on the VDI platform

Responsibilities:

  • Manage and maintain the Virtual Desktop, Remote Connectivity and Application Virtualization platforms (VDI Platform)
    • Build and update virtual images
    • Identify and implement optimization and enhancements
    • Manage and maintain the monitoring platforms
  • Identify persistent problems and work with wider teams to resolve.
  • VDI Platform support
    • Provide support to our Desktop Support
    • Provide training and guidance on best practices to our support community.
    • Create and maintain time-saving automation jobs for our support teams
    • Aid in the migration of high-profile business partners to the VDI platform
  • Ensure all issues are logged appropriately and escalated as necessary using the Incident and Problem management process.
  • Communicate clearly with stakeholders to ensure they are kept up to date this progress on open issues, and follow-up on all open and pending issues.
  • Escalate issues to the wider support teams, vendors and team leads as necessary.
  • Ensure controls and policies are always adhered to.

QUALIFICATIONS & Experience

  • At least 4 years of Experience in Desktop Administration
  • At least 4 years of Experience in VMware technologies such as VSphere, ESXi ,NSXt
  • At least 2 years of Experience in F5/Citrix or other equivalent load balancing technologies
  • At least 2 years of Experience in VMware Horizon View
  • Exposure to Cloud based technologies such as Azure and AWS
  • Experience with Application Virtualization in a VDI environment
  • Understand infrastructure security best-practices such as zero-trust, least-access, MFA, etc.
  • Comprehensive practice in implementing and troubleshooting using the OSI networking model
  • Familiarity/Experience with Roaming User Profiles
  • Familiarity/Experience with Load Balancing technologies such as F5 or NetScaler
  • Experience in utilizing and maintaining monitoring environments such as VRops, Nextthink, ControlUp, Splunk, etc.
  • Expert level familiarity with related VDI skills including AD, LAN, WAN, VPN, DNS, DHCP and other network terminologies
  • Driven to learn new products and technologies.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability of end-to-end problem management and ownership
  • Ability to create and manage work instructions, system and project documentation
  • Collaborative, self-starter with the ability to manage multiple, changing priorities in a fast-paced and global oriented team
  • Scripting or basic programming knowledge (PowerShell, Python) desirable

Please apply within for further details or call 07719061384

Matt Holmes Harvey Nash