Location: Dover, DE
Short Description:
The Senior Technical Architecture Specialist (STAS) is a technical specialist that provides technical support to DTI's technical infrastructure related to VMWare and Blade Server Management
Complete Description:
The Senior Technical Architecture Specialist (STAS) is the technical expert centered on a technology, technologies, or a portfolio of applications.
The Principal responsibility is to provide highly effective technical support for DTI’s technical infrastructure. Highly effective means that the services for the assigned assets are provided in a way that is efficient, meets the needs of the customers (both DTI and other state agencies) in compliance with DTI policy and procedures. The services will be primarily rendered through a combination of personal effort, joint effort with others in the workgroup, and collaboration with other DTI staff, vendors, and customers.
The Architecture Specialist is expected to possess strong technical proficiency in one or more of the core Technology Domains, technical proficiency in several others, and technical awareness in the rest.
The Architecture Specialist will report to the Systems Engineering Manager – Client Server.
The Technology Domains for this position is VMware & Private Cloud Computing.
Experience in technically supervising a project.
Candidate must be able to accept a design and set of directions and requirements and see through to fulfillment.
Ability to process requests for resources from multiple projects in timely and orderly manner.
This candidate will manage technical team resources as necessary to successfully delegate lower tier project tasks.
Provide daily updates to team managers and or project managers as required to measure project progression.
Requirements:
VMWare versions 5.0 and 4.0, Windows expertise with Linux knowledge, Server builds, Blade Server Management, Storage Area Networking, host based firewalls, DMZs, Oracle and SQL, SharePoint exposure.
Skills:
Skills
Required/Desired
Amount of Experience
Experience administering systems in a VMware environment
Required
3 Years
Prior experience with VMware ESX 4.x
Required
3 Years
Prior experience managing a large virtual infrastructure using the Virtual Infrastructure Client
Required
3 Years
Extensive experience working with VCenter
Required
3 Years
VMware’s cloud model
Required
1 Years
Experience in technically supervising a project
Required
5 Years
Understanding of Storage Area technologies including storage allocation, switch multi-pathing, WWNs.
Required
5 Years
Knowledge of HP Blade enclosures and the provisioning of those servers.
Required
5 Years
Extensive knowledge of TCP/IP networking including DMZs and Security Zones.
Required
5 Years
VMWare 5.x
Highly Desired
1 Years
Prior experience managing virtual infrastructure using Powershell
Highly Desired
1 Years
Prior experience with VMware’s Chargeback and vCenter Operations modules
Highly Desired
1 Years
Manage Microsoft Active Directory Domains
Highly Desired
3 Years
Manage Microsoft Windows SharePoint
Highly Desired
3 Years
Manage Microsoft Windows SQL Server
Highly Desired
3 Years
Questions:
Question 1
Please list positions where the contractor has worked as a technical team lead.
Question 2
Is the candidate able to commit to a round-one in person interview?