Garmin · 1 day ago
Senior VMware Admin/Private Cloud-Infrastructure
Olathe, KS
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expGarmin is seeking a full-time Senior VMware Administrator in their Olathe, KS location. In this role, you will be responsible for the management and administration of technology in the area of specialty, ensuring effective support for enterprise systems.
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Responsibilities
Designs and develops complex, integrated solutions to meet business requirements or enhance performance of Garmin’s virtualized Linux and Windows server environments
Performs and evaluates costs analyses and vendor comparisons form small through large scale projects to ensure cost-effective and efficient operations
Measures feasibility of various approaches and makes recommendations and foresees risks and communicates and mitigates those before problems arise
Continuously develops technical subject matter expertise on established and emerging storage, server, load balancer, and open source systems and other virtualization and cloud technologies
Communicates effectively regarding system operations and environment changes and communicates technology effectively to non-technical associates and management
Adheres to SOX, PCI, and other regulatory requirements as dictated
Demonstrates an understanding of Garmin’s Change Control process and upholds the importance of compliance
Understands and avoids capacity, redundancy, and health constraints of server, storage, load balancer, and other open source systems
Ensures that all security requirements are met or exceeded
Demonstrates understanding of business impacts of issues and how they relate to IT owned solutions
Shares knowledge and actively mentors less experienced IT Administrators (Administrator 1 & 2)
Performs and plans major version upgrades
Designs and implements effective monitoring of enterprise systems and tunes systems using experience and deep knowledge of area
Documents technical designs and procedures for team library
Plans and manages technical projects involving other teams and recognizes and understands technology impacts within the business
Contributes to technical research on new technologies, processes or procedures and provides technical input to solution development plans and concept documents
Provides 24x7 on-call support
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Business or related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience with designing and deploying VMWare vSphere infrastructure using a variety of server hardware and storage connectivity protocols, including Fibre Channel and NFS
Experience being responsible for the deployment and operation of VMWare ESXi hosts and vCenter infrastructure across company's data centers
Ability to author and implement basic scripting and coding to automate repeatable tasks
Demonstrates ability to solve moderately complex technical problems independently, with experience in successful implementation of technology solutions
Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Consistently demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work documentation and organization
Preferred
Linux Administration and openstack skills are a plus
Benefits
Garmin's benefit program
Company
Garmin
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