Virtualization Engineer

Scope of Work: SmartSource is currently looking to fill the position of 2 Virtualization Consultants for a 12-month opportunity based in the Nashville, TN area.

While remote work is permitted, candidates must reside within a 3-hour radius of Nashville, TN without exceptions. The working hours for this role are Monday to Friday, from 8 AM to 5 PM. The key responsibilities for this position include:

• Documenting, maintaining, and communicating the existing client and application virtualization architecture.
• Deploying forward-thinking Data Center Infrastructure to meet customer needs.
• Defining and prioritizing critical deployment milestones.
• Consulting and developing customer Data Center and Infrastructure requirements.
• Serving as the technical lead for the team in the deployment of Data Center solutions.
• Collaborating with Project Management processes and adhering to established standards.
• Gaining expertise in traditional and hyper-converged infrastructure fundamentals.
• Providing advanced technical support during the post-sales phase.
• Sharing information and best practices with fellow team members.
• Offering support and mentorship to less experienced engineers.
• Generating documentation and delivering comprehensive knowledge transfer on VMware installed products.
• Performing hands-on technical integration of various products mentioned below.

Qualifications for this role include:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in architecting, designing, and deploying Data Center Hardware solutions, with a focus on HP, Dell, VMware, Nutanix, and Cisco Compute and HCI solutions.
• Experience with backup and data protection solutions like Data Domain and Avamar.
• Proficiency in understanding physical and logical Compute, Storage, and Network technologies.
• Experience implementing best practices in Compute and Storage environments.
• Competence in installing, configuring, upgrading, and patching a scalable and high-availability virtual server environment.
• Expertise in configuring and deploying Server and Compute management solutions.
• In-depth knowledge of Virtual Server management and related technologies/processes such as storage, networking, management, monitoring, security, performance, capacity, and availability.
• Strong ability to prioritize tasks and work assignments.
• Familiarity with software-defined networking solutions is advantageous.
• Excellent professional interaction skills with clients and contractors.
• Proven experience in creating business-relevant presentations and technical-oriented writing.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in systems engineering.
• A passion for learning innovative Compute and Storage technologies.
• The ability to analyze problems comprehensively and identify all their facets.
• Flexibility and a commitment to doing what it takes to complete tasks.
• Effective communication skills, both internally and externally.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with Public Cloud Solutions, including Hybrid Cloud integration.
• Previous experience in deploying converged and hyper-converged solutions, such as Nutanix, VxRAIL, or similar.