Vmware Administrator

Key Responsibilities: - Administer, manage, and maintain VMware vSphere environments including ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, vSphere clusters, and associated virtualization infrastructure components - Plan, execute, and manage virtual machine lifecycle activities including VM provisioning, configuration, cloning, migration, snapshot management, and decommissioning - Configure and manage VMware High Availability, Distributed Resource Scheduler, vMotion, Storage vMotion, and Fault Tolerance features for ensuring virtual environment reliability and performance - Monitor VMware environment health, resource utilization, and performance metrics using vCenter monitoring tools and third-party platforms and proactively resolve performance bottlenecks and capacity issues - Manage VMware storage configurations including VMFS datastores, NFS mounts, vSAN clusters, and storage policies for virtual machine storage management - Administer VMware networking components including virtual switches, distributed switches, port groups, VLANs, and network I/O control configurations - Plan and execute VMware platform upgrades, patches, and ESXi host maintenance activities with minimal disruption to production workloads - Implement and manage VMware backup and disaster recovery solutions including VMware Site Recovery Manager and integration with backup platforms such as Veeam or Commvault - Collaborate with server, storage, network, and cloud teams to support hybrid infrastructure initiatives and VMware cloud integration projects - Maintain accurate VMware environment documentation including infrastructure diagrams, VM inventories, configuration baselines, and operational runbooks