Senior Systems Administrator

Summary

Senior Systems Administrator leading a large-scale migration of ~400 VMs from VMware ESXi to Microsoft Hyper-V, while providing senior-level administration of Windows Server, virtualisation and backup environments across on-prem and cloud platforms.

An exciting opportunity is available for a Senior Systems Administrator to join a large enterprise infrastructure environment and play a key role in a significant virtualisation migration project.

The immediate focus of the role will be the migration of approximately 400 virtual machines from VMware ESXi to Microsoft Hyper-V. You will be responsible for supporting the end-to-end migration lifecycle, including planning, scheduling, testing, implementation, rollback preparation and post-migration validation.

Alongside the migration program, you will provide senior-level administration and support across enterprise Windows Server, virtualisation and backup environments spanning on-premises infrastructure and cloud-hosted platforms.

You will be responsible for:
  • Leading the technical delivery of a large-scale VMware ESXi to Microsoft Hyper-V migration.
  • Planning migration waves, coordinating dependencies, testing, implementation and rollback activities.
  • Providing senior-level administration, patching, upgrades, monitoring and support across enterprise Windows Server environments.
  • Administering and supporting VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V and Veeam Backup & Recovery environments.
  • Supporting infrastructure hosted across on-premises, AWS and Azure environments.
  • Investigating and resolving complex Level 3 incidents and problems across Windows Server, virtualisation, backup, performance, availability and security.
  • Managing incidents, problems, changes, releases and implementations through ServiceNow.
  • Working closely with application owners, project teams, technical support teams and external vendors to coordinate technical delivery and resolve issues.
  • Engaging with vendors including Microsoft, Veeam, VMware/Broadcom, AWS and Azure where required.
  • Providing technical advice across virtualisation, Windows Server, backup and recovery, high availability, disaster recovery, monitoring and security.
  • Developing and improving technical documentation, operational procedures and support standards.
  • Providing technical guidance and knowledge transfer to operational and project teams.
You will have strong senior-level experience in enterprise infrastructure environments, with hands-on expertise across:
  • Windows Server administration
  • VMware ESXi / vSphere
  • Microsoft Hyper-V
  • Veeam Backup & Recovery
  • Enterprise virtual machine environments
  • Large-scale infrastructure or VM migration projects
  • Level 3 infrastructure troubleshooting and support
  • Incident, problem, change and release management
  • ServiceNow or a similar IT service management platform
Experience delivering VMware to Hyper-V migrations at enterprise scale will be highly regarded.

Experience across Azure and/or AWS, high availability, disaster recovery and complex enterprise or government infrastructure environments will also be advantageous.

To apply please send your resume or contact Nat on 0430 292 875 or natalie@blackroc.co

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