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Lead Virtualisation Engineer

A hardworking Virtualisation Consultant with over 20 years experience in the Information Technology industry. A specialist in the design, integration, implementation and troubleshooting of complex virtual environments, with over 12 years’ in-depth experience with all Virtualisation technologies. Currently holds recent qualifications for Citrix and VMware. Strong leadership skills and Project Management skills to ensure the completion of projects to the full lifecycle within the allocated time and budget. Exceptional communication skills including the ability to easily make sense of complex issues. Solid experience in implementation, Upgrades, Datacentre moves and also separations all within large WAN environments in the Private and Public sector.

Key Info

  • Job Title
    Lead Virtualisation Engineer
  • Location
    Warrington
  • Education
    MCSE Microsoft Windows upgrade - Citrix CCA, CCE, XenDesktop - VMware VCP - NetApp SAN storage solutions - HP San Storage - AppV 5.0 (CTP) - AWS Enterprise Solution Associate
  • Will relocate?
    No
  • Will commute
    30 miles or km
  • Contract Preference
    Permanent
  • Availability (Notice Period)
    1 month
  • Min Salary Req. (Perm Roles)
    £55000 per annum
  • Min Day Rate Req. (Contract Roles)
    N/A
  • Languages Spoken
    English

Key Skills + Experience

TECHNICAL ABILITY:

CITRIX : XenApp, XenDesktop, XenServer, PVS, CAG, Citrix Workspace, Netscaler, Edgesight, XenClient. Xen Mobile, App DNA, SSO, CloudBridge (All Software All Versions inc LTSR). Including AWS and Nutanix setups.

VMWARE:  ESX 3.0 – 6.5 VSphere and ESXi, VMware View, Horizon,  Fusion, VCOPs VROPs. All P-V projects.

MICROSOFT: Server NT/2000/2008/2012,2019. SQL 2008, 2012. AppV 4.6/5.0 packaging. Hyper-V 2012 -2016 inc Nano, SCCM, MDT, Azure, Lync, Exchange, Office inc 365, IIS, Terminal Services, ISA, Clustering, Active Directory, WSUS, DHCP, DNS, RDP TCPIP. Powershell.

HP:  HP MSA, HP EVA 4000 and 6000 series, 3PAR, Vblock, ISCSI, FC, Zoning, Failover. iLO

NETAPP: FAS Systems, Ontap, NFS, CIFS, all SNAPs, Flexpod.

OTHER: Nutanix, AWS, EMC Storage, Dell Compellent, Atlantis, AppZero, Acronis, Platespin, SAP, Veeam, RES, Blackberry Server, Arcserve, Tivoli, Sharepoint, Solorwinds, Lotus Notes, DevOps, Chef, Puppet, CA.

COMMS: Vlans, VOIP, Fibre, Switches, Cisco, LES1, ISDN, DSL, Wireless, Patching.

EPR: Epic

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