Senior Infrastructure Architect/Engineer

Location: Greensboro, NC (4 days/week onsite along with 1 day/week remote)

Contract Duration: 6 months with a possibility of extension WANTSBachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or an associate degree, military/industry training, and equivalent professional experience.10+ years of progressive enterprise infrastructure or systems-administration experience.5+ years administering enterprise server and virtualization platforms 3+ years supporting DR planning, exercises, failover, or infrastructure recovery. Advanced VMware vSphere experience, including installation/upgrade of ESXi hosts, host and datastore cluster configuration, virtual switch VLAN configuration, performance and capacity management, and end-to-end operational support. Advanced Windows Server (2016 and higher) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (7.x and higher) administration experience. Advanced Cisco UCS platform experience, including configuration and ongoing management of server profiles/templates and Fabric Interconnect network/storage connectivity. Experience with Nutanix AOS platform and other x86 server hardware. Experience supporting AWS EC2 workloads and related platform integrations. Experience with operational automation using tools such as Ansible or comparable scripting and configuration-management tools. Working knowledge of NAS, SAN, and backup platforms; experience with Dell PowerStore, Isilon/OneFS, Avamar, Data Domain, and Cisco SAN switching preferred. Experience with ITSM, 24x7 operations, change control, patching, vulnerability remediation, major incidents, and RCA. Strong preparation and presentation skills for upper Management Levels as well as stakeholder’s status reports.