Vmware Server Admin

**VMware L3 Administrator with VSAN and Azure VMware Solution Expertise**

**Responsibilities**:

- Design, configure, and manage advanced VMware vSphere, vSAN, and Azure VMware Solution (AVS) environments to ensure high availability, performance, and scalability.
- Lead the troubleshooting and resolution of high-level issues involving vSphere, vSAN, and AVS, providing L3 support and root cause analysis.
- Optimize vSAN and AVS configurations for maximum efficiency and performance, including hardware selection, network design, and storage configuration.
- Implement and oversee disaster recovery and business continuity plans for virtual environments, ensuring data integrity and system resilience.
- Plan and execute upgrades, patches, and configuration changes across VMware environments, ensuring mínimal disruption to business operations.
- Validate and ensure compliance of VMware deployments with company standards and industry best practices using vSphere Lifecycle Manager.

**Role Purpose**

The purpose of this role is to provide significant technical expertise in architecture planning and design of the concerned tower (platform, database, middleware, backup etc) as well as managing its day-to-day operations

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**Do**
- ** Provide adequate support in architecture planning, migration & installation for new projects in own tower (platform/dbase/ middleware/ backup)**
- Lead the structural/ architectural design of a platform/ middleware/ database/ back up etc. according to various system requirements to ensure a highly scalable and extensible solution
- Conduct technology capacity planning by reviewing the current and future requirements
- Strategize & implement disaster recovery plans and create and implement backup and recovery plans
- ** Manage the day-to-day operations of the tower**
- Manage day-to-day operations by troubleshooting any issues, conducting root cause analysis (RCA) and developing fixes to avoid similar issues.
- Plan for and manage upgradations, migration, maintenance, backup, installation and configuration functions for own tower
- Review the technical performance of own tower and deploy ways to improve efficiency, fine tune performance and reduce performance challenges
- Develop shift roster for the team to ensure no disruption in the tower
- Create and update SOPs, Data Responsibility Matrices, operations manuals, daily test plans, data architecture guidance etc.
- Provide weekly status reports to the client leadership team, internal stakeholders on database activities w.r.t. progress, updates, status, and next steps
- Leverage technology to develop Service Improvement Plan (SIP) through automation and other initiatives for higher efficiency and effectiveness

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**Team Management**
- ** Resourcing**
- Forecast talent requirements as per the current and future business needs
- Hire adequate and right resources for the team
- Train direct reportees to make right recruitment and selection decisions
- ** Talent Management**
- Ensure 100% compliance to Wipro’s standards of adequate onboarding and training for team members to enhance capability & effectiveness
- Build an internal talent pool of HiPos and ensure their career progression within the organization
- Promote diversity in leadership positions
- ** Performance Management**
- Set goals for direct reportees, conduct timely performance reviews and appraisals, and give constructive feedback to direct reports.
- Ensure that organizational programs like Performance Nxt are well understood and that the team is taking the opportunities presented by such programs to their and their levels below
- ** Employee Satisfaction and Engagement**
- Lead and drive engagement initiatives for the team
- Track team satisfaction scores and identify initiatives to build engagement within the team
- Proactively challenge the team with larger and enriching projects/ initiatives for the organization or team
- Exercise employee recognition and appreciation

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**Deliver**
- No
- Performance Parameter
- Measure
- 1
- Operations of the tower
- SLA adherence
Knowledge management
CSAT/ Customer Experience
Identification of risk issues and mitigation plans
Knowledge management
- 2
- New projects
- Timely delivery
Avoid unauthorised changes
No formal escalations

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**VMware L3 Administrator with VSAN and Azure VMware Solution Expertise**

**Responsibilities**:

- Design, configure, and manage advanced VMware vSphere, vSAN, and Azure VMware Solution (AVS) environments to ensure high availability, performance, and scalability.
- Lead the troubleshooting and resolution of high-level issues involving vSphere, vSAN, and AVS, providing L3 support and root cause analysis.
- Optimize vSAN and AVS configurations for maximum efficiency and performance, including hardware selection, network design, and storage configuration.
- Implement and oversee disaster recovery and business continuity plans for virtual environments, ensuring data integrity and system resi