[Hiring] Senior Virtualization Architect @Next Step Systems

Role Description

We are seeking a talented and self-motivated Senior Virtualization Architect to join our growing technology team. The company culture emphasizes teamwork and focuses on continuous integration and test-driven development. The ideal Senior Virtualization Architect will have worked within the financial industry with a robust background in virtualization systems designs, implementation and support. The successful Senior Virtualization Architect must be highly self-motivated, excel at multitasking, and comfortable working in a demanding, state of the art trading environment. This position is a 100% Remote opportunity.

• Responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance and support of virtual desktop, server and storage technologies and solutions.
• Strategic Planning with other business units and key stakeholders to diagnose and resolve complex incidents and requests.
• Capacity plan for rapid growth of virtual environment.
• Perform planned maintenance activities on an established cycle.
• Maintain accurate and up to date inventory & documentation.
• Automate any and all tasks that can be automated.
• Stay current with new developments in virtualization technologies.
• On-call for overnights, weekends and holidays on a rotational basis with openness to change.
• Support other key initiatives as the business dictates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from a 4-year university.
• Computer Science, Information Science or related technical field.
• Strong GPA (3.5 or higher).
• 5+ years of experience with virtualization (VMware/Citrix/Hyper-V/etc.) architecture design, deployment, administration, networking, performance monitoring/tuning, security hardening, troubleshooting and production operations.
• Must be able to work with staff in other IT functional areas to implement redundant, resilient VDI and general-purpose virtualization infrastructure.
• Experience with Source code control systems such as GIT, and bug tracking systems like JIRA.
• Strong understanding of virtual CPU, virtual memory, networking and storage setup.
• Experience implementing and operating mission critical technology components with HA, DR, and Business Continuity capabilities.
• Extensive knowledge of virtual networking concepts and implementations.
• Fluent in Python or similar scripting language.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Experience with Ansible or similar configuration/automation tools will give you an advantage.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Retirement plan
• PTO
• Salary: 80K+ DOE