Senior Programmer/Analyst, VMWare Consultant

Pyramid Technology Solutions is looking to staff a 12 month contract for a Senior Programmer/Analyst with our County of Los Angeles client.

 

We are unable to sub this out.  You MUST be our W2 employee.

 

Title: Senior Programmer/Analyst, VMWare Consultant

Location:  Los Angeles, CA 90012

Duration: 12 + Months

 

OBJECTIVE

To obtain the services of a Senior Programmer/Analyst Consultant to support the Office of the Assessors Network Administration unit for the design, implement and support the departments virtual server infrastructure, implementing server standards and supporting departmental portal infrastructure, perform complex network and server administration, perform capacity planning, and monitor network performance.

 

CONTRACTOR TASKS

The Senior Programmer Analyst will be assigned to the following Information Technology projects/tasks:

 

Design, implement, test, and maintain VMWare ESX server infrastructure

 

Install and configure VMWare Virtual Center and control user’s access to VMWare servers

 

Deploy and manage virtual machines using Virtual Center

 

Plan and implement VMotion on Storage Area Network or Network Attached Storage to allow multiple installations of ESX Server to access server files concurrently

 

Prepare standards and policy for network user and group accounts to meet the network security

requirements established by the department and the county

 

Establish Employee software Development environment

 

Maintain and applied critical patches for servers

 

Participate in design and implementation of Business Continuity Planning/disaster recovery plan

 

Ensure high availability of applications residing on virtual machines

 

Plan and implement back up engine on installed virtual machines

 

Monitor and maintain virtual machines

 

Upgrade and recommend new features to virtualization environment, and Troubleshoot typical virtual server issues

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The Candidate must meet all of the following minimum qualifications:

 

5 years experience within the last 7 years as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE),

 

5 years experience within the last 7 years in Microsoft networking including Microsoft Windows 2003 and Active Directory,

 

5 years experience within the last 7 years with network protocols and network security,

 

3 years experience within the last 4 working with VMWare applications or be VMWare certified.

 

5 years experience within the last 7 years with Microsoft Exchange Server or other Server base email services,

 

5 years experience within the last 9 years in conducting feasibility studies, analyzing data processing systems, and performing modifications,

 

5 years experience within the last 9 years coordinating with users to secure approval of the proposed plans, instructions and procedures,

 

5 years experience within the last 9 developing plans for testing manual and automated processes in one or more computer platforms, developing systems, and program documentation

 

6 years experience within the last 8 years in communications supporting LAN and other computer platforms, including connectivity from LAN to LAN, LAN to host, and Mainframe/AS400 emulation software.

 

We are unable to sub this out.  You MUST be our W2 employee.

 

Qualified candidates, send resume in Word format to Jay Miller, jmiller@pyramidinc.com for immediate consideration.