Sr System Administrator VMWare/SAN, Boston Boston, MA Position: Sr System Administrator – VMWare/SAN Duration: 1 year (renewable) Interview Mode: Face to Face with own expenses Location: Boston, MA Client: MA STATE PROJECT This position provides senior level operational support for multiple Microsoft Windows based systems environments. This position is responsible for all aspects of systems administration operations including daily monitoring, maintenance, troubleshooting, problem resolution, updates, and performance tuning. In addition, responsible for ensuring reliable interfaces between active directory and all supported services/servers such as DHCP, SMS, QIP DNS, Email, Anti- Virus, workstation login, shared directory services/file servers, remote access/VPN, MS SQL. Experience with EMC Clarion SAN. Regular operational duties include the following: Daily Monitoring and Reporting for the Windows platform environment. Apply standard troubleshooting methodologies to isolate root cause and determine impact and risk. Utilize knowledge bases and other available resources to propose appropriate and complete solutions. Troubleshoot all active directory issues including user, server, and enterprise issues. - Experience with EMC Clarion SAN - Experience with VMWare - Working knowledge of network administration such as Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, networking, Symantec Enterprise Vault Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: - Experience troubleshooting, installing, maintaining VMware virtual environments - Ability to build, update, and manage virtual servers and desktops - Daily monitoring of SAN - Allocate LUN and RAID groups as needed - Monitoring of SANs and nodes (servers) connectivity for performance and efficiency - Performance tuning of SAN and nodes - Ensure data protection on SAN Knowledge of the following: - HP Blade servers and traditional HP rack-mount servers