Wintel Vmware Engineering Consultant - Hewlett Packard

Designation	Wintel Vmware Engineering Consultant
Job Description	Position Engineering Consultant Wintel JOB Level Specialist/Expert Role and Responsibilities - Lead, organize, schedule and conduct requirement gathering discussions. Take responsibility for reviewing the requirements and having them signed off by all stake holders - Analyze the existing environment and provide necessary inputs to the Solution Architect/Chief Engineer/Enterprise Architect on developing a baseline architecture - Develop and engineer a solution for the desirable/agreed target state and provide the Solution Architect/Chief Engineer/Enterprise Architect with inputs on developing the target architecture - Assist the Solution Architect/Chief Engineer/Enterprise Architect with identifying, evaluating and selecting products to be used in target solutions - Perform due diligence, gap analysis, and develop and present remediation plans to address gaps - Produce PSQMS deliverables like DPS, TDS, EWO and Bill of Materials - Lead, schedule, organize and conduct peer reviews of the PSQMS deliverables and ensure complete formal approval for those deliverables - Lead, schedule, organize and conduct walk-throughs of deliverables with all stake holders including the customer - Help the implementation team with implementation issues and address questions regarding implementations - Assist Solution Architects/Chief Engineers/Enterprise Architects with development and review of presales technical solution proposals - Participate in Infrastructure Heath Check Initiatives, perform gap analysis and recommend remediation plans for addressing the gaps identified. Produce and review the IHC related deliverables and review them with all stake holders. - Participate in war rooms oh high severity incidents and provide the operations teams with expert advice and guidance on resolving the incidents - Provide accounts with consulting on enhancing functionalities, capacity, performance, stability and availability of the existing environments Minimum Education and Experience Bachelors Degree or equivalent College Diploma in Engineering or Science. Minimum IT experience of 8 years with relevant experience of a minimum of 5 years. Core Competencies - Excellent verbal and written communication, probing and articulation skills - Excellent presentation skill - Excellent technical design and documentation skills - Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills - Ability to understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements and solutions - Ability to understand cost models and create solutions that are best suited to them - Ability to create and propose cost effective solutions - Ability to identify challenges and convert them into opportunities - Ability to understand and internalize quality frameworks and create solutions and deliverables that comply with them - Ability to collaborate with cross functional teams on creating multi-discipline solutions - Ability to work comfortably with people from diverse geographical and cultural backgrounds - Demonstrated leadership qualities, ability to handle and work customer escalations, sense of ownership and credibility Mandatory Technical Skills - Extensive knowledge on the latest editions and at least 2 earlier editions of the Windows Server Operating Systems - Experience in one of the Blade Server technologies such as HP C7000 and IBM Blade Centers - Expert knowledge on Windows Installation, migration, upgrades, space management, troubleshooting and maintenance - Experience in scheduling and automating deployments in Wintel based server infrastructures - Extensive experience in designing and implementing Wintel based Distributed File System namespace, Cluster, DNS, DHCP, PKI, and Domain Controllers - Extensive experience in Windows Remote Desktop Services Setup and licensing - Extensive experience in installing and configuring Microsoft IIS based Web Servers in Load balanced environments - Experience in Windows Scripting vbScript, PowerShell - Expert knowledge on MSCS clusters with Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering - Extensive knowledge on mission critical midrange server infrastructure and an in depth understanding of server hardware architecture and performance - Extensive experience in designing and implementing Automation of monitoring, reporting and patching of Windows based servers - Extensive experience in capacity planning for and consolidation of Wintel based server infrastructures including virtualized environments - Experience in designing, planning and implementing of datacenter consolidation including networking requirements, server sizing, backup requirement, storage requirement and Load balancing - Experience in scheduling deployment sequences for Application landscape migration including but not limited to sizing of servers for applications - Extensive exposure to Blade Server Enclosure, Virtual Connect and Direct attached storage devices sizing and implementation - Deep level troubleshooting skills on complex issues with Wintel based server infrastructures including performance and capacity issues Desirable Technical Skills - Knowledge on Hyper-V Server 2008 and Hyper-V Server 2012 - Knowledge on VERITAS Server Cluster
Desired Profile	Position Engineering Consultant Wintel JOB Level Specialist/Expert Role and Responsibilities - Lead, organize, schedule and conduct requirement gathering discussions. Take responsibility for reviewing the requirements and having them signed off by all stake holders - Analyze the existing environment and provide necessary inputs to the Solution Architect/Chief Engineer/Enterprise Architect on developing a baseline architecture - Develop and engineer a solution for the desirable/agreed target state and provide the Solution Architect/Chief Engineer/Enterprise Architect with inputs on developing the target architecture - Assist the Solution Architect/Chief Engineer/Enterprise Architect with identifying, evaluating and selecting products to be used in target solutions - Perform due diligence, gap analysis, and develop and present remediation plans to address gaps - Produce PSQMS deliverables like DPS, TDS, EWO and Bill of Materials - Lead, schedule, organize and conduct peer reviews of the PSQMS deliverables and ensure complete formal approval for those deliverables - Lead, schedule, organize and conduct walk-throughs of deliverables with all stake holders including the customer - Help the implementation team with implementation issues and address questions regarding implementations - Assist Solution Architects/Chief Engineers/Enterprise Architects with development and review of presales technical solution proposals - Participate in Infrastructure Heath Check Initiatives, perform gap analysis and recommend remediation plans for addressing the gaps identified. Produce and review the IHC related deliverables and review them with all stake holders. - Participate in war rooms oh high severity incidents and provide the operations teams with expert advice and guidance on resolving the incidents - Provide accounts with consulting on enhancing functionalities, capacity, performance, stability and availability of the existing environments Minimum Education and Experience Bachelors Degree or equivalent College Diploma in Engineering or Science. Minimum IT experience of 8 years with relevant experience of a minimum of 5 years. Core Competencies - Excellent verbal and written communication, probing and articulation skills - Excellent presentation skill - Excellent technical design and documentation skills - Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills - Ability to understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements and solutions - Ability to understand cost models and create solutions that are best suited to them - Ability to create and propose cost effective solutions - Ability to identify challenges and convert them into opportunities - Ability to understand and internalize quality frameworks and create solutions and deliverables that comply with them - Ability to collaborate with cross functional teams on creating multi-discipline solutions - Ability to work comfortably with people from diverse geographical and cultural backgrounds - Demonstrated leadership qualities, ability to handle and work customer escalations, sense of ownership and credibility Mandatory Technical Skills - Extensive knowledge on the latest editions and at least 2 earlier editions of the Windows Server Operating Systems - Experience in one of the Blade Server technologies such as HP C7000 and IBM Blade Centers - Expert knowledge on Windows Installation, migration, upgrades, space management, troubleshooting and maintenance - Experience in scheduling and automating deployments in Wintel based server infrastructures - Extensive experience in designing and implementing Wintel based Distributed File System namespace, Cluster, DNS, DHCP, PKI, and Domain Controllers - Extensive experience in Windows Remote Desktop Services Setup and licensing - Extensive experience in installing and configuring Microsoft IIS based Web Servers in Load balanced environments - Experience in Windows Scripting vbScript, PowerShell - Expert knowledge on MSCS clusters with Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering - Extensive knowledge on mission critical midrange server infrastructure and an in depth understanding of server hardware architecture and performance - Extensive experience in designing and implementing Automation of monitoring, reporting and patching of Windows based servers - Extensive experience in capacity planning for and consolidation of Wintel based server infrastructures including virtualized environments - Experience in designing, planning and implementing of datacenter consolidation including networking requirements, server sizing, backup requirement, storage requirement and Load balancing - Experience in scheduling deployment sequences for Application landscape migration including but not limited to sizing of servers for applications - Extensive exposure to Blade Server Enclosure, Virtual Connect and Direct attached storage devices sizing and implementation - Deep level troubleshooting skills on complex issues with Wintel based server infrastructures including performance and capacity issues Desirable Technical Skills - Knowledge on Hyper-V Server 2008 and Hyper-V Server 2012 - Knowledge on VERITAS Server Cluster