Virtualization Administrator - UNRWA
- Posting Title: Consultant – Project Management Support Administrator; (Local); (UNICC Partnership)
- Department/Office: United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
- Duty Station: HQ Gaza
- Posting Period: 04 April 2022 - 18 April 2022
- Job Opening Number: 22-UNRWA - Information Management - Gaza-178455-Consultant
- Staffing Exercise N/A
Work Location
- Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, or West Bank
Expected duration
- The duration of the consultancy is 6 to 11 months, extendable according to performance and availability of funds.
- Remuneration for this consultancy will be 1,600 USD depending on the fund availability, qualifications, and relevant experience.
- The incumbent can be in any UNRWA field of operations (Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, or West Bank).
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provides technical support to the ICC virtualization Infrastructure’s users (host virtualization, connectivity, performance, troubleshooting, etc.)
- Administers the ICC’s Virtualization Infrastructures’ systems
- Perform installations and maintenance of VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hypervisor, and OVM/OLVM.
- Supports the daily monitoring, reporting, alerting, and troubleshooting of complex virtualization environments
- Creates and maintains detailed technical and graphical documentation as needed
- Develops/updates tools and scripts to improve and automate the administration of the virtualization operations
- Provides on-call rotation-based support outside of business hours
- prepares technical documentation.
- Perform other duties as may be required.
Qualifications/special skills
- A university degree or master’s degree from an accredited educational institution in information technology, information management, Information systems, computer science, computer engineering, Software engineering, Business Administration, Management, or other related disciplines;
- A minimum of 5 years of experience for a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3 years for a master’s degree in administering and troubleshooting VMware 6.x/7 infrastructure including ESXi, vCenter, Horizon View, VSAN, and other related technologies.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Hyper-V, SCVMM, and OracleVM/OLVM (KVM)
- Proved experience with host integration activities as per storage market leaders’ best practices
- Knowledge of Hyper Converged Infrastructure or Software Defined Storage solutions
- Knowledge of Linux and MS Windows Operating Systems and Windows Clusters administration including storage multipath implementation and configuration
- Good understanding and knowledge of networking technologies (Ethernet, Routing, ARP, TCP/IP, LACP, etc.)
- Experience in shell scripting and automation tools (PowerShell, Perl, Bash, Python, Ansible…)
- knowledge of Veeam Management Pack for System Center
- knowledge of vSphere Replication, SRM, vCloud Director, vRealize and other related technologies.
- Experience supporting HPE Blade/Rack systems and HPE OneView.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
- VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V and Linux.
- Storage/Backup vendors’ certifications
- ITIL
Competency:
- Teamwork and conflict resolution skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including writing e documentation and reports, interpersonal and collaborative skills.
- work effectively under pressure with minimum supervision.
- action-oriented and committed to achieving outcomes
- Willingness to learn on the job. Learning and researching
Language:
- Fluent in spoken and written English.