Senior IT Operations Analyst – Cisco UCS, VMware

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About the role

  • Senior infrastructure analyst supporting Cisco UCS and VMware virtualization at TD, a global financial institution. Maintaining secure, stable enterprise infrastructure and resolving complex technical issues.

Responsibilities

  • Support Cisco UCS infrastructure and VMware virtualization environments
  • Ensure solutions meet business client and stakeholder needs while adhering to bank technology and quality standards
  • Maintain understanding of business and technology directions, developments, and industry trends
  • Oversee solution design, development, and implementation with application leads and architects
  • Act as escalation point for unresolved VMware virtualization and hardware technical issues
  • Collaborate with vendors, consultants, and other Technology Solutions areas to develop solutions
  • Create and maintain virtual infrastructure documentation for project assignments
  • Communicate and resolve or escalate issues accurately and on time
  • Monitor service delivery against commitments and prioritize work activities
  • Follow documented operational procedures with minimal guidance
  • Analyze operational processes and identify continuous improvement opportunities
  • Maintain virtual infrastructure and ensure security and patch compliance
  • Monitor supported environments using VMware Aria Operations, Dynatrace, and Intersight
  • Ensure platform performance and stability

Requirements

  • VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification in vSphere 8.x or VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Post-secondary degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
  • Familiarity with remediation of software and hardware break/fix on Cisco Data Center products
  • Strong working knowledge of Cisco Data Center technologies, including Fabric Interconnects, UCS C-Series and B-Series servers, and blade chassis
  • Expert knowledge of Cisco Data Center networking and storage technologies, including Cisco NX-OS, VLANs, trunking, Fibre Channel, VSANs, and physical connectivity architectures
  • Expert knowledge of Cisco UCS hardware components, including rack servers, blade servers, Fabric Interconnects, and Fabric Extenders (FEX)
  • Expertise in UCS Central, UCS Manager, and Cisco Intersight management platforms
  • Experience designing and deploying service profiles and templates in UCS Central and Intersight
  • 7-10+ years of experience administering enterprise VMware environments
  • Working experience and knowledge of NSX software-defined networking environments
  • Experience supporting private and public cloud environments
  • Advanced experience administering VMware vSAN environments
  • Working knowledge of VMware Update Manager and/or VMware Lifecycle Manager
  • Experience using VMware PowerCLI and PowerShell
  • Expert troubleshooting skills for complex VMware infrastructure issues and Windows/Linux virtual machine problems
  • In-depth knowledge of VMware Distributed Virtual Switches, DRS, vMotion, vSphere HA, host clusters, datastore clusters, enterprise networking, and failover clustering
  • Advanced experience with VMware Aria Operations, Aria Operations for Logs, and Aria Operations for Networks
  • Familiarity with VMware Aria Automation services and deployments
  • Understanding of Microsoft Active Directory and security policies (GPO)
  • Familiarity with VMware Site Recovery Manager and disaster recovery planning/management
  • Strong understanding of SAN technologies, including enterprise storage platforms such as Hitachi Vantara
  • Ability to prioritize competing demands and work independently and within cross-functional teams
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and process-driven
  • Strong written, verbal, and stakeholder communication skills
  • Familiarity with ITIL best practices and ServiceNow

Benefits

  • Base salary
  • Variable compensation
  • Health and well-being benefits
  • Savings and retirement programs
  • Paid time off
  • Banking benefits and discounts
  • Career development
  • Reward and recognition programs
  • Regular development conversations
  • Training programs
  • Online learning platform
  • Mentoring programs
  • Training and onboarding sessions
  • Accessibility accommodations during the interview process

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$81,600 - CA$115,200 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Tech skills

CloudLinuxServiceNowVMware

Location requirements

HybridMississaugaCanada

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