Data Center Technical Manager

2. Virtualization & Hypervisor Expertise

• Support and maintain VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, or other hypervisor platforms.
• Manage VM provisioning, lifecycle, performance tuning, and resource allocation.
• Patch and upgrade hypervisor clusters with minimal impact.

3. Infrastructure Automation and Scripting

• Develop and maintain scripts (PowerShell, Python, Bash) for platform management and automation.
• Work with tools like Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet for IaaC (Infrastructure as a Code).

4. Compute and Platform Maintenance

• Plan and execute firmware, BIOS, and OS patching for compute nodes.
• Support bare-metal provisioning and OS deployment (Linux / Windows).
• Manage integration of compute platforms with storage and networking.

5. Monitoring and Optimization

• Use enterprise monitoring tools (e.g., vROps, Nagios, SolarWinds, Prometheus) to track system health.
• Proactively analyze capacity and performance trends; recommend optimization strategies.

6. Incident, Problem & Change Management

• Participate in root cause analysis (RCA) for major incidents.
• Create and review change requests; ensure proper risk assessment.
• Maintain documentation and knowledge base articles for recurring problems.

7. Security and Compliance

• Ensure platform configurations adhere to corporate security policies and regulatory standards (e.g., CIS benchmarks).
• Assist with vulnerability remediation and hardening of compute infrastructure.

8. Collaboration and Project Involvement

• Collaborate with architecture teams to design and implement new compute and platform solutions.
• Provide SME (Subject Matter Expert) input for infrastructure projects and migrations.
• Work with vendors (e.g., Dell, HPE, Lenovo) for support and lifecycle planning.

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