Virtualization Engineer - Vmware/Nutanix

Location:  India 

Recruiter: Dhwanil Manek 

Keyloop bridges the gap between dealers, manufacturers, technology suppliers and car buyers.

We empower car dealers and manufacturers to fully embrace digital transformation. How? By creating innovative technology that makes selling cars better for our customers, and buying and owning cars better for theirs.

We use cutting-edge technology to link our clients’ systems, departments and sites. We provide an open technology platform that’s shaping the industry for the future. We use data to help clients become more efficient, increase profitability and give more customers an amazing experience. Want to be part of it?

Working as part of the Compute (Platform) Engineering team within the Infrastructure & Cloud Services organisation of Keyloop, we are responsible for delivering the Infrastructure and tools used within our global hybrid cloud locations. Compute related services include, but are not limited to, such areas as Servers & Hypervisor (Dell/HP x86, VMware), SAN (Brocade & Cisco), Storage (Dell/IBM), Backup solutions (Netbackup & Rubrik), Operating systems (Windows, Centos, AIX, IBMi) and back office solutions.

We are currently seeking an experienced infrastructure engineer/architect specialising in server and virtualisation technologies (x86 VMware / Nutanix).

NOTE that a similar role involving storage technologies is also available, and preference will be given to those candidates that could be classed as an expert in both storage and virtualisation.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Work as part of a team to define, design and implement the x86 & virtualisation Infrastructure used within our data centres.
• Lead infrastructure projects to perform technology refresh/expansion, asset upgrade, customer migrations and modernisation activities within our platform infrastructure
• Provide 3rd line support escalation to the Infrastructure Support/Operations teams. Provide technical training to those backline and operations teams as required.
• Support the team in selecting products and partners, providing all necessary documentation for launch, implementation and support of designated products.
• Perform technical POCs and solution validations & recommendations.
• Designing and delivering infrastructure services with security at its core. Analysing potential opportunities for improvement and provide remediation plans for security vulnerabilities.

Essential Skills/Abilities:

• Work UK hours
• Possess strong communication skills
• Have extensive hands-on experience of x86 servers, both bare metal and virtualised (specifically Dell, Lenovo or HP)
• Be an expert in VMware vSphere/ESX (Preferably VCP qualified)
• Solid understanding of vSphere components and concepts including ESXi, vCSA, Datacenters, Clusters, DRS, VDS, Content Libraries.
• Experience of Nutanix environments would be a distinct advantage (Nutanix PRISM central and Nutanix AHV)
• Be experienced in planning and performing regular code upgrades across large scale environments
• Experience of tools such as Zerto, VRops would be beneficial
• Any experience of designing with security/hardening in mind, implementing changes via automation/IaaC would be beneficial
• Have experience of providing high availability and disaster recovery solutions

Why join us?

We’re on a journey to become market leaders in our space – and with that comes some incredible opportunities. Collaborate and learn from industry experts from all over the globe. Work with game-changing products and services. Get the training and support you need to try new things, adapt to quick changes and explore different paths. Join Keyloop and progress your career, your way.

An inclusive environment to thrive

We’re committed to fostering an inclusive work environment. One that respects all dimensions of diversity.  We promote an inclusive culture within our business, and we celebrate different employees and lifestyles – not just on key days, but every day.

Be rewarded for your efforts

We believe people should be paid based on their performance so our pay and benefits reflect this and are designed to attract the very best talent. We encourage everyone in our organisation to explore opportunities which enable them to grow their career through investment in their development but equally by working in a culture which fosters support and unbridled collaboration.