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VDI Stack Monitoring Specialist (Contract) - Gauteng / Hybrid - ISB5302718 / 2721

VDI Stack Monitoring Specialist (Contract) - Gauteng / Hybrid - ISB5302718 / 2721

iSanqaMidrand, Gauteng, South Africa
30+ days ago
Job description

Introduction

Our client requires the services of a Senior Operations Engineer - Midrand / Menlyn / Rosslyn / Home Office rotation.

  • Amazing brand with cutting-edge technology
  • Excellent teams in Global team collaboration
  • High work-life balance with Flexible hours
  • Agile working environment

EXPERIENCE : 8-10 Years related working experience.

COMMENCEMENT : As soon as possible

Duties & Responsibilities

ROLE :

Be part of a global team responsible for the development and operation of the GROUP Digital Workspace that includes the product Virtual Device (VDI).

Our Product vision : We provide virtual desktops and apps within 10 minutes to our customers worldwide.

The focus lies on worldwide delivery (Cloud & On Premises) of the virtual desktop, App and access infrastructure for internal and external partners.

This product, as part of the Digital Workspace, offers a complex platform which allows the scaling of high-performance virtual desktops and apps. Our service delivery is for all company processes within the Group.

Be involved in the maintenance and operation of a global GROUP Digital Workspace infrastructure for virtual devices.

  • Be a maintenance and operations focused team member for our cloud and on premises VDI platforms.
  • Make sure that the infrastructure for VDI platforms run smoothly.
  • Actively work on constantly improving operational excellence including automation and proactive monitoring approaches.
  • Collaborate with an international product team, external providers, vendors and end-users.
  • Treat security as a first-class citizen.
  • Work closely with stakeholders, development teams in constantly improving our VDI platforms stability and availability.
  • Work with other IT teams on integration of new features and components.
  • Main function :

  • Be responsible for the operations and standardization of the GROUP enterprise VDI infrastructure, platform and desktop components.
  • Be responsible for the verification, planning and actioning of maintenance tasks together with other infrastructure teams.
  • Continuously work on improving the operational stability.
  • Work on automation of platform operations, troubleshooting and maintenance topics.
  • Install, configure, maintain and deploy virtual Apps and desktop images.
  • Installation, Configuration, and maintenance of RDSH servers, e.g., Windows Server, Windows Multisession.
  • Installation, Configuration, and maintenance of Published Application presentation layer (e.g., XenApp & Citrix Workspace).
  • Application and Server hardening (e.g., Ivanti).
  • Worked with Application Monitoring tools.
  • Desired Experience & Qualification

    QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

  • South African citizens / residents are preferred.
  • A university degree in a relevant field of study (e.g., computer science, engineering, sciences, etc.) or a comparable qualification.
  • 5+ years Operations experience with Citrix VDI and App stack.
  • Experience with windows desktops and server support.
  • Experience with Windows Terminal Server.
  • Experience with software packaging and image creation.
  • Experience with hardware and software lifecycle.
  • Experience with ITIL processes (Problem, Incident, Change management).
  • ESSENTIAL SKILLS :

  • Experience in VMWare Horizon Cloud preferably Next Gen.
  • Knowledge of VMWare Workspace ONE Access and Unified Endpoint Management.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Intune.
  • Knowledge in Scripting (Powershell).
  • Experience in VMWare Intelligence.
  • Experience in VMWare Freestyle.
  • Experience in operation of Windows Servers (higher than 2016).
  • Experience in Windows Client (Windows 10 / 11) OS troubleshooting and patch management.
  • ADVANTAGEOUS TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Experience with cloud technologies and cloud providers (Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services).
  • Microsoft W365.
  • Experience in operation, maintenance of VDI technologies (Microsoft and VMware Horizon).
  • Automated problem remediation.
  • Machine learning (ML) for data analytics.
  • Understand Rest API technology.
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