IaaS SME – Lifecycle Management (LCM)

Contract: 12 months (subject to extension).

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Salary: Not a constraint for the right candidate!

Experience: 6-8 years.

Hybrid: 2 days Work from Home 3 days Work from Office

Your Profile & DNA:

We are looking for an experienced IaaS Subject Matter Expert (SME) with strong hands-on expertise in Cisco UCS and VMware technologies to support enterprise infrastructure deployment, operations and lifecycle management.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design and deploy greenfield Cisco UCS infrastructure, including Fabric Interconnects, blade servers, X-Series nodes, VICs and service profiles.
• Manage VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) deployments, upgrades and lifecycle management.
• Perform ESXi, vCenter, firmware and driver upgrades.
• Manage vSAN, vDS, SAN/NAS storage and infrastructure migrations.
• Handle complex L3 infrastructure incidents, troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Automate infrastructure deployments and upgrades using PowerCLI, Python and Ansible.
• Implement infrastructure security, compliance and configuration standards.
• Develop technical documentation, runbooks and operational procedures.

Qualification & Experience

• A Bachelor's or Master's Degree or equivalent.
• 8–10+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco UCS and VMware vSphere.
• Cisco UCS Manager (UCSM) and Cisco Intersight.
• VMware ESXi, vCenter and VCF (preferably VCF 9.0).
• Cisco UCS B-Series and X-Series servers, VICs and Fabric Interconnects.
• VMware vSAN, vDS, vMotion and Storage vMotion.
• Storage technologies: SAN, NAS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI and NFS.
• Scripting and automation using PowerCLI, Python and Ansible.
• Strong L3 troubleshooting and infrastructure lifecycle management experience.

Good to Have

• Cisco MDS storage switches.
• VMware NSX, SRM and HCX.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Git, ServiceNow and ITIL processes.
• Experience in large-scale enterprise data centre environments.

What do we offer?

If your profile matches the job requirement and you are interested to be presented to our clients, then please apply and don’t forget to attach your updated CV in line with the JD!

This position is for 1 year with possibility of extension. We offer competitive Gross Salary in line with the market standard.

Besides that, we offer following benefits, such as:

• 20 days of holiday per year
• Encourage Personal Development - Certification (Certification Charges reimbursed)
• Income Tax Return Filing
• We provide Visa Sponsorship for Candidate & Dependants
• Possibility of bonus

Who we are:

A2G Consulting also known as "A2G Technologies" is one of the fastest growing staffing companies in North Brabant region, Netherlands. We cater to Asia and Europe market focusing on high tech & non-high-tech clientele; headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands with a branch office in India (Bangalore & Pune) & Dubai. We successfully find a candidate and ensure that they get opportunities in line with their aspirations. We offer visa sponsorship for local & international candidates for career-enhancing opportunities. We strongly believe in equal opportunities and hence have a pool of resources with diversified ethnicity.

You will be deployed and work at one of our client sites.