Hyper-V Administrator

Summary

Join our team as a part-time Hyper-V Administrator (20 hours/week) to support, maintain, and optimize our Hyper-V environment. This contract role involves managing virtualization infrastructure, troubleshooting performance issues, and ensuring high availability. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience with Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows Server administration, and virtualization best practices. Responsibilities include managing and monitoring the Hyper-V environment, performing maintenance and updates, troubleshooting issues, optimizing configurations, and ensuring proper backup and disaster recovery. Security and compliance are also key aspects of this role, along with maintaining documentation and providing support to IT teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Hyper-V Administrator or Virtualization Engineer
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows Server (2016/2019/2022), and Failover Clustering
• Knowledge of Hyper-V networking, storage configurations, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with PowerShell scripting for automation and VM management
• Expertise in Hyper-V replication, clustering, and live migration
• Strong troubleshooting skills in virtualization, storage, and networking
• Experience with backup and disaster recovery solutions for Hyper-V environments
• Ability to work independently and communicate effectively with remote teams

Responsibilities

• Manage, monitor, and maintain a Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization environment
• Perform regular maintenance, patching, and updates to ensure a stable and secure Hyper-V infrastructure
• Troubleshoot performance, storage, and networking issues within virtualized environments
• Optimize Hyper-V host configurations for performance, reliability, and scalability
• Configure and manage virtual machines (VMs), virtual networks, and storage in Hyper-V
• Ensure proper backup and replication of VMs using Veeam, DPM, or other backup solutions
• Develop and implement disaster recovery (DR) strategies for Hyper-V environments
• Perform VM restores and disaster recovery tests as needed
• Apply security best practices for Hyper-V host and guest environments
• Implement and maintain role-based access control (RBAC) for virtualization environments
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and industry standards for virtualization security
• Maintain detailed documentation of virtualization configurations, policies, and procedures
• Provide recommendations for capacity planning and resource optimization
• Assist IT teams with troubleshooting and root cause analysis of virtualization-related incidents
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support business-critical applications running on Hyper-V

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with SCVMM (System Center Virtual Machine Manager) is a plus