Sr. Solutions Engineer

Summary

The Senior Solutions Engineer role at ThinkOn involves coordinating issues, working with cross-functional teams, designing solutions, taking technical lead on deployments, and providing guidance. The candidate should have extensive experience with VMware based virtual platforms and related technologies, and be a Canadian resident or permanent resident.

Requirements

• Canadian or Permeant Residence status of 10+ years
• 5+ years of operational experience with VMware based virtual platforms
• 5+ years of operational experience with VMware Sphere (ESXi & vCenter)
• 3+ years of operational experience with VMware Cloud Director environments
• 2+ years of operational experience with Cloud environments
• 2+ years of operational experience with NSX environments
• 3+ years blades and chassis administration (HPe, Cisco, Lenovo and/or Dell)
• 3+ years of fibre channel based storage administration
• Solid understanding of routing and switching concepts and technology
• Experience in a 24/7/365, multi-tiered large scale production environment
• VMware Certified Professional 6+ (VCP6 or higher)
• Experience implementing and/or maintaining VMware vCloud environment
• NSX-T implementation and management for vCloud environment

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and own all issues escalated beyond level 2
• Work effectively with cross functional teams, mentoring and providing technical leadership to level 2 team members
• Have the ability to discern key aspects of a problem and address them at an early state by determining the best resolution
• Effectively communicate to all parties involved
• Architecture Design duties to help develop solutions to scale for cloud services provider
• Responsible for VMware based virtual platform and the solutions around it
• Concertation in the areas of ESXi, vCenter & vCloudwith NSX-T
• Backup, Replication, AD and Storage
• Servers (ESXi Host) configuration, deployment and management of physical servers and chassis/blades solutions like HPe, Cisco, Lenovo and Dell
• Coordinate and own level 3 projects and implementations pertaining to your assigned products/systems
• Produce documentation for system deployment, operation and support
• Provide complex system problem support, troubleshooting and problem analysis for different hardware and software components within ThinkOn systems
• Maintain close interactions with all technical and project related teams within ThinkOn, customers and vendors
• System deployment, integration and support activities for PDLC
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• VMware Tanzu and Kubernetes experience would be considered an asset
• Experience working with Hyperflex or HCI PIVOT3
• Experience in migrating NSX-V to NSX-T on vCloud environment
• Experience with IP Networking, routing, and switching
• SOC or ISO audit/control experience (pertaining to environment security)
• Experience with implementation and/or design of Veeam, Zerto, or CommVault

Benefits

• A remote-first culture
• Competitive compensation package
• Flexible time-off for vacation; 5 personal days/year
• Comprehensive health and dental benefits*
• A $1,000* Wellness & Learning allowance*
• Eligible to join the ThinkOn Group Retirement Savings Plan*
• Referral Bonuses for successful hires*