VMware Systems Administrator - Full-time

DISH is a Fortune 200 company with more than $15 billion in annual revenue that continues to redefine the communications industry. Our legacy is innovation and a willingness to challenge the status quo, including reinventing ourselves. We disrupted the pay-TV industry in the mid-90s with the launch of the DISH satellite TV service, taking on some of the largest U.S. corporations in the process, and grew to be the fourth-largest pay-TV provider. We are doing it again with the first live, internet-delivered TV service – Sling TV – that bucks traditional pay-TV norms and gives consumers a truly new way to access and watch television.

Now we have our sights set on upending the wireless industry and unseating the entrenched incumbent carriers.

We are driven by curiosity, pride, adventure, and a desire to win – it’s in our DNA. We’re looking for people with boundless energy, intelligence, and an overwhelming need to achieve to join our team as we embark on the next chapter of our story.

Opportunity is here. We are DISH.

A successful Virtual Enterprise Administrator will have the following:

• Bachelors’ degree in Computer Science, technical field, or equivalent experience and related certifications (VCP, ITIL, etc.); 3-7 years of systems administration. Relevant experience may be a substitute for education.

• Experience with VMWare vRealize Suite (vCO/vRO/vRA/vCAC) and vSphere Platform.

• Familiar with IaaS/PaaS solutions and cloud-based application development/deployment.

• Familiar with information system architecture to include systems, storage, networking components; extensive knowledge of existing industry standards, technologies and infrastructure operations.

• Experience with configuration management tools (PowerCLi, vRealize, Puppet, Chef, and similar tools) is a plus.

• Three plus years of VMware, Microsoft Windows, and RedHat Enterprise Linux systems experience in a medium to large environment.

• Familiar with the identification and remediation of over provisioned VMs.

The Virtual Enterprise Administrator is responsible for the public and private cloud systems operational environment management, installation/configuration, integration, documentation and support.

Primary responsibilities fall into the following categories:

• This individual must work effectively with Systems Architects, System Administrators, Project Managers, DBAs, Developers and management to provide timely execution, support, planning, implementation and increased uptimes of business systems.
• Applicant must be able to participate effectively on team and enterprise projects. 
• Applicant must know or quickly learn the technical and business working environment through initiative and direction from senior staff and/or peers.
• Maintaining vendor support and technical interaction, technology implementation with and identifying sound technical solutions to execute the requirements of the business.
• Install, Configure, Maintain, and Patch VMWare ESXi servers.
• Review existing technology implementations, suggest and implement improvements and upgrades as appropriate. Actively seeks out opportunities to improve existing practices, procedures, and implementations.
• Assist with gathering documentation and information used to capture, structure, and accurately represent stakeholders' requirements.

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