VMware Administrator

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About This Opportunity:
We are looking for a skilled and motivated VMware L2 Infrastructure Engineer to join our IT Operations team. In this role, you will play a critical part in managing, maintaining, and optimizing our enterprise virtualization environment. You will be responsible for ensuring the health and performance of virtual infrastructure, resolving incidents within defined SLAs, and supporting day-to-day operational activities. If you are a hands-on VMware professional with a passion for infrastructure reliability and continuous improvement, we would love to hear from you.
What You Will Do:

• Manage and support virtualized environments using VMware vSphere and VMware vCenter Server
• Provision, configure, and decommission virtual machines in line with business requirements
• Perform VM cloning, snapshot management, and template administration
• Monitor infrastructure health, performance metrics, and alerts proactively
• Troubleshoot L2-level issues including:
• VM performance degradation
• Host and resource utilization concerns
• Storage latency and I/O bottlenecks
• Resolve incidents within SLA timelines and escalate complex issues to L3 teams when required
• Conduct routine tasks including VM backup validation, snapshot cleanup, and log reviews
• Assist in patching and upgrades of ESXi hosts as part of scheduled maintenance windows
• Work with datastores including VMFS and NFS
• Coordinate with storage teams on SAN/NAS related activities
• Support enterprise backup tools such as Veeam or Commvault
• Perform basic management of Standard Switches (vSS) and Distributed Switches (vDS)
• Troubleshoot and resolve network connectivity issues between virtual machines
• Execute approved change requests following ITIL/change management processes
• Support planned maintenance activities and coordinated downtime windows
• Document changes accurately and maintain up-to-date runbooks

The Skills You Bring:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in VMware administration within enterprise environments
• Proven experience with:
• ESXi host management - configuration, patching, and troubleshooting
• vCenter Server operations - VM lifecycle management, resource pools, and clusters
• Working knowledge of:
• Storage concepts - SAN/NAS, VMFS, NFS datastores
• Networking fundamentals - VLANs, IP addressing, virtual switching
• Familiarity with Windows and Linux VM administration
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills with the ability to work under pressure
• Good communication skills and ability to collaborate across infrastructure teams
• Experience working within ITIL-based or structured IT operations environments is a plus

Why join Ericsson?At Ericsson, you'll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what's possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world's toughest problems. You'll be challenged, but you won't be alone. You'll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
What happens once you apply? Click Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like.Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.
Primary country and city: India (IN) || Noida
Req ID: 783008