VMWare Migration Specialist

Vancouver - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Who we are:

For over 25 years Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving surveillance eDiscovery and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the worlds most highly regulated firms giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.

Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. Its a place where you can genuinely make an impact and be recognized for it.

We believe great businesses thrive on diversity inclusion and the contributions of all employees. To that end we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other completely free of barriers.

Your role:

The VMWare Migration Specialist is responsible for the planning design and execution of migrating and validating many virtual machines (VMs) from a mature VMWare environment to an alternate VM platform. You will use your 8 years of experience in virtual environments to ensure the safe migration leading the team and utilizing migration tools to action verify and measure the stability and performance of the migration.

Your responsibilities:

Plan engineer and lead the VMWare Migration project
Collaborate with Infrastructure Security NetOps ITOPS and other stakeholders to ensure successful migration and post-migration support
Develop scripts to automate the activity to minimize the amount of manual work for the large-scale migration project
Execute the VMWare migration with minimal disruption to core business services
Assist in the management of current VMWare environments including ESXi hosts vCenter and virtual networks during the migration
Document all migration steps processes and configurations to ensure meeting all Global Relays compliance requirements

About you:

8 years of experience with deep understanding of major virtualization platforms including VMWare
3 years experience in migrating VMWare to other platforms is a plus
Experience with Open Source software and/or service management tools and applications (Satellite Puppet Zabbix etc.)
Experience with complex IT infrastructure architecture planning design and implementation
Adaptability to working with multiple teams on projects with varying degrees of flexibility/rigidity at different points in the development cycle
Ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships
Ability to work in a team environment and independently as needed
Ability to adapt to change and work well under pressure
Excellent communication organizational interpersonal problem solving and documentation skills
Solid understanding of networking/firewall concepts and their role within an application development environment is considered an asset
Strong scripting and automation proficiency in at least one of the following scripting languages: Powershell Python Bash
Experience with configuration management tools: Ansible Puppet Terraform

Compensation:

Global Relay advertises the pay range for this role in compliance with British Columbias pay transparency laws. Individual pay rates are determined by evaluating factors such as expertise skills education and professional background.

The range below reflects the expected annual base salary which is only one element of our comprehensive total rewards package designed to reflect our company pay philosophy culture and values. We aim to foster an inspiring work environment and support employees work-life rhythms. We provide a comprehensive extended health benefits program including virtual healthcare and a wellness allowance. Employees also receive annual allotted vacation days which increase based on tenure. Other benefits include: Paid sick days maternity/parental enhancement program bonus and an RRSP contribution matching program.

For Vancouver-based employees we provide a subsidized meal program courtesy of our talented in-house culinary team!

British Columbia - Base salary range

$90000$130000 CAD

What you can expect:

At Global Relay theres no ceiling to what you can achieve. Its the land of opportunity for the energetic the intelligent the driven. Youll receive the mentoring coaching and support you need to reach your career goals. Youll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And youll be working alongside smart talented individuals from diverse backgrounds with complementary knowledge and skills.

Global Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity equity and inclusion.

We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments accommodations and personal time are tailored to meet the unique needs of every individual.

To learn more about our business culture and community involvement visit .

Required Experience:

Who we are:For over 25 years Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving surveillance eDiscovery and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the worlds most highly regulated firms giving them gre...