Sr. VMWareLinux Administrator

Houston, MS - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Title: Sr. VMWare/Linux Administrator

Location - Downtown Houston TX

Hybrid: 4 days onsite 1 day remote

Employment Type: long-term Contract

Skills	No. of Years of experience	Detailed Experience
Total No. of Years of Experience
Total No. of years of Experience as a VMware ESXi Linux Admin
Must have VMware ESXi
Must have Linux Red Hat
Strong hands-on expertise in VMware ESXi patching upgrades vCenter administration and cluster management.
Deep knowledge of vulnerability remediation in virtualized environments (Rapid7/Tenable integration preferred).
Advanced RHEL administration (RHEL 8.x & 9.x) including YUM/DNF patching and kernel management.
Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for automated OS and hypervisor patching.
Strong troubleshooting skills across Linux ESXi and underlying hardware/firmware layers.
Proficiency in scripting (Bash Shell or Python) for automation and remediation activities.

Key Responsibilities

Lead vulnerability remediation activities across VMware ESXi clusters vCenter and associated virtualization components.
Perform ESXi patching upgrades and lifecycle management using VMware Lifecycle Manager (vLCM).
Execute remediation of critical vulnerabilities (CVEs) across hypervisors and supporting infrastructure within defined SLAs.
Plan and implement rolling upgrades for ESXi hosts in clustered production environments with zero/minimal downtime.
Perform RHEL (8.x 9.x) and SUSE (12.x 15.x) OS patching upgrades and migrations.
Design and implement automated patching using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP).
Create test and maintain Ansible playbooks and workflows for Linux and ESXi remediation activities.
Conduct root cause analysis for patching failures performance degradation and host instability issues.
Perform firmware and BIOS upgrades for server hardware hosting ESXi (including HMC and CECs where applicable).
Manage filesystem user administration kernel tuning and performance troubleshooting in heterogeneous Linux/AIX environments.
Coordinate with infrastructure storage and network teams to validate compatibility matrices before upgrades.
Develop SOPs remediation runbooks rollback procedures and audit documentation for compliance and governance.

Core Skills Required

Strong hands-on expertise in VMware ESXi patching upgrades vCenter administration and cluster management.
Deep knowledge of vulnerability remediation in virtualized environments (Rapid7/Tenable integration preferred).
Advanced RHEL administration (RHEL 8.x & 9.x) including YUM/DNF patching and kernel management.
Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for automated OS and hypervisor patching.
Strong troubleshooting skills across Linux ESXi and underlying hardware/firmware layers.
Proficiency in scripting (Bash Shell or Python) for automation and remediation activities.

Title: Sr. VMWare/Linux Administrator Location - Downtown Houston TX Hybrid: 4 days onsite 1 day remote Employment Type: long-term Contract Skills No. of Years of experience Detailed Experience Total No. of Years of Experience Total No. of years of Experience as a VMwar...