Senior Systems Engineer (VMware & Microsoft Infrastructure)

We are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer with deep expertise in VMware infrastructure technologies to serve as the organizations onsite technical subject matter expert for VMware Active Directory Microsoft 365 Entra ID and Intune environments.

This individual will play a critical role in the administration optimization and modernization of the organizations VMware infrastructure while helping establish long-term architecture standards governance and best practices. The ideal candidate is not only a strong systems administrator but also someone who understands infrastructure architecture can drive strategic improvements and enjoys collaborating closely with team members through knowledge sharing and mentorship.

This is a contract to hire position located onsite in Cicero Illinois

• Significant hands-on experience administering and supporting enterprise VMware environments.
• Strong expertise with:
  • VMware vSphere
  • ESXi
  • vCenter
  • VMware lifecycle management upgrades and performance optimization
  • Active Directory
  • Microsoft 365
  • Entra ID
  • Intune
    
• Experience designing managing and troubleshooting highly available virtualized environments.
• Experience supporting hybrid Microsoft infrastructure environments hosted on VMware platforms.
• Strong understanding of storage compute networking and virtualization concepts.
• Experience with VMware capacity planning performance tuning disaster recovery and infrastructure modernization initiatives.
• Strong understanding of identity and access management principles.
• Experience with PowerShell scripting and automation.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues across VMware and Microsoft technology stacks.
• Experience documenting environments implementing standards and driving infrastructure improvements.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across teams.
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
• Must demonstrate a can-do attitude.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science or a related field preferred.
• Equivalent combination of professional experience and technical expertise will also be considered.
• VMware certifications (VCP VCAP) highly preferred.
• Relevant Microsoft infrastructure certifications are a plus.
• Experience participating in virtualization migrations datacenter transformations or infrastructure modernization projects.

Compensation Range:

$48-$57 per hour

What you get:

We offer weekly competitive pay medical dental vision 401K and more.

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Sentinel delivers solutions that can efficiently address a range of IT needs from security to communications to systems & networks to software applications to cloud and managed services; all of which include our staffing solutions for our clients. Since 1982 Sentinel has grown from providing technology maintenance services to our current standing as one of the leading IT services and solutions provider in the US. We have aligned with many of todays global technology leaders including Cisco Dell VMware and Microsoft. Sentinel services customers both nationally and internationally with primary support operating centers in Downers Grove (HQ) Chicago and Springfield IL; Phoenix AZ.; Lansing and Grand Rapids MI; Milwaukee WI; and Denver CO.

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Experience:

Senior IC