Capacity Planner

Job ID: 
21872
Location: 
Auburn Hills, MI
Position Type: 
Permanent
Required Skills: 
  • Manage and plan for capacity across the enterprise.  Design VM farms, monitor health and performance of physical capacity based on virtual usage.
  • CISCO UCS, VMware, X86 expertise
Expiry Date: 
2 December 2016
Company Name: 
V2Soft Inc
Contact Number: 
248 904 1705
Email Address: 
Job Description: 
  • Manage and plan for capacity across the enterprise.  Design VM farms, monitor health and performance of physical capacity based on virtual usage.
  • CISCO UCS, VMware, X86 expertise
  • Utilize capacity tools, develop and publish reports/metrics on capacity usage, forecasts, trends.
  • Manage all key system metrics and provide  ad hoc reports and dashboards.
  • Monitor and provide recommendations for optimizing existing capacity.
  • Manage incoming capacity demand requests.
  • Designing the midrange capacity layout for server refresh and new business projects.
  • Work with Managed Services provider to deliver server capacity for projects on time.
  • Work with Project Manager on server enrollments and cutovers which will sometimes require attending after hour bridge calls.
  • Assist  Managed Services Level 3 teams with troubleshooting incidents that are related to server capacity.
  • Document the costs associated to different architectural solutions for analysis and cross charges.  Need to architect the solution with the best ROI for Client.
  • Determine hardware requirements for new server procurement.
  • Work with vendors to request hardware and services quotes.
  • Meet with Datacenter Telecomm teams on a weekly basis to plan network requests, cabling requests, port allocations, etc.
  • Capacity planning on existing AIX, Sun, Windows and Linux environments to maximize utilization of the current server environment.
  • Review and provide recommendations on new technologies and product offerings.
  • Develop Global capacity roadmap for next 2 - 3 years

 
Skill requirements
 

  • Expertise in CISCO UCS blade technology, VMware, VROPS, Vcenter, X86
  • Expertise in  AIX, SUN, Windows, Linux and VMware technologies.
  • Expertise in the following enterprize level hardware: CISCO UCS, X86 hardware,  IBM midrange/large frame servers, mid-sized   standalone servers
  • Familiar with cloud technologies like Cisco One, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web services (AWS)
  • Understanding the network stack and common knowledge of network principles  (EVO rail)
  • Ability to translate business capacity requirements to hardware solution
  • Having a fundamental understanding of virtualized workload management
  • Understanding how storage is allocated, utilized and optimized in a virtual environment
  • Understanding of the utilization of virtual capacity across network, storage, and applications.
  • Knowledge of hardware system management tools, capacity management tools including vRealize operations manager/VCOPS, Vsphere
  • Strong communication skills. 
  • Strong time management skills.  Will be assigned to over 100 projects at a time and needs to be able to coordinate tasks and deliverable dates.

 
What V2Soft Offer:
 
V2Soft’s compensation program offers market-competitive base pay with lot of benefits.
 
V2Soft offers a variety of benefits to protect your health and well-being, provide financial security and balance your work/life needs including: 
 

  • 401K Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
  • Health benefits including Medical, Dental and Vision benefits
  • Flexible spending plan
  • Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
  • Life and AD&D insurance
  • Paid Holidays and Vacations

 
V2Soft is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
 
For further information please contact Sarika Shetty (248-436-8373)

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