VMWare Specialist

The NC Department of Health and Human Services seeks a contract resource to assist with the support of the NC FAST Application Development Environment for NC Families Accessing Services through Technology (NC FAST). This resource will assist with the installation, management and configuration of application and system environment variables for all NC FAST VMWare clients for developers, testers and other VM client types including the installation of software and tools. This position is also responsible for assisting with hardware environment configuration, coordination of multiple environment configurations that include development, multiple testing environments and the production environment, and will act as a liaison to NC FAST partners that include development and testing staff, Information Technology Services staff, and vendor staff.

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) technology, especially with VMware's products including Horizon View, vSphere, ESXi

Experience developing virtual desktop solutions using VMware technologies (Horizon View, ThinApp and vSphere)..

Experience administering and supporting VMware ESX/ESXi infrastructure.

Experience provideing technical resolution to advanced incident and problem events related to the VMware VDI infrastructure.

Experience with Microsoft SCCM administration including Windows and Office security updates and application package creation and deployments

Experience managing Active Directory including all account provisioning, termination, Files and folders permissions.

Experience with Microsoft SharePoint administration

Experience with Windows Server and Desktop Architecture, and with Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 systems administration.

Experience with SQL 2008/2012 Administration.

Windows PowerShell scripting experience.

Strong background and experience in networking and storage technologies.

Ability to work evenings and weekends as required by the business.