Hyper‑V Senior Engineer

Strong infrastructure administration and migration experience

Client-facing and troubleshooting capabilities preferred

VMware L3 – Key Responsibilities - 60% Knowledge

Install, configure, and manage VMware ESXi hosts and vCenter Server.

Perform vCenter and ESXi upgrades (6.5 → 6.7 → 7.0 → 8.0).

Configure and manage:

HA (High Availability)

DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler)

Resource Pools

VMware Clusters

Manage VMware Lifecycle Manager for patching and firmware compliance.

Perform VM migrations using:

vMotion

Cold Migration

P2V (VMware Converter)

Storage administration:

Datastore expansion

LUN provisioning

Storage performance monitoring

VMDK growth and management

VM administration:

VM provisioning

Snapshot management

VMware Tools upgrades

CPU/Memory expansion

VM recovery from Veeam backups

Troubleshoot complex VMware issues and act as the final escalation point for L1/L2 teams.

Perform root-cause analysis of performance, storage, host, and cluster issues.

Support critical migration projects and maintain migration runbooks

HyperV Expertise Detail - 40% Knowledge

 -Install & configure Hyper V Role, Create and manage Virtual Machines, Generation 1 vs Generation 2 VMs, VHD / VHDX creation and management

 -Dynamic vs Static Memory, Virtual CPU allocation & NUMA awareness, Integration Services

 -Live Migration & Storage Live Migration, Node Majority, Node + File Share Witness,Cluster validation,Cluster Aware Updating (CAU)

 -Evaluate current Hyper-V environment, storage, network, and compute resources.

 -Hyper-V Manager Proficiency, PowerShell Scripting, Networking in Hyper-V, Storage Management, Cluster & High Availability Setup, Performance Monitoring & Tuning

 - Set up live migration parameters, storage paths, and network configurations.

 - Perform complex migrations: Handle critical workloads, clustered environments, and cross-domain migrations.

 - Optimize performance: Tune VM settings and host configurations for minimal downtime and maximum efficiency.

 - Resolve high-level issues: Address failures in replication, compatibility problems, and performance bottlenecks.

 - Log analysis: Review event logs, migration reports, and system diagnostics to identify root causes.

 - Escalation point: Act as the final escalation tier for unresolved issues from Level 1 and Level 2 teams.

 - Maintain migration runbooks: Document procedures, fallback plans, and post-migration validation steps.

 - Ensure compliance: Validate that migration adheres to security, data protection, and regulatory standards.

 - Coordinate with stakeholders: Work with Client stake holders, project managers, application owners, and infrastructure teams.

 -Mentor junior staff: Guide Level 1 and Level 2 & Level 3 engineers on best practices and troubleshooting techniques.

 -Strong ESXi VMware skilled resource handled critical migrations:

 -Mware vSphere/ESXi: Experience with VMware helps understand VM lifecycle, resource allocation, and migration concepts.

 -KVM or Xen: Familiarity with other hypervisors builds transferable skills in virtual machine management.

 -Migrate tools knowledge : Especially useful for Hyper-V to Azure or relevant OS transitions. Knowing how to assess, replicate, and migrate workloads is critical