Vdi Operation Specialist - Midrand, South Africa - Liyema Consulting

Liyema Consulting

Verified Company

Midrand, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

Experience in operation of Windows Servers (higher then 2016)
Experience in Windows Client (Windows 10) OS troubleshooting and patch management
Experience with Active Directory and GPO
Experience with Scripting (PowerShell, Python etc.)
Experience Citrix Xen-Desktop (higher then 7.x) and Xen-App (higher then 7.x) full stack
Experience Citrix Netscaler (higher then 12.x) and Storefront
Experience Citrix XenServer (higher then 7.x)
Citrix Certified Professional Networking (CCA-N, CCP-N CCE-N)
Experience Citrix on VMware Hypervisor Stack (higher VMWare ESXi 6.x)
Experience with multifactor and authentication technologies
Experience in network infrastructure design and implementation
Experience in troubleshooting infrastructure, network, and integration issues
Experience with ITL processes (Incident, Change and Problem management)
Plan and execute maintenance tasks (change management)
Plan and execute infrastructure lifecycle tasks (technical lifecycle, change management)
Resolve incident tickets
Analyze and resolve problem tickets

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

Experience with cloud technologies and cloud providers (Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services)
Experience in operation, maintenance of VDI technologies (Microsoft and VMware Horizon)
Automated problem remediation
Machine learning (ML) for data analytics
Network troubleshooting skills
Experience with cloud technologies and cloud providers (Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services)
Experience with monitoring systems
Hybrid network design and implementation
Citrix SD-WAN Certified (CC-SDWAN)
Understand Rest API technology

WHICH QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE DO WE NEED FOR THE ROLE?

A university degree in a relevant field of study (e.g., computer science, engineering, sciences, etc.) or a comparable qualification
Operations experience with Citrix / VMWare VDI and App stack
Experience with windows desktops and server support
Experience with Windows Terminal Server
Experience with software packaging and image creation
Experience with hardware and software lifecycle
Experience with ITIL processes (Problem, Incident, Change management)

WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES?
Be part of a global team responsible for the development and operation of the BMW Digital Workspace that includes the product Virtual Device (VDI)

Our Product vision:
We provide virtual desktops and apps within 10 minutes to our customers worldwide.

The focus lies on worldwide delivery (Cloud & On Premises) of the virtual desktop, App and access infrastructure for internal and external partners.

This product, as part of the Digital Workspace, offers a complex platform which allows the scaling of high-performance virtual desktops and apps.

Our service delivery is for all company processes within the BMW Group.

Be involved in the maintenance and operation of a global BMW Digital Workspace infrastructure for virtual devices.

Be a maintenance and operations focused team member for our cloud and on premises VDI platforms.
Make sure that the infrastructure for VDI platforms run smoothly
Actively work on constantly improving operational excellence including automation and proactive monitoring approaches

Collaborate with an international product team, external providers, vendors, and end-users.

Treat security as a firstclass citizen
Work closely with stakeholders, development teams in constantly improving our VDI platforms stability and availability
Work with other IT teams on integration of new features and components

Main function:

Be responsible for the operations and standardization of the BMW enterprise VDI infrastructure, platform, and desktop components.
Be responsible for the verification, planning and actioning of maintenance tasks together with other infrastructure teams
Continuously work on improving the operational stability
Work on automation of platform operations, troubleshooting and maintenance topics
Install, configure, maintain, and deploy virtual Apps and desktop images
Installation, Configuration, and maintenance of RDSH servers, e.g., Windows Server, Windows Multisession
Installation, Configuration, and maintenance of Published Application presentation layer (e.g., XenApp & Citrix Workspace)
Application and Server hardening (e.g., Ivanti)
Worked with Application Monitoring tools