Closing Date: 2024-06-12Job Type: ContractJob Level: SeniorExperience: Between 5 - 7 YearsEE/AA: NoSummaryOur client, a global leader in the engineering industry is looking for a CAX VDI Engineer to join their team of professionals.Contract up to end of December 2026 with the possibility for renewal thereafter.Location: Midrand / Menlyn / Pretoria Rosslyn and home office on a rotational basis.DescriptionAbility to understand complex application architecture / dependencies (CA related) and the impact it can have on a VDI environment.Designing VDI solutions to support business requirements based on guidelines.Design Ansible playbooks to meet business requirements for CA - Application performance (VDI deployment / Public - and Private Cloud).Responsible for VDI Deployment.Understanding CA Data Management / Follow the Data as an VDI deployment approach.Driving possible VDI automation topics (deployment / resource management / asset management).Defining specific engineering roles for VDIs matching their exact application needs and supporting the partner onboarding process (Crash Test simulation).Understanding global engineering resource demands and consulting / designing the optimal VDI solution.Driving CA VDI cloud strategy towards constant state of the art architectural design.Perform housekeeping /monitoring / managing of the VDI platforms focusing on stability / performance as well as cost optimization.Defining self service requests in ServiceNow portals for VDI demands (resizing, additional VDI, Platform switch).Perform reporting of/forecast overall CA VDI demands (related to user requirements / platforms).Supporting and consulting applications owners on specific cloud migration requests with a focus on VDIs.Manage Problem, Incident and Change process for dedicated ITSM service.Upon demand willing to work on weekends (changes).Operate and maintain scripts (deletion).Keep documentation up to date in all relevant systems (as is configuration CMDB / Application Instance Wizard, to be configuration Connect IT, knowledge database resolveIT).Attend and moderate operation meetings.Coordinate external contractors.Manage security vulnerabilities.Minimum RequirementsEssential skills required:Knowledge of Confluence, Jira and Bitbucket / GitHub.Knowledge of storage technologies as well as state of the art solutions.Knowledge of Unix, Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu) and Windows.Knowledge of mounting technologies Autofs and DFS.Knowledge of protocols NFS and CIFS.Knowledge of framework Agile Working Model.Knowledge of Virtualisation technologies such as VMWare Horizon / ESXi / Cloud Foundation.Advantageous:Identity and Access Management.Privileged Access Management (CyberArk, BeyondTrust, or Thycotic).Ability to assess security risks and recommend appropriate mitigation strategies.Configuration Management.Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to identify and resolve issues related to PAM implementation and integration.Qualifications and experience required:Degree in Information Systems or equivalent experience.ITIL certification (advantageous).Any Scrum certification (advantageous).Any Scrum Master certification.Any storage vendor certification.Any operating system certification relating to data management.Any programming certification.Any web application programming certification.Minimum 4 years of IT operations experience including ITIL.Minimum 4 years of storage experience.Minimum 4 years of Scrum work experience.Minimum 4 years of VDI and operating systems experience.
