Salt River Project-posted 4 months ago
Full-time • Senior
Tempe, AZ
Utilities

Join us in building a better future for Arizona! SRP is one of the largest public power and water utilities in the U.S. providing electricity to approximately one million customers in the greater metropolitan Phoenix area. Since its founding in 1903, SRP has fostered a culture of stewardship and customer service consistently ranking as an industry leader in customer service according to J.D. Power and named one of Arizona's best employers by Forbes. SRP continues to adapt to its changing business environment by seeking innovative ways to reimagine utility service and the provision of critical resources essential to the life and economy of Arizona. The Principal Virtualization Systems Engineer works closely with the infrastructure teams and customers to create, manage and architect the virtual server environments. This includes all areas of virtualization from backups and security to disaster recovery and high availability. This individual will need a high level of communication and problem-solving skills to guide and assist the team on issues related to the configuration and monitoring of mission-critical information systems maximizing service quality for the organization as measured through key indicators.

  • Provide technical leadership in design, deployment & support of virtualization systems architecture to meet demands of the business across multiple data centers.
  • Evaluation and implementation of new emerging technologies (ex: hyper-converged infrastructure, Kubernetes container platform).
  • Develop technical strategy and solution for automation and self-service of server technologies.
  • Analyzes and recommends improvements to existing VMWare, vSAN, & Kubernetes environments to improve performance, usability, and customer experience across the enterprise.
  • Works closely and leads team meetings with other infrastructure departments that are dependent on the virtual environment (Storage, Networking, Windows, Linux, Database) to automate common tasks, optimize performance, streamline processes, and troubleshoot issues.
  • Develop, maintain and create standards for documentation and diagrams related to builds, implementation procedures, and troubleshooting.
  • Provide technical leadership to help grow our other employees in these new technologies.
  • Extensive experience VMware, vSAN, vRealize suite of products (vROPs, vRA/vRO, LogInsight) is a must.
  • Ability to write simple to moderately complex scripts and programs for automation, tools, frameworks, dashboards, JavaScripts, REST API, and PowerShell.
  • Guides others in resolving complex issues in own specialized area and solves complex problems with implications on cross-functional business processes and outcomes.
  • Serves as an advisor and applies knowledge of strategies that can be deployed within own function and discipline.
  • Applies working knowledge of the theories and concepts in other disciplines.
  • A minimum of 10 years of related experience is required (if no degree, 14 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and related experience totaling 14 years).
  • Kubernetes and HPE Synergy experience is desired.
  • A bachelor's degree in a related field from an accredited institution is required and a master's degree in the area of specialty is preferred.
  • Pension Plan (at no cost to the employee)
  • 401(k) plan with employer matching
  • Available your first day: Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
  • Over 200+ hours of PTO (includes vacation days, holidays, floating holidays, and sick leave)
  • Parental leave (up to 4 weeks) and adoption assistance
  • Wellness programs (including access to a recreation and fitness facility)
  • Short and long-term disability plans
  • Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate programs
  • 10 Employee Resource Groups for career development, community service, and networking
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