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Hyper Virtualization Expert Engineer with German
Hybrid
Full-time
Permanent Employee (CIM) / Freelance (B2B)
Posted 1 week ago
Senior / Expert
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Virtualization Engineer
About the Role
As a Hyper Virtualization Expert, you will be responsible for ensuring the stable, secure, and high-performance operation of our data center virtualization platforms. Your primary focus will be on Microsoft Hyper-V environments, including clusters, Storage Spaces Direct (S2D), and Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV), as well as the virtual networking infrastructure (vSwitches, VLANs, trunking).
With a solid experience with VMware ESXi and are familiar with HPE server hardware, including ProLiant systems and iLO management, in this role, you will play a key part in maintaining and optimizing enterprise virtualization environments while ensuring reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
What You'll Do
- Operation, administration and maintenance of Microsoft Hyper-V (standalone and cluster environments)
- Management of virtual machines, vSwitches, VLANs, vNICs, Live Migration, and storage allocation
- Operation and maintenance of Failover Clusters, Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV), and potentially Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
- Backup integration and recovery (e.g., Veeam, DPM, MARS Agent)
- Patch and update management for hosts, integration services, and cluster roles
- Monitoring and troubleshooting on host, VM, and network level (performance, event logs)
- Network configuration: trunk configuration, VLAN tagging, LACP/NIC teaming, MTU configuration
- Storage connectivity: iSCSI / SMB3 / FC – multipathing, initiators, permissions
- Automation of recurring tasks using PowerShell (e.g., provisioning, reporting)
- Participation in on-call rotations / service availability (by agreement)
What We're Looking For
- Multiple years of experience operating Hyper-V including cluster environments
- Solid understanding of virtual networks (vSwitch, VLANs, trunks, routing basics)
- Good foundational knowledge of VMware ESXi (vCenter, datastores, snapshots)
- Windows Server administration (installation/configuration, AD integration, GPO basics)
- Storage fundamentals (SAN/NAS, iSCSI/SMB3, MPIO)
- Practical experience with PowerShell (administration tasks, automation scripting)
- Experience with backup concepts in virtualized environments
- Advanced German & English skills
Nice to Have
- Experience with Veeam, Zabbix, or similar monitoring tools
- Basic knowledge of HPE OneView / iLO
- Knowledge of security and hardening practices (e.g., CIS benchmark–like standards)
- Certifications: Microsoft: AZ-104, AZ-800/801, SC-100 (or successors); HPE: ASE/ATP (Server, Synergy/OneView), Veeam VMCE (optional)