IT Specialist Server and Virtualization
Workplace: Falun, Sverige
Expires: August 17, 2025
The IT Specialist will manage daily operations of the virtual platform and storage solutions, ensuring maintenance, upgrading, and overall server environment operation in a large datacenter context. The role involves supporting healthcare and regional infrastructure with professional, responsible customer and colleague interaction.
Main requirements:
- Higher education in IT or equivalent combined education and experience.
- Experience managing operations in large datacenter environments (>4000 users) using VMware virtualization platform.
- Experience implementing virtualization environments in both small and large organizations.
- Maintenance of VMware environments, including patching, upgrades, and monitoring.
- Troubleshooting performance issues, network problems, and compatibility.
- Proficiency in spoken and written Swedish and English.
Responsibilities:
- Operate and maintain the virtual platform and storage solutions daily.
- Manage server operations including installation, maintenance, and upkeep of the server environment.
- Perform activities assigned within the IT governance plan according to management directives.
- Support other IT specialists with evaluation, configuration, troubleshooting, training, and solution ordering.
- Engage professionally with internal and external contacts, maintaining responsibility and high service standards.
Required hard skills:
- VMware virtualization platform expertise
- Server environment installation, maintenance, and monitoring
- Experience in datacenter operations (>4000 users)
- Patching and upgrading VMware environments
- Troubleshooting network and performance issues
- Swedish and English language proficiency
Recommended hard skills:
- Windows Server management (newer versions)
- Server hardware handling from HP and/or CISCO
- Linux, PowerShell scripting, SCOM, OP5 monitoring tools
- VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter Server
- VM management like snapshots, templates, cloning, vMotion, Storage vMotion
- Virtual switches (vSwitch, Distributed Switch)
- VLAN, firewall rules, NSX for network virtualization and security
- PowerCLI scripting for VMware
- vRealize Suite (Automation, Orchestrator, Operations)
- Backup and recovery solutions like Veeam, Dell PowerProtect, Avamar, Commvault
- Recovery and Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
- Experience in public sector IT operations
- Understanding of PM3 and/or ITIL frameworks
Soft skills:
- Responsible and professional customer and colleague interaction
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Prestige-free and accountable
- Comfortable handling problems and change management processes
- Clear and informative communication
- Solution-focused with a customer-oriented approach
Coding languages:
- PowerShell
- PowerCLI
Frameworks:
- ITIL
- PM3
Operating systems:
- Windows Server (newer versions)
- Linux
Natural languages:
- Swedish (Proficient)
- English (Proficient)
Cultural skills:
- Ability to work in public healthcare environment
- Teamwork in multi-disciplinary groups
- Customer-focused service mindset
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