Hyper-V Administrator

Position Overview We are seeking an experienced Hyper-V Administrator on a part-time contract basis (20 hours per week) to support, maintain, and optimize our Hyper-V environment.

This role involves managing virtualization infrastructure, troubleshooting performance issues, and ensuring high availability of virtualized workloads.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows Server administration, and virtualization best practices .

Key Responsibilities Hyper-V Administration & Support Manage, monitor, and maintain a Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization environment.

Perform regular maintenance, patching, and updates to ensure a stable and secure Hyper-V infrastructure.

Troubleshoot performance, storage, and networking issues within virtualized environments.

Optimize Hyper-V host configurations for performance, reliability, and scalability.

Configure and manage virtual machines (VMs), virtual networks, and storage in Hyper-V.

Backup & Disaster Recovery Ensure proper backup and replication of VMs using Veeam, DPM, or other backup solutions .

Develop and implement disaster recovery (DR) strategies for Hyper-V environments.

Perform VM restores and disaster recovery tests as needed.

Security & Compliance Apply security best practices for Hyper-V host and guest environments.

Implement and maintain role-based access control (RBAC) for virtualization environments.

Ensure compliance with internal policies and industry standards for virtualization security.

Documentation & Support Maintain detailed documentation of virtualization configurations, policies, and procedures .

Provide recommendations for capacity planning and resource optimization .

Assist IT teams with troubleshooting and root cause analysis of virtualization-related incidents.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support business-critical applications running on Hyper-V.

Qualifications Education & Experience :

• 5+ years of experience as a Hyper-V Administrator or Virtualization Engineer .
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows Server (2016 / 2019 / 2022), and Failover Clustering .
• Experience with SCVMM (System Center Virtual Machine Manager) is a plus.
• Knowledge of Hyper-V networking, storage configurations, and performance tuning .
• Familiarity with PowerShell scripting for automation and VM management.

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