On-Premise Virtualization Expert

Syensqo is all about chemistry. We're not just referring to chemical reactions here, but also to the magic that occurs when the brightest minds get to work together. This is where our true strength lies. In you. In your future colleagues and in all your differences. And of course, in your ideas to improve lives while preserving our planet's beauty for the generations to come.
Job Overview And Responsibilities
Join us at Syensqo, where our IT team is gearing up to enhance its capabilities. We play a crucial role in the group's transformationaccelerating growth, reshaping progress, and creating sustainable shared value. IT team is making operational adjustments to supercharge value across the entire organization.
Here at Syensqo, we're one strong team! Our commitment to accountability drives us as we work hard to deliver value for our customers and stakeholders. In our dynamic and collaborative work environment, we add a touch of enjoyment while staying true to our motto: reinvent progress.
Come be part of our transformation journey and contribute to the change as a future team member.

We are looking for:

• As the On-Premise Virtulization Expert you will play a pivotal role in establishing the new on premise environment for Syensqo in closely linked with cloud strategy. This is a unique opportunity to architect and shape the future of our On premise infrastructure.
  
  

We count on you for:

• Manages and maintains the organisation's virtualization infrastructure, ensuring efficient and reliable operation
• This includes deploying, configuring and troubleshooting virtual servers and machines, optimizing performance and providing ongoing support for virtual environments
• Virtualization infrastructure management that includes the design and implementation of virtualization platforms, such as VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V or Citrix
• Oversee virtual machines setup, configuration and lifecycle management by third party providers
• Monitor the performance and capacity of virtualized systems, ensuring resources are allocated efficiently and bottlenecks are addressed
• Collaborate with IT Product managers, service owners and application owners to diagnose and resolve hardware, network and storage issues impacting the virtual environment, with the third party providers
• Ensuring end to end resolution to incidents, track issues and manage escalations as needed to ensure minimum disruption
• Overseeing that regular health checks are performed by third party providers, diagnostics and performance tuning of virtual environments to ensure optimal performance
• Ensure that virtual environments comply with the organization's security and regulatory standards
• Ensure that implementation and maintenance of security measures, including access controls to protect virtual machines and hypervisors
• Design and implement backup and recovery strategies for virtual machines ensuring business continuity
• Document virtualization architecture and configurations, procedures and troubleshooting guides
• Generate regular reports on system health, performance and resource utilization for management review
• Stay updated on new features, technologies and industry trends in virtualization and share insights with the team
  
  
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field. Master's degree or relevant certifications would be a plus.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in a leadership and technical role in virtualization administration or infrastructure management
• Proficiency with virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V or Citrix
• Familiarity with backup, recovery and disaster recovery solutions (eg Veeam) and storage systems
• Strong understanding of networking, storage and server hardware concepts as they relate to virtualization
• Experience with scripting and automation tools (eg: PowerShell, VMware PowerCLI)
• Proven track record of successfully designing and implementing On premise and Cloud strategies for large user bases
• Cybersecurity Expertise:
• Understanding of cybersecurity principles, best practices, and frameworks.
• Knowledge of encryption, identity management, access controls, and other security measures within cloud environments.
• Experience in managing complex technology migrations and lifecycle management.
• Project management skills to plan and execute data-related projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget
• Agile or other project management methodologies experience is a plus
• Certifications related to virtualization technologies eg: VMware Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator)
• Experience with energy efficiency and sustainability practices in data centers.
• Knowledge of emerging technologies such as cloud computing and virtualization, and how they can be integrated with on-premises data center operations.
• Experience with Industrial-laboratory industries is a plus
  
  

Skills And Behavioral Competencies

• Result orientation, influence & impact
• Empowerment & accountability
• Team spirit, building relationships, collective accountability
• Strong leadership capability, executing as appropriate in the areas of responsibility
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technology solutions in business terms, establish rapport and persuade others
  
  

Language Skills

• English
  
  

What's In It For The Candidate

• Be part of and contribute to a once-in-a-lifetime change journey
• Join a dynamic team that is going to tackle big bets
• Have fun and work at a high pace
  
  

About Us

• Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel and play. Inspired by the scientific councils which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates. Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices and health care applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity.
• At Syensqo, we seek to promote unity and not uniformity. We value the diversity that individuals bring and we invite you to consider a future with us, regardless of background, age, gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ability or identity. We encourage individuals who may require any assistance or accommodations to let us know to ensure a seamless application experience. We are here to support you throughout the application journey and want to ensure all candidates are treated equally. If you are unsure whether you meet all the criteria or qualifications listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply.