MGM Resorts International develops, builds and operates unique destination resorts designed to provide a total resort experience, including first-class accommodations and dining, world-class entertainment, state-of-the-art meeting and convention facilities, and high-quality retail and gaming experiences.

With 77,000+ employees, the Company is one of the world's leading global hospitality and entertainment companies with 23 resorts. We’re proud to be recognized for our commitment to being socially responsible, including an industry-leading diversity and inclusive culture, community engagement and philanthropy initiatives, and a commitment to environmentally sustainable approaches in development and operations.

While we operate leading resorts and amenities, ultimately it is the people of MGM Resorts who make the difference daily by providing the ultimate guest experience.  We welcome you to join us.

The Senior Virtualization Engineer is responsible for the day-to-day provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of the virtual infrastructure focusing on the Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop platform. The candidate should be experienced in supporting multi-vendor virtualization technologies and server hardware environments. The candidate should also display the ability to work in a large scale, fast paced, and cross-functional team environment. 

• Perform system administration of the virtual infrastructure including VMware, Citrix, Cisco, and other technologies.
• Provide Tier III support for the virtual infrastructure by investigating and troubleshooting incidents and issues to resolution and providing well documented status updates.
• Provide day to day support for the virtual infrastructure including new system delivery, preventative maintenance, and proactive availability.
• Performance and capacity monitoring and reporting.
• Managing and ensuring that ticket queues are being properly addressed in the time outlined by SLA’s.
• Participate in establishing and maintaining policies and procedures.
• Participate in Change Management, Problem Management, and Incident Management calls.
• Participate in 24 x 7 On-Call rotation as scheduled.
• Perform other job related duties as requested.

Required: 

• Four year college degree in Information Systems/Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field or equivalent education and experenece.
• At least 4 years experience of Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop administration.
• At least 2 years in a technical role in a large enterprise environment.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Have interpersonal skills to deal effectively with all business contacts.
• Professional appearance and demeanor.
• Work varied shifts, including weekends and holidays.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Able to effectively communicate in English, in both written and oral forms. 

Preferred:

• At least 2 years experience of VMware vSphere administration.
• At least 2 years experience of Cisco UCS administration.
• VMware Certified Professional Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV).
• Cisco Certification (Data Center Unified Computing).
• Citrix Certified Associate - Virtualization (CCA-V) certification.
• Previous experience working in a similar resort setting.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact our Corporate Diversity and Disability Outreach department at 1-844-247-0370.