Infrastructure Engineer - VMware Expert

Location: Hybrid (3 days per week in office NYC, Warren, NJ, or Westport, CT) Position Summary We are seeking a highly experienced Senior VMware Architect / Engineer to lead the design, administration, modernization, and support of our enterprise virtualization platform. This individual will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for VMware architecture, engineering, operational excellence, capacity planning, resiliency, and disaster recovery across production and disaster recovery environments. The ideal candidate combines strategic architecture experience with deep hands-on engineering expertise and is comfortable operating large‑scale, mission‑critical infrastructure in a highly regulated environment. Key Responsibilities VMware Architecture & Engineering Architect, deploy, administer, and optimize VMware vSphere 8.x environments. Design and support VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) platforms. Lead VMware lifecycle management including upgrades, patching, migrations, and capacity planning. Develop standards, best practices, and operational procedures for virtualization platforms. Drive platform modernization initiatives and future-state architecture. VMware Operations Administer ESXi, vCenter, DRS, HA, vMotion, clusters, and virtual infrastructure services. Monitor platform health, performance, and capacity utilizing VMware Aria Operations. Troubleshoot complex issues spanning virtualization, compute, storage, networking, and operating systems. Infrastructure & Data Center Services Support Windows Server infrastructure including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, DFS, and Group Policy. Partner with networking teams on VLANs, routing, switching, network security, and load balancing. Manage storage environments including NetApp, Dell PowerScale, SAN/NAS technologies, NFS, and iSCSI. Disaster Recovery & Resiliency Design and maintain disaster recovery solutions utilizing Zerto and VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM). Execute DR testing and recovery exercises. Support business continuity initiatives and high-availability (Never Down) architectures. Hardware Platforms Support and maintain HPE servers, NetApp, HPE and Dell storage. Required Qualifications 12+ years of enterprise infrastructure engineering experience. 8+ years of hands‑on VMware engineering and administration experience. Expert-level experience with VMware vSphere 8.x, ESXi, vCenter, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), and VMware Aria Operations. Strong experience with Windows Server administration, DNS, DHCP, DFS, Active Directory, NetApp storage, Dell PowerScale, Zerto, and SAN/NAS technologies. Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills. Excellent communication and documentation abilities. Preferred Qualifications VMware certifications (VCP, VCAP, or VCDX preferred). Experience with PowerShell, Ansible, and Terraform automation. Experience with NSX, vSAN, Azure, AWS, and regulated industries such as financial services. Architecture-minded but hands-on. Able to design, build, operate, and support. Strong ownership mentality. Comfortable working independently and leading technical initiatives. Proven ability to balance operational support with long-term strategic planning. #J-18808-Ljbffr The Connors Group