VMware Engineer

Responsibilities Administer vSphere, ESXi hosts, and vCenter, including HA, DRS, vMotion, clusters, resource pools, snapshots, and templates. Perform host patching, upgrades, and hardening in line with compliance standards. Manage VM lifecycle provisioning, configuration, and troubleshooting across CPU, memory, storage, and network layers. Support SAN/NAS storage integrations (VMFS, iSCSI, NFS) and backup/DR platforms (Veeam, SRM, Zerto, Cohesity, Rubrik). Automate provisioning and operations using PowerShell/PowerCLI, Ansible, and APIs. Monitor environments using vROps or equivalent tools; ensure capacity and performance. Participate in incident, problem, change, and request management, including RCA and corrective action implementation. Create and maintain system documentation, SOPs, runbooks, and architecture diagrams. Collaborate with network, storage, cloud, and security teams to deliver integrated solutions. Participate in on-call rotation and major incident response activities. Mandatory Skills 7+ years hands-on VMware vSphere/ESXi administration. Expertise in vCenter operations: HA, ELM, PSC, templates, snapshots. Knowledge of virtual networking (dvSwitch, VLAN, VXLAN; NSX-T preferred). Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation / cloud integration. SAN/NAS storage management (VMFS, iSCSI, NFS). Familiarity with DR, replication, and backup platforms. Strong PowerShell/PowerCLI scripting and automation skills. Working knowledge of Windows and Linux administration. Understanding of ITIL/structured ITSM processes. Preferred Experience NSX-T micro-segmentation and network virtualization. VMware vRealize suite (vROps, vRA). VMware Horizon VDI support. Enterprise datacenter and multi-cloud integration experience (Azure/AWS/GCP/Oracle). #J-18808-Ljbffr