Sr VMware System Engineer

Sr VMware System Engineer

Denver, CO

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a team of Systems / Cloud Engineers
• Consult and interface with stakeholders to gather business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Oversee distributed system architecture
• Develop and manage product roadmaps
• Steer the team to be Agile and efficient by balancing efficiency and innovation
• Establishes standards and guidelines for the design and development, tuning, deployment and maintenance of VMware infrastructure, including backups, upgrade, and automation processes
• Proactively identify and recommend updates to software or architecture as necessary before reaching capacity limitations

A successful Engineering Manager will have the following at a minimum:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical degree; six years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 4 or more years of professional experience in VMware services and tools
• Experience with leading a team either through management or as a team lead
• Direct experience in bare-metal deployments of VMware infrastructure
• Direct experience with building and administering multiple VMware products across multiple remote locations and data centers
• 2 or more years experience in programming using one or more of the following: Java, C++, Perl, Python, Ruby, or advanced Shell scripting

Preferred additional experience:

• Hands on experience Infrastructure-As-Code, automating deployments, cluster management, and systems security within a CI/CD Pipeline
• Experience with VMware on Cloud (VMC) on AWS
• Experience with VMWARE infrastructure in a very large enterprise environment
• Experience in Kubernetes regarding containers / Microservices principles
• Disciplined practice of producing, maintaining, and versioning system documentation