OA/ETSO - Virtualization Engineer

OA/ETSO - Virtualization Engineer

Please only submit candidates who currently live in Pennsylvania.

1 day in the office per week to start and 4 days telework with an increase a possibility

Full time – 40 hrs per week

Position Summary: The Virtualization Engineer is responsible for the architecture, implementation, optimization, and lifecycle management of the enterprise VMware virtualization environment. This role serves as a subject matter expert across the full VMware ecosystem, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and scalability of virtualized compute, storage, and networking platforms. The ideal candidate has extensive hands-on experience with VMware's core infrastructure products and demonstrates strong leadership, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and maintain VMware vSphere clusters, ESXi hosts, and related core virtualization infrastructure.
• Manage and optimize vCenter Server operations, templates, host profiles, and distributed configurations.
• Implement and support VMware vSAN, including storage policy design, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and capacity planning.
• Architect and maintain VMware NSX-T networking and security components, including micro-segmentation.
• Administer VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and integrated components, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Manage lifecycle operations using VMware Lifecycle Manager (vLCM), including upgrades, patching, and compliance management.
• Implement automation and orchestration using tools such as VMware Aria (vRealize) Automation, Orchestrator, and PowerCLI.
• Monitor system performance, conduct root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to ensure optimal environment stability.
• Maintain security compliance across virtualized environments, including access controls, hardening, and auditing.
• Collaborate with storage, networking, security, and application teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Develop and maintain architectural documentation, standard operating procedures, and disaster recovery runbooks.
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers and participate in on-call support rotations.

Required Qualifications:

• Extensive hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in one or more advanced VMware components such as vSAN, NSX-T, VCF, or VMware Aria Suite.
• Proficiency with PowerShell/PowerCLI automation.
• Deep understanding of enterprise compute, storage, and network architectures.
• Experience with capacity planning, performance tuning, and lifecycle management.
• Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills.
• Ability to manage complex projects and work independently with minimal supervision.

Required/Desired Skills

Skill - Required /Desired - Amount - of Experience

Extensive hands on experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter in large scale enterprise environments. - Required - 0

Strong expertise in one or more advanced VMware components such as vSAN, NSX T, VCF, or VMware Aria Suite. - Required - 0

Proficiency with PowerShell / PowerCLI automation. - Required - 0

Deep understanding of enterprise compute, storage, and network architectures. - Required - 0

Experience with capacity planning, performance tuning, and lifecycle management. - Required - 0

Questions

No. - Question

Question1 - Vendor rate is $$, do you accept?

Question2 - This is a full-time, 40 hours per week position. Do you understand?

Question3 - This is hybrid position that will initially require 1 day on-site in Harrisburg per week.