Senior Aria/VCF Foundations Engineer

Position Title: Senior Aria/VCF Foundations Engineer
Location: PA - Pittsburgh, OH - Cleveland, AL - Birmingham, TX - Dallas, AZ - Phoenix, CO - Aurora
Work Status : 5 Days Onsite
Duration : Contract to Hire
Years Of Experience Required : 12+

Industry Background: Finance / Banking

Function of the Group : SRTE Event Management Crew / Site Reliability Technology Engineering We are responsible for managing the monitoring and event management platforms at Bank

Project : Provide operational support for enterprise VMware Aria and VCF Foundation platforms.

***This would position the role as a Senior Aria/VCF Foundations Engineer rather than simply an Aria administrator, which is likely what you'll need for a large deployment.***

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience supporting and administering large-scale VMware Aria Operations environments, including extra-large nodes in active - warm cluster configurations deployed in multiple datacenters.
• 3+ years of experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Foundations components and operations.
• Strong experience managing and troubleshooting vCenter Server, ESXi, clusters, resource pools, and distributed networking.
• Experience with VMware Aria Operations, Aria Suite Lifecycle, Aria Operations for Networks, and Aria Automation (preferred).
• Hands-on experience with Ansible for infrastructure automation, configuration management, and operational tasks.
• Working knowledge of Linux (RHEL preferred), including basic commands-line operations, light troubleshooting, log analysis, light performance analysis, service management, package installations, and scripting.

Preferred Technical Skills

• Experience with VCF SDDC Manager operations, lifecycle management, upgrades, and patching.
• Knowledge of VMware NSX and vSAN administration.
• Experience with VMware Aria Suite components:
  • Aria Operations
  • Aria Operations for Logs
  • Aria Operations for Networks
  • Aria Automation
  • Aria Lifecycle
• Experience performing platform upgrades, capacity planning, health monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Scripting experience in PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Perl.
• Familiarity with REST APIs and automation integrations.
• Experience supporting environments with strict security and compliance requirements.
• Understanding of monitoring, observability, and alert management best practices.
• Experience working in enterprise ITSM environments using ServiceNow (SNOW) and Agile work tracking tools such as Jira.
• Familiarity with Archer or similar governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platforms.
  

Operational Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for enterprise VMware Aria and VCF Foundation platforms.
• Perform incident, problem, and change management activities.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts for platform outages, performance issues, and integration failures.
• Execute platform upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management activities.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions to improve operational efficiency.
• Participate in capacity planning, health assessments, and architecture reviews.
• Create and maintain operational documentation, procedures, and runbooks.
• Partner with infrastructure, security, application, and engineering teams to support platform initiatives.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Experience supporting highly available, mission-critical enterprise environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working within regulated financial services or banking environments is highly desirable.

MUST HAVE SKILLS:

• 5+ years of VMware Aria Operations administration in large-scale, multi-datacenter environments.
• 3+ years of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) experience.
• Strong VMware infrastructure expertise (vCenter, ESXi, clusters, networking).
• Experience with VMware Aria Suite products and automation tools.
• Hands-on Ansible automation experience.
• Linux (RHEL preferred) administration and troubleshooting skills.

FLEX SKILLS:

• VCF SDDC Manager, NSX, and vSAN experience.
• VMware Aria Suite product expertise.
• Platform lifecycle management, monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python, Perl) and REST API integration.
• Experience in secure, compliance-driven enterprise environments.
• ServiceNow, Jira, and Archer (or similar GRC tools).

SOFT SKILLS:

• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

EDUCATION:

• High School Degree or bachelor’s degree in computer science/relevant field or equivalent work experience required.

Nice-to-Have Certifications

• VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
• VMware Cloud Foundation certification
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP)
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

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System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, TeamPeople, and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.