VCF Platform Engineer 1
About the role
Perform day-to-day operational support for the VCF private cloud platform under established procedures and guidance.
Responsibilities
- Support administration of SDDC Manager, workload domains, and vSphere cluster operations.
- Execute routine platform tasks such as host adds/removals, cluster maintenance, certificate updates, and health checks.
- Aid with VCF lifecycle operations including patching, upgrades, and remediation activities.
- Provision infrastructure resources and support deployment of workload domains and virtual machine hosting environments.
- Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and support knowledge articles.
- Monitor platform health, utilization, and capacity; escalate risks, threshold concerns, and recurring issues to senior engineers or the Platform Manager.
- Participate in incident response as a first responder for infrastructure and platform issues.
- Cross-train across compute, storage, and networking components within VCF.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of experience in infrastructure operations, virtualization, or systems administration.
- Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere administration.
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code concepts and repeatable deployment methods.
- Working knowledge of Linux and Windows Server administration.
- Experience with at least one scripting or automation tool such as PowerCLI, Python, or Ansible.
- Understanding of core datacenter concepts including compute, storage, networking, patching, and monitoring.
- Ability to support operational tasks in a production environment with attention to change control and service stability.
Qualifications
- VMware certification such as VCP-VCF or VCP-DCV.
- Exposure to SDDC Manager operations.
- Familiarity with vSAN and NSX concepts.
- Exposure to enterprise monitoring and alerting platforms.
- Experience supporting standardized virtual server hosting environments.
Skills
Preferred qualifications include:
- VMware certification such as VCP-VCF or VCP-DCV.
- Exposure to SDDC Manager operations.
- Familiarity with vSAN and NSX concepts.
- Exposure to enterprise monitoring and alerting platforms.
- Experience supporting standardized virtual server hosting environments.
Benefits
What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.
We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.
Pay
The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.
Schedule
This on-site role supports 24/7 operations through real-time collaboration, standard shifts occur within a 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM window, Monday through Friday. Additionally, this position requires scheduled on-call flexibility and the ability to remain reasonably reachable during off-hours for critical business continuity.
Primary Location
Folsom, CA; Denver, CO; Englewood, CO: $91,476 – $130,680
Minneapolis, MN; St. Paul, MN: $87,318 – $124,740
Pennington, NJ: $95,634 – $136,620
Woodcliff Lake, NJ: $103,950 – $148,500
Olympia, WA: $83,160 – $118,800