VMware/ Cisco UCS Consulting Engineer – Remote Hybrid (Phoenix vicinity, Southern CA OR Las Vegas residents ONLY)

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Consulting Engineer to join our Modern Infrastructure team. This high-impact, client-facing role is responsible for delivering enterprise-grade infrastructure solutions across three core pillars: Cisco UCS compute, VMware vSphere.

Responsibilities

• Delivery & implementation
  • Deliver end-to-end implementation and lifecycle services for enterprise server, storage, and virtualization infrastructure, from design validation through production handoff
  • Integrate compute, storage, and hypervisor platforms into cohesive production architectures; validate end-to-end functionality, performance, and resilience
  • Perform infrastructure assessments, health checks, and optimization engagements across the full stack (storage, compute, networking, virtualization)
  • Execute workload migrations across hypervisor and storage platforms as engagement scope requires
  • Deliver backup and data protection solutions (e.g., Veeam Backup & Replication) as part of broader infrastructure engagements
• Cisco UCS Design and build
  • Design and build Cisco UCS compute environments, including Fabric Interconnects, chassis, blade and rack servers, and host connectivity to FC / Ethernet fabrics
  • Manage UCS infrastructure through Cisco Intersight using policy-based configuration (server profiles, firmware policies, boot policies) and infrastructure-as-code templates
  • Perform UCS firmware upgrades, hardware deployments, domain migrations (UCS Manager to Intersight Managed Mode), and lifecycle operations
  • Integrate UCS with enterprise storage and hypervisor platforms to deliver converged and hyperconverged solutions (VMware, Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCI)
  • Troubleshoot UCS hardware, firmware, and fabric-level issues across compute, storage, and network layers
• VMware vSphere Design and deploy
  • Design and deploy VMware vSphere 7.x/8.x environments, including vCenter Server, ESXi cluster builds, distributed switching (vDS), and host profile standardization
  • Configure and tune vSphere HA, DRS, vMotion, and Storage vMotion for high availability and workload mobility
  • Perform vCenter and ESXi lifecycle operations, including major and minor version upgrades, patching, and host hardware refreshes
  • Integrate vSphere with enterprise storage (FC, iSCSI, NFS datastores, VMFS/VVOLs) and with backup and data protection platforms
  • Implement vSphere networking and security best practices, including VLAN segmentation, distributed port groups, and role-based access control
• Team Member
  • Translate pre-sales solution designs into actionable implementation plans and successful customer deployments
  • Perform infrastructure upgrades, health checks, and optimization engagements across the full technology stack
  • Troubleshoot complex, multi-layer infrastructure issues across storage, compute, networking, and virtualization stacks
  • Provide customer-facing technical leadership and act as the trusted advisor throughout the engagement lifecycle
• Documentation & knowledge transfer
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation, as-built records, runbooks, and implementation guides
  • Conduct knowledge transfer sessions with customer IT teams upon project completion
  • Contribute to internal knowledge bases, best practices, and repeatable delivery frameworks

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a VAR, consulting, managed services, or professional services engineering role
• Demonstrated history of successful customer-facing delivery engagements in enterprise environments
• Hands-on experience deploying and administering VMware vSphere 7.x/8.x in production environments
• Strong proficiency required – VMware vSphere: Deployment, administration, cluster design, and advanced troubleshooting of vSphere 7.x/8.x, vCenter Server, ESXi lifecycle management, and host profiles
• Familiarity with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), vSAN, and NSX concepts
• Deployment, administration, failover clustering, and advanced troubleshooting Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) configuration and management
• Azure Stack HCI architecture, deployment, and day-2 operations
• Solid understanding of SAN/NAS storage architectures, including Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and NFS protocols
• Virtualization platforms: VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V (co-primary)
• Networking fundamentals: VLANs, Fibre Channel zoning, iSCSI configuration, network segmentation

Qualifications

• Advanced VMware certifications: VCAP-DCV, VCIX-DCV, or VCP-VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation)
• Advanced VMware experience: vSAN, NSX, VCF, or Aria Operations
• Additional Microsoft certifications beyond the required baseline (e.g., Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert)

Skills

• Strong proficiency required – VMware vSphere: Deployment, administration, cluster design, and advanced troubleshooting of vSphere 7.x/8.x
• vCenter Server, ESXi lifecycle management, and host profiles
• Familiarity with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), vSAN, and NSX concepts
• Deployment, administration, failover clustering, and advanced troubleshooting Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) configuration and management
• Azure Stack HCI architecture, deployment, and day-2 operations
• Solid understanding of SAN/NAS storage architectures, including Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and NFS protocols
• Virtualization platforms: VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V (co-primary)
• Networking fundamentals: VLANs, Fibre Channel zoning, iSCSI configuration, network segmentation

Benefits

Commensurate with experience

Pay

$170K plus bonus

Schedule

Hybrid