VMware Engineer

Duties And Responsibilities

• Serve as a member of the DoS PMD Infrastructure team supporting enterprise virtualization platforms
• Design, implement, and maintain VMware-based solutions (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter)
• Lead virtualization architecture efforts, including capacity planning, performance tuning, and high availability configurations
• Deploy and configure new data center infrastructure, including rack and stack of hardware
• Collaborate with network engineers to design and configure virtual networking (vSwitches, distributed switches, VLANs)
• Administer and support enterprise storage solutions (Dell/EMC or equivalent) in virtualized environments
• Provision, manage, and patch virtual machines and supporting infrastructure
• Troubleshoot complex system, storage, and virtualization issues across multi-tier environments
• Develop and maintain system documentation, diagrams, SOPs, and operational procedures
• Support continuous improvement and modernization initiatives, including automation and cloud integration where applicable

Qualifications

• Required Education & Experience: Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; may accept additional experience in lieu of degree
• Red Hat Linux and RHEL Satellite Server
• Senior-level knowledge of VMWare and vSphere design, integration, and deployment
• Knowledge or training on VMware and ESX 7.0+ deployment, configuration, and maintenance
• Windows engineer or administrator experience (Active Directory, GPOs, and PowerShell scripting)
• Experience leading system integration projects as the technical lead
• Experience working with customers to capture/document requirements