VMWare Engineer

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Administer, maintain, monitor, and support enterprise VMware virtualization platforms, including vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, and related ecosystem components.
• Design, install, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot VMware infrastructure across production, DR, and test environments.
• Lead VMware cluster management activities, including host deployment, lifecycle management, capacity planning, and hardware refresh initiatives.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting of ESXi hosts, virtual machines, storage, networking, HA, DRS, vMotion, and vSAN-related issues.
• Manage VMware patching, upgrades, security hardening, and vulnerability remediation activities while ensuring minimal business disruption.
• Configure and maintain backup, recovery, replication, snapshot, and disaster recovery solutions for virtualized workloads.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security standards, audit requirements, and infrastructure governance policies.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, analyze trends, identify risks, and implement proactive improvements to enhance platform stability and efficiency.
• Perform root cause analysis for critical incidents, develop preventive measures, and drive continuous service improvements.
• Support infrastructure modernization initiatives, including VMware version upgrades, capacity optimization, workload migrations, and cloud integration projects.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and knowledge base articles.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Storage, Backup, Network, Security, Server, and Application teams to resolve complex infrastructure issues.

Roles & Responsibilities

• VMware administration responsible for the design, configuration, maintenance, monitoring, and operational support of enterprise VMware environments.
• Monitor platform health, utilization, and performance trends; implement proactive improvements to optimize availability and efficiency.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Network, Storage, Backup, Security, and Application teams to deliver stable and resilient services.
• Participate in on-call support, planned maintenance activities, major incident resolution, and disaster recovery testing exercises.

Pay

$100,000–$120,000 a year

Benefits

• Discretionary Annual Incentive.
• Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.
• Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.
• Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.
• Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.
• Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.
• Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.