VMware Subject Matter Expert (SME)

About the Role

VMware Subject Matter Expert (SME) with strong L3 administration and engineering expertise across the VMware vSphere suite, supporting mission-critical enterprise environments while maintaining SLAs.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for mission-critical enterprise VMware environments.
• Administer and manage large-scale VMware environments, including VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), VMware vSphere, and Disaster Recovery solutions.
• Design, configure, and maintain ESXi hosts, VMware clusters, and resource pools.
• Perform lifecycle management of DELL and HPE ESXi hardware.
• Plan and execute VM migrations using VMware HCX, including vMotion, Bulk Migration, Cold Migration, and Replication-Assisted vMotion.
• Optimize virtual infrastructure for performance, capacity, and scalability.
• Implement High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions, including Zerto, based on RPO/RTO requirements.
• Configure and manage DR technologies, including replication, failover, and failback.
• Execute DR testing, failover scenarios, and recovery validation to ensure business continuity.
• Integrate VMware platforms with enterprise storage technologies (SAN, NAS, vSAN) and manage storage provisioning, replication strategies, and performance tuning.
• Ensure virtual infrastructure alignment with enterprise network architecture.
• Support vulnerability remediation and compliance requirements, including SOC-driven scans, and maintain adherence to enterprise security policies.
• Create and maintain technical blueprints, architecture diagrams, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Participate in on-call rotations and provide 24x7 production support.
• Use Aria Operations (Aria Ops) for monitoring, capacity planning, and performance tuning.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Ansible, Terraform, and PowerCLI to automate infrastructure provisioning, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement long-term corrective actions.
• Maintain operational documentation and SOPs.
• Execute infrastructure changes in accordance with enterprise change management processes and document design decisions, configurations, and implementation steps.
• Participate in CAB reviews to ensure minimal risk to production systems.
• Support audit requests and regulatory compliance requirements.

Requirements

• 4-6 years of hands-on experience with VMware vSphere administration and engineering.
• Strong L3 administration and engineering expertise across the VMware vSphere suite.
• Hands-on experience with DELL and HPE hardware platforms.
• Advanced knowledge of VMware components, including:
  • HCX
  • HA
  • DRS
  • vMotion
  • Distributed Switches
  • Failover mechanisms
• Strong knowledge of Zerto disaster recovery replication topologies.
• Hands-on experience building ESXi infrastructure workflows and automating day-to-day operations using:
  • PowerCLI
  • Ansible
  • Terraform
• Practical working knowledge of cloud fundamentals and experience supporting hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Proven ability to collaborate with network, compute, application teams, and infrastructure stakeholders.

Desirable Skills

• VMware VCF
• VMware vSphere
• VMware HCX
• Zerto
• PowerCLI
• Ansible
• Terraform
• Aria Operations
• DELL hardware
• HPE hardware
• SAN/NAS/vSAN
• Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
• Disaster Recovery
• Infrastructure as Code

Location: Indianapolis, IN | Duration: 6+ months