Senior VMware Engineer
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Job Title :Senior VMware Engineer
Job Location : Calgary Alberta
Job Description:
Position Overview:
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior VMware Engineer to join our IT infrastructure team. This role is responsible for designing implementing and managing VMware environments including vSphere vCenter ESXi and related technologies. The ideal candidate will also have experience with VMware Aria (formerly vRealize) leveraging it for performance monitoring alerting automation and reporting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design deploy and maintain VMware vSphere environments including ESXi vCenter and vSAN HPE SimpliVity and Dell VxRail clusters in conjunction with other teams.
- Monitor optimize and alert on the VMware infrastructure for performance scalability and reliability using Aria Operations HPE OneView and other tools.
- Perform troubleshooting and root cause analysis of VMwarerelated issues.
- Ensure VMware best practices for security backup and disaster recovery.
- Perform firmware and software upgrades for all VMware infrastructure.
- Respond to incidents from business users as well as infrastructure monitors. Engage vendors for troubleshooting and resolve tickets in a timely manner to reduce impact to business operations.
- Follow all change management processes for incident problem and change to ensure proper audit trail and compliance of all changes.
- Utilize VMware Aria Operations (vRealize Operations Manager) to monitor and alert on compute storage and network performance incidents health checks capacity planning orchestration log analysis and network configuration.
- Automate all common tasks using tools such as PowerCLI Ansible Terraform and vSphere APIs.
- Ensure VMware environment aligns with security best practices adhering to regulatory compliance standards where required.
- Conduct regular audits and enforce RBAC and access controls in vCenter.
- Document standard operating procedures (SOPs) architecture diagrams and maintain knowledge base articles for use by support teams.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 5 years of experience in VMware engineering including vSphere vCenter ESXi.
- Strong expertise in VMware Aria Operations Aria Automation and Aria Log Insight.
- Handson experience with PowerCLI Ansible Terraform or other automation tools.
- Experience with Windows Server Linux and hybrid cloud environments (AWS and Azure).
- Strong troubleshooting skills in networking storage and virtualization.
- VMware VCPDCV or VCAP certification is preferred.
- Experience with hybrid cloud architecture is preferred.
Employment Type
Full Time
