VMWare Engineer

Job Summary:

We are looking for a highly experienced and technically proficient Senior VMware Engineer to lead and execute complex deployments and migrations involving VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) NSX vSAN and the VMware Aria Suite (formerly vRealize Suite). The role focuses on design implementation and migration of enterprise virtualization platforms to modern software-defined data centers.

Key Responsibilities:

Design & Deployment

Plan design and implement VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments including management and workload domains.

Deploy and configure NSX-T/NSX-V including logical switching routing firewalls and network services.

Set up and manage vSAN clusters including stretched clusters fault domains and storage policies.

Deploy and configure the VMware Aria Suite components (Aria Operations Aria Automation Aria Operations for Networks and Aria Lifecycle).

Migration Projects

Lead and execute workload migrations to VCF environments including from legacy 3-tier infrastructure and non-VMware platforms.

Use tools such as VMware HCX vMotion cold migration and VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) for seamless migrations.

Conduct pre-migration assessments dependency mapping and develop migration runbooks and rollback plans.

Automation & Operations

Use VMware Aria Automation (formerly vRA) to automate provisioning and lifecycle management of virtual machines and infrastructure services.

Integrate monitoring and alerting with Aria Operations (vROps) and Aria Operations for Networks (vRNI).

Build and maintain workflows using vRealize Orchestrator (vRO).

Support & Optimization

Provide post-deployment support performance tuning and ongoing optimization of deployed infrastructure.

Identify and resolve complex issues across compute storage and network layers.

Collaborate with security and compliance teams to ensure adherence to governance and regulatory requirements.

Documentation & Knowledge Transfer

Produce detailed design documentation (HLD/LLD) deployment guides standard operating procedures and migration plans.

Conduct knowledge transfer and training sessions for internal teams and clients.

Required Skills & Experience:

7 years of experience in enterprise virtualization and cloud infrastructure.

Proven expertise in:

o VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Planning deployment lifecycle management.

o NSX-T/NSX-V Design deployment firewall policies microsegmentation.

o vSAN Implementation storage policies capacity planning.

o VMware Aria Suite Aria Operations Automation Orchestrator and Lifecycle.

Deep understanding of vSphere 6.x/7.x/8.x vCenter and ESXi.

Hands-on experience with VMware HCX SRM and large-scale workload migration projects.

Knowledge of automation/scripting tools: PowerCLI Ansible Python (preferred).