Senior Onsite Compute Engineer (SME)

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Title: Senior Onsite Compute Engineer (SME)

Location: New York NY / New Jersey (Hybrid)

Start Date / End Date: 4/6/2026 1/1/2027 (Approx. 38 Weeks)

Schedule: 40 Hours per week

Equipment: Client Laptop Provided

Interview Process: To be confirmed - typically 1-2 rounds via Teams/In-person

Number of Openings: 1

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are seeking a hands-on Compute SME to support and optimize on-premises datacenter platforms within the Health & Public Service sector. This role owns the compute layer end-to-end ensuring high availability capacity alignment and adherence to strict security and compliance standards for critical infrastructure.

DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead the architecture build and lifecycle management of onsite compute and virtualization platforms.
Manage Cisco UCS infrastructure including UCS Manager/Intersight Fabric Interconnects and service profiles.
Perform hands-on Dell PowerEdge server administration managing iDRAC and firmware/driver lifecycles.
Oversee VMware vSphere (ESXi/vCenter) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) operations including NSX and vSAN integrations.
Administer Windows Server (AD-joined workloads/Failover Clustering) and Linux (RHEL) operating systems.
Act as the primary technical point of contact for escalations troubleshooting complex hardware hypervisor and OS issues.

TOP 3 REQUIRED SKILLS

Cisco UCS Engineering (Intersight/Fabric Interconnects) 7 years
VMware vSphere & VCF (vSAN/NSX integrations) 7 years
Server Hardware Lifecycle (Dell PowerEdge/iDRAC) 7 years

ADDITIONAL DESIRED SKILLS

Windows Server & Linux (RHEL) Administration
Networking & Storage Fundamentals
Automation & Tooling for Datacenter Operations
Runbook Creation & Documentation

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE The ideal candidate is a seasoned infrastructure veteran with an ownership mindset who remains calm under pressure during critical outages. They should possess deep technical expertise in both Cisco and Dell hardware stacks and be comfortable working in a hybrid capacity in the NY/NJ area.

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This is a high PRIORITY requisition. This is a PROACTIVE requisition

Background Check : No

Drug Screen : No

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Title: Senior Onsite Compute Engineer (SME) Location: New York NY / New Jersey (Hybrid) Start Date / End Date: 4/6/2026 1/1/2027 (Approx. 38 Weeks) Schedule: 40 Hours per week Equipment: Client Laptop Provided Interview Process: To be confirmed - typically 1-2 rounds via Teams/In-person Number o...