Virtualization and Cloud Automation Engineer
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Job Location:
The Woodlands, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
6 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Our customer in the banking industry is seeking a and nbsp;Virtualization and amp; Cloud Automation Engineer to join their growing team. You will be responsible for engineering automating and supporting the organizations hybrid infrastructure across VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Microsoft Azure enterprise container platforms and Cisco UCS compute environments.
This role combines deep technical knowledge of virtualization cloud services automation frameworks and container orchestration with strong security awareness documentation discipline and cross-team collaboration.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and optimize VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.x including vSphere vSAN NSX and SDDC Manager.
- Perform lifecycle operations: patching upgrades performance tuning and capacity planning.
- Troubleshoot ESXi hosts NSX overlays vCenter services and distributed virtualization components.
- Administer Azure IaaS/PaaS including VMs VNets Storage Key Vault Azure Monitor and governance tooling.
- Implement Azure governance such as RBAC Azure Policy tagging and cost-control practices.
- Deploy/manage Docker Kubernetes AKS and Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters.
- Maintain container cluster health networking storage classes registries and workload orchestration.
- Develop automation using PowerShell Python Terraform Azure CLI and Bicep.
- Build IaC modules reusable automation CI/CD pipelines and provisioning workflows.
- Administer Cisco UCS blades service profiles fabric interconnects and firmware lifecycles.
- Participate in on-call rotation to provide after-hours support and incident response.
- Serve as a Tier-3 escalation point for virtualization cloud automation and container issues.
- Apply zero-trust-aligned configuration principles and secure infrastructure practices.
- Monitor health logs alerts risk events and performance indicators across hybrid-cloud systems.
- Support incident response environment hardening and infrastructure compliance efforts.
- Maintain documentation: runbooks architecture diagrams operational standards and procedures.
- Support business continuity high-availability engineering and DR validation processes.
- Ensure secure lifecycle processes including patching certificate hygiene and least-privilege alignment.
Competencies Required:
- Lead or support cloud modernization automation virtualization engineering and containerization initiatives.
- Collaborate with infrastructure cloud security networking and application teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Engage governance/audit teams to ensure compliance with organizational standards and regulatory requirements.
- Provide documentation training and operational guidance across technical teams.
- Support application/workload onboarding into VCF Azure and Kubernetes environments.
- Participate in planning and execution of technology roadmaps and cross-functional engineering projects.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and drive initiatives.
- Strong collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.
- Automation-first mindset with continuous improvement focus.
- Advanced troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.
- Strong documentation discipline and secure governance-aligned operational mindset.
Qualifications/Experience:
- 5 years VMware engineering experience (vSphere vSAN NSX VCF) required
- 2 years of VMware Cloud Foundation experience preferred
- Cloud engineering background with hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure preferred.
- Proficiency in automation using PowerShell Python Terraform Bicep and Azure CLI.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes AKS Docker or Tanzu Kubernetes Grid.
- Strong networking fundamentals (routing switching overlays DNS load balancing).
- Proficiency in administering Windows and RedHat systems.
- Experience with GitOps container security tools and service mesh technologies.
- Familiarity with zero-trust frameworks audit processes and compliance tooling.
Formal Education and amp; Certification:
High School Diploma or equivalent required.
VMware VCP VCAP or VCF certifications preferred
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Compensation: and nbsp;100000 - $125000 DOE plus benefits
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Applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer. and nbsp;
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Staff Smart Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veteran status genetic information disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.
