Virtualization Engineer

Position Summary:
The Virtualization Engineer is responsible for the architecture implementation optimization and lifecycle management of the enterprise VMware virtualization environment. This role serves as a subject matter expert across the full VMware ecosystem ensuring high availability performance security and scalability of virtualized compute storage and networking platforms. The ideal candidate has extensive handson experience with VMwares core infrastructure products and demonstrates strong leadership analytical and problemsolving capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design deploy and maintain VMware vSphere clusters ESXi hosts and related core virtualization infrastructure.
• Manage and optimize vCenter Server operations templates host profiles and distributed configurations.
• Implement and support VMware vSAN including storage policy design troubleshooting performance optimization and capacity planning.
• Architect and maintain VMware NSXT networking and security components including microsegmentation.
• Administer VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and integrated components ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Manage lifecycle operations using VMware Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) including upgrades patching and compliance management.
• Implement automation and orchestration using tools such as VMware Aria (vRealize) Automation Orchestrator and PowerCLI.
• Monitor system performance conduct rootcause analysis and implement corrective actions to ensure optimal environment stability.
• Maintain security compliance across virtualized environments including access controls hardening and auditing.
• Collaborate with storage networking security and application teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Develop and maintain architectural documentation standard operating procedures and disaster recovery runbooks.
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers and participate in oncall support rotations.

Required Qualifications:

• Extensive handson experience with VMware vSphere ESXi and vCenter in largescale enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in one or more advanced VMware components such as vSAN NSXT VCF or VMware Aria Suite.
• Proficiency with PowerShell/PowerCLI automation.
• Deep understanding of enterprise compute storage and network architectures.
• Experience with capacity planning performance tuning and lifecycle management.
• Strong analytical communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to manage complex projects and work independently with minimal supervision.