Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer Dautom On-site Fast Track available

HireHouse; Sharjah; On-site; AED 360,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

HireHouse is recruiting a Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer for Sharjah to manage and optimize a enterprise private cloud and data center infrastructure. You will drive automation, DR planning, and storage provisioning, leveraging VMware Cloud Foundation and HCX.

Expertise in VMware technologies, infrastructure-as-code, and automation tooling is essential. The role focuses on DR design, workload mobility, and cloud-to-on-premises migrations in a demanding enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• We are seeking an experienced Senior VMware, Storage and Infrastructure professional with hands-on expertise in VMware Cloud Foundation and DR design.
• Proficiency in private cloud, storage platforms, backups, networking, and automation is required.
• Strong scripting (Python) and REST API integration experience is expected.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize an enterprise private cloud and data center infrastructure.
• Develop automation for infrastructure using IaC and API integrations.
• Lead disaster recovery design and workload mobility initiatives.
• Implement backup strategies and storage provisioning automation.

Skills

VMware Cloud Foundation

Private Cloud

Compute and Storage

Disaster Recovery

Workload Mobility

Infrastructure Automation

Infrastructure as Code

Backup

Operating Systems

Networking

VMware Site Recovery Manager

vSphere Replication

HCX

VCF security hardening

VCF API automation

VCF import and migration tools

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

NVIDIA GPU virtualization

Python scripting

REST API integration

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Kubernetes/OpenShift automation

Azure infrastructure automation

Storage automation

Backup automation

Observability automation

Terraform/HashiCorp

Education

VMware Certifications

Terraform Associate

Azure certification

Red Hat Ansible Automation

Veeam/Vendor certifications

Tools

Kubernetes

Red Hat OpenShift

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Client Introduction

In this role, you will collaborate closely with one of our esteemed clients—a globally recognized leader in their industry, distinguished by their commitment to excellence, innovation, and delivering exceptional value. As a trusted IT consulting partner, Dautom is supporting their strategic initiatives by connecting them with exceptional talent to drive business growth and transformation.

Job Role: Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

Work Location: Sharjah

Notice Period: 30 Days

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior VMware, Storage and Infrastructure to manage, maintain, automate, and optimize our enterprise private cloud and data center infrastructure. The role requires strong hands‑on expertise in VMware Cloud Foundation 9, VMware Cloud Director, VMware Site Recovery Manager, VMware HCX, Dell server infrastructure, enterprise storage platforms, backup technologies, and infrastructure automation.

• 1. VMware Cloud Foundation, Private Cloud, Compute and Storage
• 2. Disaster Recovery and Workload Mobility
• 3. Infrastructure Automation and Infrastructure as Code
• 4. Backup, Operating Systems and Networking

VMware Cloud Foundation, DR and Migration Skills

• VCF SDDC Manager.
• VMware Cloud Foundation 9.
• VCF management domain administration.
• VCF workload domain deployment and management.
• VCF lifecycle management.
• VCF host commissioning and decommissioning.
• VCF cluster expansion.
• VCF multi‑site architecture.
• VCF disaster recovery design.
• VMware Site Recovery Manager.
• SRM protection groups and recovery plans.
• Planned migration, failover, failback, and reprotection.
• Storage replication adapters.
• VMware vSphere Replication.
• VMware HCX.
• HCX Bulk Migration.
• HCX Replication‑Assisted vMotion.
• HCX Network Extension.
• HCX Mobility Optimized Networking.
• HCX Service Mesh.
• Azure VMware Solution migration.
• VCF security hardening.
• VCF certificate and password management.
• VCF API automation.
• VMware Cloud Foundation import and migration tools.
• VMware Operations.
• VMware Private AI Foundation.
• VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid.
• VMware Data Services Manager.
• NVIDIA GPU virtualization and AI workload infrastructure.

Additional Preferred Skills

• - VMware Aria Automation.
• - VMware Aria Orchestrator.
• - VMware Aria Operations.
• - Python scripting.
• - REST API integration.
• - GitLab CI/CD.
• - GitHub Actions.
• - Azure DevOps.
• - Jenkins.
• - Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift automation.
• - Azure infrastructure automation.
• - Storage automation and API‑based provisioning.
• - Backup automation and reporting.
• - Infrastructure monitoring and observability automation.

Preferred Certifications

• - VMware Certified Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation.
• - VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization.
• - VMware Certified Advanced Professional.
• - VMware Cloud Director certification.
• - VMware NSX certification.
• - VMware HCX certification or relevant training.
• - VMware Site Recovery Manager or disaster recovery training.
• - VMware Aria Automation certification.
• - HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate.
• - Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation.
• - Dell Technologies certification.
• - Pure Storage certification.
• - Veeam Certified Engineer.
• - Commvault certification.
• - Microsoft Azure certification.