Infrastructure VCF Administrator – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Axiom Technologies; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Axiom Technologies in Sydney, Australia seeks an experienced Infrastructure VCF Administrator to join a major infrastructure transformation. You will administer, configure and support a VMware Cloud Foundation environment, manage SDDC Manager, and oversee vSphere/ESXi/vCenter operations.

You will also assist with migrations and lifecycle management of VMware components. The role requires hands-on expertise across VMware platforms, strong troubleshooting, and collaboration with network, storage,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in VMware/virtualisation and enterprise infrastructure administration.
• Hands-on with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and SDDC Manager.
• Experience administering VMware vSphere, ESXi and vCenter Server.
• Experience managing enterprise VMware clusters and migrations.
• Strong knowledge of HA, DRS, vMotion, cluster and resource management.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex VMware infrastructure issues.
• Experience working in ITIL-aligned environments with change processes.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environment.
• Manage SDDC Manager, platform health, configuration and operations.
• Administer VMware vSphere, ESXi and vCenter Server environments.
• Support migration of ESXi clusters into the VCF platform.
• Assist with design, build and readiness of VCF infrastructure.
• Coordinate and perform VMware lifecycle activities including upgrades and patching.
• Collaborate with network, storage, security and application teams.
• Maintain documentation and participate in change-management processes.

Skills

VMware

VCF

SDDC Manager

vSphere

ESXi

vCenter

Lifecycle management

HA

DRS

vMotion

Cluster management

Change management

Education

Degree in IT/CS/Engineering

VMware VCP-DCV certification

ITIL certification (advantageous)

Tools

PowerCLI

PowerShell

Ansible

Terraform

Veeam

Rubrik

Commvault

Job description

Axiom Technologiesis a Global IT Services partner supporting medium to large-scale enterprises. Please visit our website for more information about what we do at www.axiomtechnologies.com.

We are looking for a capable resource to coordinate tasks, ranging from simple activities to more complex plans. This role will provide on-site/on-call assistance to end users within the organization’s desktop computing environment in a timely and accurate manner to ensure optimal service delivery.

Axiom Technologiesis a Global IT Services partner supporting medium to large-scale enterprises. Please visit our website for more information about what we do at www.axiomtechnologies.com.

We are looking for a capable resource to coordinate tasks, ranging from simple activities to more complex plans. This role will provide on-site/on-call assistance to end users within the organization’s desktop computing environment in a timely and accurate manner to ensure optimal service delivery.

About the Role

Our customer is currently undertaking a major infrastructure transformation program involving the implementation of a new VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environment and the migration of existing VMware ESXi clusters onto the VCF platform.

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure VCF Administrator to join the project team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the administration, configuration, migration, lifecycle management and ongoing operational support of the VMware environment.

This role requires a hands‑on infrastructure professional with strong experience across VMware Cloud Foundation, SDDC Manager, vSphere, ESXi and vCenter, together with practical experience supporting enterprise‑scale virtualisation environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support the customer’s VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environment.
• Manage and maintain SDDC Manager, including platform health, configuration and operational activities.
• Administer VMware vSphere, ESXi and vCenter Server environments.
• Support the migration of existing VMware ESXi clusters into the new VCF platform.
• Assist with the design, build, configuration and operational readiness of VCF infrastructure.
• Manage VMware workload domains, clusters, hosts, virtual machines and associated infrastructure components.
• Perform VMware lifecycle management activities including:
  • Upgrades
  • Patching
  • Version upgrades
  • Configuration changes
  • Infrastructure maintenance
  • Component remediation
• Troubleshoot complex VMware infrastructure issues across compute, virtualisation, storage and networking layers.
• Monitor VMware platform health, capacity, availability and performance.
• Perform ESXi host and vCenter administration, including cluster configuration and optimisation.
• Support VMware HA, DRS, vMotion and related virtualisation technologies.
• Coordinate and execute infrastructure migration and change activities in accordance with established change‑management processes.
• Work closely with network, storage, security, backup and application teams to resolve infrastructure dependencies and technical issues.
• Conduct health checks and proactively identify potential capacity, performance or availability issues.
• Support incident, problem and change management activities for the VMware environment.
• Maintain technical documentation, configuration records, operational procedures and migration documentation.
• Participate in infrastructure upgrades, maintenance windows and planned implementation activities.
• Support enterprise infrastructure operations and ensure platform stability and availability.
• Assist with disaster recovery, backup and business continuity activities where required.
• Identify opportunities for automation and operational improvement within the VMware environment.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of experience in VMware/virtualisation and enterprise infrastructure administration.
• Strong hands‑on experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
• Strong practical experience with SDDC Manager.
• Extensive experience administering:
  • VMware vSphere
  • VMware ESXi
  • VMware vCenter Server
• Experience managing enterprise VMware clusters and virtualisation platforms.
• Proven experience with VMware lifecycle management, upgrades, patching and migrations.
• Hands‑on experience migrating or transitioning existing VMware environments into VCF.
• Strong knowledge of:
  • VMware HA
  • DRS
  • vMotion
  • Cluster management
  • Resource management
  • VM administration
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills across VMware infrastructure.
• Experience working within large‑scale enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Good understanding of infrastructure change, incident and problem management processes.
• Experience working collaboratively with network, storage, security and application infrastructure teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills.

Desirable Skills

Experience with the following would be highly regarded:

• VMware vSAN
• VMware NSX / NSX‑T
• VMware Distributed Switches
• Storage policies and capacity management
• VMware Aria Operations / Aria Automation / Aria Logs
• VMware HCX
• VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
• PowerCLI / PowerShell scripting
• Automation and infrastructure‑as‑code tools such as Ansible or Terraform
• Linux administration
• Enterprise backup technologies such as Veeam, Rubrik or Commvault
• Cisco networking and enterprise data‑centre technologies
• Disaster recovery and business continuity environments
• ITIL‑based operational processes
• VMware certifications such as VCP or related VMware credentials

Project / Migration Experience

The successful candidate should ideally have experience working on VMware transformation or migration projects, particularly:

• Greenfield VCF implementations
• Existing VMware‑to‑VCF migrations
• ESXi cluster migrations
• vCenter migrations
• Workload Domain implementation
• VCF lifecycle management
• VMware platform upgrades
• Infrastructure consolidation
• Enterprise virtualisation transformation programs

Personal Attributes

• Strong hands‑on technical capability.
• Analytical and structured approach to troubleshooting.
• Comfortable working in a complex enterprise environment.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with multiple infrastructure teams.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation skills.
• Proactive approach to identifying and resolving infrastructure issues.
• Ability to work within formal change‑management and production‑support processes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Education & Certifications

• Degree/Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline is desirable.
• VMware certification such as VCP-DCV or equivalent is highly desirable.
• ITIL certification or experience working within ITIL‑aligned environments is advantageous.