VMWare Cloud Foundation Administrator

XPT Software; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software in Sydney seeks a seasoned VCF Administrator (JL5) with 8+ years’ experience to manage VMware Cloud Foundation environments, SDDC Manager operations, and workload domains, including upgrades and patching.

You will oversee ESXi/vCenter, vSAN, NSX-T components, monitor health, troubleshoot incidents, participate in change control, and drive automation with PowerCLI/PowerShell, while supporting security, access management, and audits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of VCF administration experience.
• Proven ability to manage SDDC Manager and workload domains.
• Extensive knowledge of ESXi, vCenter, vSAN and NSX-T components.
• Experience with automation using PowerCLI/PowerShell and scripting.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support VMware Cloud Foundation environments and SDDC Manager operations.
• Deploy and maintain workload domains, perform upgrades and patching.
• Manage ESXi hosts, vCenter servers, VMs, vSAN storage clusters, and NSX-T networking.
• Monitor health, troubleshoot incidents, and participate in change implementations.
• Perform capacity planning, maintain documentation, and support disaster recovery activities.
• Implement automation with PowerCLI/PowerShell and handle security/compliance and audits.

Skills

VCF Administration

VMware vSphere & vCenter

ESXi cluster management

vSAN storage management

NSX-T networking

Incident/Problem/Change management

Linux administration

Automation via PowerCLI/PowerShell

Tools

PowerCLI

PowerShell

Terraform

Ansible

VMware Aria Suite (vROps, Automation, Logs)

SRM

TKG

Job description

• The candidate should have strong experience in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), including SDDC Manager administration, workload domain management, lifecycle management, upgrades, and patching.


• Strong knowledge of VMware vSphere, vCenter Server, ESXi, DRS, HA, vMotion, and cluster administration is essential.


• The individual should have hands-on experience with VMware vSAN, storage policies, capacity management, and troubleshooting.


• Expertise in NSX-T networking, distributed switches, routing, network virtualization, and security policies is required.


• The candidate should also possess experience in incident management, problem management, change management, performance monitoring, health checks, and Linux administration.


• Knowledge of PowerCLI, PowerShell, and scripting for automation is highly desirable.

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience with VMware Aria Operations (vROps), VMware Aria Automation, VMware Aria Logs (Log Insight), VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), VMware HCX, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG), Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Python scripting, AWS, Azure, OCI, Veeam, Rubrik, Commvault, Dell EMC storage, and Cisco networking would be beneficial. VMware certification and ITIL knowledge are considered an added advantage.

Detailed Job Description:

• We are seeking a skilled VCF Administrator (JL5) with 8+ years of experience in managing .


• The VCF Administrator will be responsible for administering and supporting VMware Cloud Foundation environments, managing SDDC Manager operations, deploying and maintaining workload domains, performing infrastructure upgrades and patching activities, and ensuring platform availability and performance.


• The role includes managing ESXi hosts, vCenter servers, virtual machines, vSAN storage clusters, and NSX-T networking components.


• The administrator will monitor infrastructure health, perform troubleshooting, resolve incidents, participate in change implementations, carry out capacity planning, maintain operational documentation, and support disaster recovery activities.


• Additionally, the role involves implementing automation using PowerCLI or PowerShell, supporting security and compliance requirements, managing user access, and participating in audit activities to ensure adherence to organizational standards.