Remote Senior Systems Engineer: VMware & Automation

Contour Data Solutions, LLC; Santa Cruz de Tenerife; Hybrid; EUR 72,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Contour Data Solutions, LLC is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for Managed Services to design, build, and support server, virtualization, storage, and backup infrastructure across Windows and Linux in a 24x7 environment.

The role emphasizes automation with PowerShell/PowerCLI, Bash, Python, Ansible or Terraform, and requires hands-on expertise with VMware vSphere/ESXi, Veeam and Zerto, SAN storage, and DR planning. Remote/Hybrid with US-based preference.

Qualifications

• MSP experience required.
• 5+ years in design, implementation, and support of enterprise systems infrastructure.
• Hands-on with VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter in production environments; exposure to other hypervisors is a plus.
• Strong backup and disaster recovery experience with Veeam and Zerto.
• Solid Windows Server and Linux administration.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day operation, change control, and maintenance of the systems estate including patching and upgrades.
• Mentor the Contour Operations Center and manage the ticket queue.
• Design, build, and administer virtualization environments and storage.
• Develop runbooks and automation for provisioning, patching, and reporting.
• Provide technical input into projects and ensure 24x7 on-call readiness.

Skills

VMware vSphere/ESXi

Zerto/Veeam DR

Windows/Linux admin

Automation scripting

Infrastructure as code

PowerCLI/Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, CS, MIS, or related field

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

Nutanix AHV

Proxmox VE

KVM

Job description

Contour Data Solutions, LLC is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for Managed Services to design, build, and support server, virtualization, storage, and backup infrastructure across Windows and Linux in a 24x7 environment.

The role emphasizes automation with PowerShell/PowerCLI, Bash, Python, Ansible or Terraform, and requires hands-on expertise with VMware vSphere/ESXi, Veeam and Zerto, SAN storage, and DR planning. Remote/Hybrid with US-based preference.