Senior Virtualization Engineer , 9+years, Bangalore

Sandisk; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,300,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandisk is seeking a Senior Virtualization Engineer to design, build, and automate large-scale Hyper-V environments. You will own cluster design, automation workflows, and self-healing components, while driving platform standards. This senior role emphasizes hands-on delivery rather than pure operations.

You will also craft PowerShell automation, contribute to reference architectures, and mentor junior engineers. Hybrid-cloud awareness, especially Azure, is valued.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in infrastructure or virtualization engineering.
• Design and implement Hyper-V at scale.
• Automation with Ansible/Terraform for IaC.
• Self-healing/auto-remediation experience for infra health.
• Advanced PowerShell scripting for automation, reporting.
• Knowledge of SAN/NAS/S2D/vSAN and networking in virtualization.
• Exposure to hybrid-cloud (Azure preferred).
• HA/DR, live migration, and workload mobility knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design Hyper-V clusters and virtualization solutions per platform standards (Failover Clustering, storage, and networking).
• Contribute to cluster performance engineering and right-sizing with utilization data.
• Build and maintain infrastructure automation and orchestration using Ansible and Terraform.
• Implement self-healing and auto-remediation components for host, cluster, and VM health.
• Develop advanced PowerShell automation for provisioning, configuration, reporting, and remediation.
• Maintain virtualization host templates and standardized build pipelines.
• Support hybrid-cloud integration work (Azure preferred).
• Establish and maintain performance baselines, monitoring, and observability.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across fleet.
• Contribute to reference architectures and design documentation; mentor juniors.

Skills

Hyper-V design

Failover Clustering

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Automation & IaC

Performance tuning

Azure

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (AZ-800/AZ-801)

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)

HashiCorp Terraform Associate

Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation

VMware VCP-DCV

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

VMware vSphere

Job description

Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we’re living in and that we have the power to shape.

Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality.

Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.

Description

As a Senior Virtualization Engineer, you will design, build, and automate virtualization solutions (primarily Hyper‑V) across a large‑scale hybrid environment. Working within the standards and reference architectures set by the Virtualization Architect, you will own the design and implementation of specific clusters, automation workflows, and self‑healing components. — translating platform direction into working, well‑engineered infrastructure. This is a hands‑on senior engineering role with real design responsibility on scoped problems; it is not an operations role. You will solve hard technical problems and contribute to platform standards, without owning fleet‑wide architecture strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement Hyper‑V clusters and virtualization solutions against established platform standards, including Failover Clustering, storage, and networking configuration.
• Contribute to cluster performance engineering and right‑sizing — analyze utilization data, tune configurations, and recommend sizing and consolidation improvements.
• Build and maintain infrastructure automation and orchestration using Ansible and Terraform (provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle as code).
• Implement self‑healing and auto‑remediation components for host, cluster, and VM health, working from patterns defined at the architecture level.
• Develop advanced PowerShell automation for provisioning, configuration, reporting, and remediation.
• Build and maintain virtualization host templates and standardized build pipelines.
• Support hybrid‑cloud integration work (Azure preferred), including connectivity and workload placement between on‑prem and cloud.
• Establish and maintain performance baselines, monitoring, and observability for cluster health, capacity, and utilization.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis on virtualization, cluster, and performance issues across the fleet.
• Contribute to reference architectures, design documentation, and standards; provide technical guidance to junior engineers.

Skills & Experience

• Strong hands‑on experience designing and implementing enterprise virtualization, with primary strength in Hyper‑V and Failover Clustering (VMware vSphere a plus).
• Practical experience with cluster performance tuning, capacity planning, and right‑sizing in large environments.
• Solid automation and orchestration skills: Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure‑as‑code and configuration management.
• Experience implementing or supporting self‑healing / auto‑remediation for infrastructure health.
• Advanced PowerShell scripting for automation, reporting, and remediation.
• Working knowledge of the underlying stack: compute, storage (SAN/NAS/S2D/vSAN), and networking as they relate to virtualization performance.
• Exposure to hybrid‑cloud / public cloud (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP relevant).
• Understanding of HA/DR, live migration, and workload mobility General.

Skills & Competencies

• Self‑directed engineer who can take a scoped design problem and drive it to implementation with limited oversight.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting mindset; grounds decisions in performance and utilization data.
• Clear written and verbal communication; able to document designs and explain technical trade‑offs to peers and leadership.
• Collaborative contributor who mentors junior engineers and shares knowledge.
• Keeps current with virtualization, automation, and cloud technologies.

Required

• 6+ years in infrastructure or virtualization engineering, including hands‑on design and implementation of Hyper‑V (or comparable) at scale, plus automation with Ansible/Terraform Certifications.

Preferred

• Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (AZ-800/AZ-801).
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104).
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate.
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation.
• VMware VCP‑DCV (if VMware is in scope).

Additional Information

Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

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