Virtualization SME

L&T Technology Services; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

L&T Technology Services Bengaluru seeks an experienced Virtualization SME to design, implement, optimize, and support enterprise virtualization platforms across on‑premises, private, and hybrid cloud environments. The candidate will act as a technical lead for virtualization infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and scalability of mission‑critical systems.

The role emphasizes hands‑on work with VMware, Hyper‑V, Nutanix, vSAN, and related technologies, along with

Qualifications

• BE/B.Tech/M.Tech in CS, IT, Electronics, or related field.
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP) preferred.
• Experience managing large-scale enterprise virtualization environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage enterprise virtualization environments.
• Lead design and implementation of VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, and other virtualization technologies.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, disaster recovery, and infrastructure optimization.
• Manage ESXi hosts, vCenter, clusters, datastores, distributed switches, and virtual networking.
• Drive virtualization modernization initiatives, including hybrid cloud and container integration.
• Design and support High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), vMotion, SRM, and backup solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex virtualization, storage, networking, and performance issues.
• Collaborate with security, cloud, network, and platform engineering teams.
• Define infrastructure standards, governance, and best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.

Skills

VMware vSphere

VMware vSAN

VMware NSX

Microsoft Hyper-V

Nutanix AHV

Azure / AWS virtualization

Containerized infra

Education

BE/B.Tech/M.Tech in Computer Science/IT/Electronics

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Ansible

Job description

Experience: 8-15 Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Virtualization SME to design, implement, optimize, and support enterprise virtualization platforms across on-premises, private, and hybrid cloud environments. The candidate will act as a technical lead for virtualization infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and scalability of mission-critical systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage enterprise virtualization environments.
• Lead design and implementation of VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, and other virtualization technologies.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, disaster recovery, and infrastructure optimization.
• Manage ESXi hosts, vCenter, clusters, datastores, distributed switches, and virtual networking.
• Drive virtualization modernization initiatives, including hybrid cloud and container integration.
• Design and support High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), vMotion, SRM, and backup solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex virtualization, storage, networking, and performance issues.
• Collaborate with security, cloud, network, and platform engineering teams.
• Define infrastructure standards, governance, and best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.

Required Skills

• VMware vSphere (ESXi, vCenter)
• VMware vSAN
• VMware NSX (preferred)
• Microsoft Hyper-V
• Nutanix AHV
• Azure / AWS virtualization workloads
• Containerized infrastructure concepts

Storage & Backup

• SAN/NAS technologies
• NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage
• Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik

Networking

• TCP/IP, VLANs, DNS, DHCP
• Load Balancers
• SDN concepts

Automation

• PowerShell
• Python
• Ansible
• Infrastructure as Code concepts

Qualifications

• BE/B.Tech/M.Tech in Computer Science, IT, Electronics, or related disciplines.
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP) preferred.
• VMware Advanced Professional (VCAP) certification will be an added advantage.
• Experience managing large-scale enterprise virtualization environments.