Senior Infrastructure Design Engineer

Comspek International; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Design Engineer in Auckland or Wellington. You will design and deliver enterprise-grade virtualized solutions, leveraging your deep expertise with VMware technologies to create robust infrastructure. If you have over 5 years of experience and enjoy working on large-scale projects, we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with the VMware stack (vSphere, vSAN, NSX).
• Solid understanding of enterprise server hardware.
• Strong knowledge of storage solutions and related protocols.
• Proven experience with data protection and DR using tools like Veeam or Commvault.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer workshops to define technical and business requirements.
• Architect enterprise virtualisation solutions using VMware.
• Develop technical proposals and implementation roadmaps.
• Conduct capacity planning and performance modelling.
• Design and deploy scalable vSphere compute clusters.
• Implement VMware NSX for network virtualisation.
• Design enterprise backup and recovery strategies.
• Architect and deliver disaster recovery solutions.

Skills

VMware technologies (vSphere, VCF, vSAN, NSX)

Enterprise server hardware

Storage solutions (SAN, NAS, SDS)

Data protection and disaster recovery tools (Veeam, Commvault)

Stakeholder engagement

Technical presentation skills

Job description

Overview

Senior Infrastructure Design Engineer – Location: Auckland; or Wellington/Christchurch remote consideration. We’re looking for an experienced Senior Infrastructure Design Engineer to design and deliver enterprise‑grade virtualised solutions for internal and external clients. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role where you’ll translate business requirements into scalable, resilient infrastructure architectures.

You’ll bring deep expertise across compute, storage, virtualisation and data protection using VMware technologies such as vSphere, VCF, vSAN and NSX to create robust, high‑performance environments.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead customer workshops to define technical and business requirements.
• Architect enterprise virtualisation solutions using VMware (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter).
• Develop technical proposals, architecture documentation, and implementation roadmaps.
• Conduct capacity planning, sizing, and performance modelling for virtual environments.
• Design and deploy scalable vSphere compute clusters with DRS, HA, and vMotion.
• Implement VMware NSX for network virtualisation and micro‑segmentation.
• Design enterprise backup and recovery strategies using Veeam or Commvault.
• Architect and deliver disaster recovery (DR) solutions using VMware SRM.
• Ensure high availability and resilience through automated failover and fault‑tolerant design.

What you’ll bring

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience with the VMware stack (vSphere, vSAN, NSX).
• Solid understanding of enterprise server hardware (Dell, HPE, Cisco UCS).
• Strong knowledge of storage solutions (SAN, NAS, SDS) and related protocols (FC, iSCSI, NFS).
• Proven experience with data protection and DR using tools like Veeam or Commvault.
• Experience with other hypervisors (Hyper‑V, KVM) is an advantage.
• Strong documentation, stakeholder engagement, and technical presentation skills.

If you’re a seasoned infrastructure engineer who enjoys designing future‑ready virtual environments and wants to work on large‑scale enterprise projects, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now to join a forward‑thinking team delivering infrastructure solutions.

Kia ora, Comspek and our clients fully support and encourage diverse hiring and inclusive recruitment processes. Don’t meet every single requirement of this job description? That’s ok – you do not need to tick every box or have expertise in the full JD. Comspek is dedicated to building diverse, inclusive and authentic workplaces based on different clients’ needs. If you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply.