Broadcom/VMware Engineer

IPDS Solutions; Ellicott City (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

IPDS Solutions is seeking a dedicated Broadcom/VMware engineer to join our engineering team in the Washington DC to Baltimore area. You will design, deploy, and support VMware environments for enterprise and commercial organizations across the Mid-Atlantic.

The role includes leading readiness assessments for VMware Cloud Foundation 9.x migrations in a primarily delivery and implementation capacity, with time in pre-sales for scoping and architecture discussions.

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on VMware experience in production environments.
• Strong vSphere background with deployment in vSAN or NSX.
• Experience upgrading and migrating in live environments with change window planning.
• Ability to collaborate with customer IT teams and leadership.
• Broadcom or VMware certifications, or plan to obtain them quickly.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and upgrade VMware environments across vSphere, vSAN, and NSX.
• Support and troubleshoot production customer environments, including escalations.
• Lead VMware Cloud Foundation design and deployment engagements.
• Perform readiness assessments covering hardware validation, workload review, and upgrade sequencing.
• Own technical delivery from design through cutover and knowledge transfer.
• Partner with the sales team on scoping, sizing, and solution architecture.
• Work with customer infrastructure teams and Broadcom partners.
• Earn and maintain Broadcom certifications, including VCF Platform tracks.

Skills

VMware expert

vSphere pro

Upgrade/migration planning

Customer collaboration

Broadcom/VMware certs

Tools

VMware vSphere

VMware vSAN

NSX

Job description

IPDS CAREERS

BROADCOM/VMWARE ENGINEER

IPDS is looking for a dedicated Broadcom/VMware engineer to join our engineering team in the Washington DC to Baltimore area. In this role you will design, deploy, and support VMware environments for enterprise and commercialorganizations across the Mid-Atlantic. The work spans vSphere, vSAN, and NSX, and includes new deployments, upgrades and lifecycle work, environment stabilization, and escalation support. As customers plan their move to VMware Cloud Foundation 9.x, you will lead readiness assessments and build the migration roadmaps that follow. The position is primarily delivery and implementation, with time in pre-sales supporting scoping, sizing, and architecture conversations.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and upgrade VMware environments across vSphere, vSAN, and NSX
• Support and troubleshoot production customer environments, including escalations
• Lead VMware Cloud Foundation design and deployment engagements
• Perform readiness assessments covering hardware and compatibility validation, workload review, and upgrade sequencing
• Own technical delivery from design through cutover and knowledge transfer
• Partner with the sales team on scoping, sizing, and solution architecture
• Work directly with customer infrastructure teams and with our Broadcom and distribution partners
• Earn and maintain Broadcom certifications, including the VCF Platform tracks

Qualifications

• Significant hands‑on VMware experience, current and in production
• Strong vSphere background with deployment experience in vSAN, NSX, or both
• Experience planning and executing upgrades and migrations in live environments, including change window planning
• Ability to work directly with customer technical teams and IT leadership
• Broadcom or VMware certifications, or the background to complete them quickly
• Located in the Washington DC to Baltimore corridor, able to work a hybrid schedule and travel to regional customer sites

Preferred

• VMware Cloud Foundation experience at any version
• VCF Edge
• Healthcare or other regulated industry experience
• Exposure to alternative virtualization platforms

About IPDS

Headquartered in the Mid-Atlantic, IPDS (IP Datasystems, Inc.) delivers IT solutions and services in infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, and AI to customers across all verticals. Our people are our strength: a dedicated team of IT veterans who build environments that stay resilient, secure, and always performing at its best. Decades of hands‑on engineering experience, applied to every customer segment.