Cloud Engineer III

qtsdatacenters; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement matching

Paid time off and holidays

Tuition assistance

Parental leave

Wellness programs

Bonus eligible

Job summary

qtsdatacenters is seeking an engineer to own and support private cloud infrastructure across physical and virtualized environments. You will deploy, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve systems that support customer and internal workloads, while taking ownership of incidents and planned changes.

This role includes project scoping, operational documentation, and mentoring junior teammates, with a focus on VMware vCenter/ESXi, high availability, and automation using Python, Ansible, or PowerShell.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years of progressive IT engineering experience.
• Advanced experience with VMware vCenter and ESXi, network virtualization, and high availability or clustering.
• Experience administering Windows and Linux systems, including CentOS or RedHat, and hardening operating systems to compliance standards.
• Knowledge of protocols and services such as DNS, SSH, SSL, SMTP, and SNMP; experience with BGP, HSRP, and IP subnetting.
• Understanding of automation or APIs using Python, Ansible, PowerShell, JavaScript, JSON, or REST, plus enterprise Active Directory and Exchange administration.
• U.S. citizenship is required for this position due to federal customer contract requirements.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, upgrade, and migrate VMware vCenter and ESXi environments across hardware platforms.
• Configure and support network virtualization, high availability, clustering, and Windows and Linux systems.
• Monitor infrastructure, investigate alerts and escalated tickets, and resolve production issues while meeting service expectations.
• Plan maintenance, patching, capacity management, and functional testing for assigned systems and projects.
• Analyze performance and develop procedures that reduce outage likelihood or severity.
• Maintain technical diagrams, workbooks, change requests, and operating procedures; train and mentor junior team members.

Skills

VMware vCenter

Windows/Linux admin

Network HA & clustering

Automation scripting

APIs & JSON

AD/Exchange admin

DNS/SSH/SSL/SNMP

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

VMware ESXi

CentOS/RedHat

Python

Ansible

PowerShell

JavaScript/REST

Job description

Role overview

Engineer and support private cloud infrastructure across physical and virtualized environments. You'll deploy, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve systems that support customer and internal workloads, while taking ownership of incidents and planned changes. The role also includes project scoping, operational documentation, and technical guidance for less experienced teammates.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, upgrade, and migrate VMware vCenter and ESXi environments across hardware platforms.
• Configure and support network virtualization, high availability, clustering, and Windows and Linux systems.
• Monitor infrastructure, investigate alerts and escalated tickets, and resolve production issues while meeting service expectations.
• Plan maintenance, patching, capacity management, and functional testing for assigned systems and projects.
• Analyze performance and develop procedures that reduce outage likelihood or severity.
• Maintain technical diagrams, workbooks, change requests, and operating procedures; train and mentor junior team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.
• At least seven years of progressive IT engineering experience.
• Advanced experience with VMware vCenter and ESXi, network virtualization, and high availability or clustering.
• Experience administering Windows and Linux systems, including CentOS or RedHat, and hardening operating systems to compliance standards.
• Knowledge of protocols and services such as DNS, SSH, SSL, SMTP, and SNMP; experience with BGP, HSRP, and IP subnetting.
• Understanding of automation or APIs using Python, Ansible, PowerShell, JavaScript, JSON, or REST, plus enterprise Active Directory and Exchange administration.
• U.S. citizenship is required for this position due to federal customer contract requirements.

Nice to have

• Data center, virtualization, or hyperconverged infrastructure experience.
• VMware data center virtualization or relevant systems and technology certifications.
• Strong experience with Python, Ansible, PowerShell, or JavaScript/JSON/REST APIs.

Benefits and work setup

• Availability may need to flex to support a 24/7/365 operations center.
• Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; retirement matching; paid time off and holidays; tuition assistance; parental leave; and wellness programs. The position is bonus eligible.