It Vmware Systems Engineer

Long Finch Technologies; Bergenfield (NJ); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Long Finch Technologies, LLC. is seeking a Senior IT VMware Systems Engineer for a Jersey City, NJ hybrid role.

You will own the migration to VMware Cloud Foundation and manage a large-scale VMware estate (400–500 servers) with heavy automation using PowerCLI, Ansible, Terraform, and Python. The role requires 5–7 years of hands-on VMware experience, expertise in vSphere, NSX-T, and vSAN, and strong collaboration with global IT teams.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years designing, deploying, and supporting large VMware environments.
• Experience migrating legacy VMware sites to VMware Cloud Foundation or newer cloud-native stacks.
• Strong automation using PowerCLI, vRA, Ansible, Terraform, and PowerShell/Python.
• Hands-on with Aria Operations suite (formerly vRealize Operations), VRLI, VRNI for analytics.
• Understanding of enterprise storage and vSAN integration; deep networking knowledge.
• Excellent communication and ability to influence senior stakeholders; Agile/ITIL familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Lead migration to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF9) with zero downtime and security baselines.
• Design and evolve VMware stack (vSphere, NSX-T, vSAN, Aria Operations, VRLI, VRNI) for ultra-low latency and high availability.
• Implement IaC (Ansible, Terraform, PowerCLI) to automate provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Deploy AI-enabled agents for ticket triage, predictive alerts, and automated root cause analysis.
• Create self-healing playbooks to remediate common performance or capacity events.
• Configure monitoring thresholds, alarms, and dashboards in Aria Operations, VRLI, VRNI.
• Coordinate with global teams to align with enterprise standards and security guidelines.
• Participate in DR planning and testing; ensure quick recovery for critical workloads.
• Provide Tier 2/3 production support and on-call rotations.

Skills

PowerCLI

vRealize Automation

Ansible

Terraform

PowerShell

Python

Aria Operations

VMware vSphere

NSX-T

vSAN

Automation

AI ops

Capacity planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

PowerCLI

Job description

Senior IT VMware Systems Engineer

Long-Term Contract opportunity located in Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid).

Pay Range: $60 - $65/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Immediate need for a talented Senior IT VMware Systems Engineer. This is a Long-Term Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid).

• Manage and support large-scale VMware virtualization environments (400–500 servers).
• Work on VMware vSphere 8 and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF 9).
• Perform real-time capacity monitoring and infrastructure health checks.
• Review and validate capacity enhancement requests (RITMs).
• Drive hardware lifecycle management and replacement of end-of-life servers.
• Support VMware platform migration, upgrades, patching, and production deployments.
• Monitor and optimize infrastructure performance, availability, and capacity.
• Follow banking production change management and governance processes.
• Collaborate with global infrastructure, storage, networking, and application teams.

Required Experience & Qualifications (2026)

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• 5-7years of hands on experience designing, deploying, and supporting large scale VMware environments (vSphere8+, NSX T, vSAN).
• Demonstrated experience migrating legacy VMware sites to VMware Cloud Foundation9 or newer cloud native stacks.
• Strong automation background – expert level use of PowerCLI, vRealize Automation (vRA), Ansible, Terraform, and PowerShell/Python scripting.
• Hands on experience with the Aria Operations suite (formerly vRealize Operations), VRLI, and VRNI for log analytics and network insight.
• Solid understanding of enterprise storage (EMC/Isilon, Pure Storage, Dell/NetApp SAN, iSCSI), and how vSAN integrates with these platforms.
• Deep networking knowledge – TCP/IP fundamentals, VLANs, routing, and NSX T concepts (micro segmentation, distributed firewalls).
• Experience applying AI ops concepts: predictive monitoring, automated RCA, LLM driven chat ops, and intelligent capacity forecasting.
• Proven track record of cost optimisation (rights sizing VMs, leveraging spot/ephemeral instances, improving TCO).
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to influence senior stakeholders and mentor junior team members.
• Strong project management skills focused on outcome based results (Agile/ITIL preferred).

Desired Certifications & Skills

• VMware Certified Professional – Cloud Management and Automation (VCP CMA)
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud Foundation (VCAP CF)
• Experience with Aria Operations and related APIs for custom automation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Platform Architecture & Migration
• Automation & AI Enabled Operations
• Performance Monitoring & Capacity Management
• Process Improvement & Standardisation
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
• Operational Support

Core Responsibilities

• Lead the migration to VMware Cloud Foundation9 (VCF9), ensuring zero downtime, compliance, and alignment with security baselines.
• Design and evolve the integrated VMware stack (vSphere, NSX T, vSAN, Aria Operations, VRLI, VRNI) to meet ultra low latency and high availability requirements.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, PowerCLI) to automate provisioning, patching, and lifecycle management of the virtualization layer.
• Deploy agentic AI assistants (LLM powered chat ops) for ticket triage, predictive alerting, and automated root cause analysis within Aria Operations.
• Create self healing playbooks that remediate common performance or capacity events without human intervention.
• Configure, fine tune, and maintain monitoring thresholds, alarms, and dashboards in Aria Operations, VRLI, and VRNI.
• Use AI driven anomaly detection to anticipate capacity bottlenecks and latency spikes before they affect production.
• Facilitate environment wide process improvement initiatives (change, release, and incident management) to increase efficiency and consistency.
• Ensure all deployments adhere to group standards, best practices, and security hardening guides (CIS, VMware Hardened Base Image).
• Interface with VMware, storage, networking, and hyper converged hardware vendors; coordinate with global IT teams to keep the platform aligned with enterprise standards.
• Participate in DR planning, testing, and execution for the virtualization environment; maintain RPO≤5seconds and RTO≤15minutes for critical workloads.
• Provide Tier 2/3 support for production workloads, including 24×7 on call rotation.
• Conduct thorough morning and end of day health checks using scripted tools and AI generated health scores.
• Perform OS and firmware upgrades, mandatory security patches, and storage system updates through automated pipelines.
• Liaise with application owners to gather requirements, design standards, and deploy consistent virtual infrastructure services.
• Maintain the service catalogue for internal business lines, regularly reviewing consumption, pricing, and performance metrics.
• Report to the Americas IT Infrastructure Virtualization Platform Manager; deliver executive dashboards on SLA compliance, cost savings, AI ops impact, and platform health.

Location: Jersey City, NJ (Onsite). Final round interview is Face to Face.

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