It Vmware Systems Engineer

Long Finch Technologies; Oradell (NJ); On-site; USD 76,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Long Finch Technologies in Jersey City is seeking an IT VMware Systems Engineer to manage real-time capacity monitoring, review RITMs, and drive server refreshes to reduce hardware failure risk and ensure service continuity.

The role emphasizes automation, AI-enabled operations, and deep VMware expertise across vSphere, NSX-T, and vSAN, with a focus on migration to VMware Cloud Foundation and ongoing optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 5–7 years designing, deploying, and supporting large VMware environments.
• Experience migrating legacy VMware sites to VMware Cloud Foundation or newer stacks.
• Strong automation background with PowerCLI, vRA, Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell/Python.
• Experience with Aria Operations (VRL/VRNI) for log analytics and network insight.
• Understanding of storage (EMC/Isilon, Pure, NetApp, iSCSI) and vSAN integration.
• Deep networking knowledge: TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, NSX-T.
• Experience applying AI ops concepts and cost optimization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; stakeholder influence; mentorship.
• Project management skills; Agile/ITIL preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead migration to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF9) with zero downtime and security baselines.
• Design and evolve the VMware stack (vSphere, NSX-T, vSAN, Aria Ops, VRLI, VRNI) for low latency and high availability.
• Implement IaC (Ansible, Terraform, PowerCLI) to automate provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Deploy AI assistants (LLM chat ops) for ticket triage, predictive alerting, and root cause analysis.
• Create self-healing playbooks to remediate performance or capacity events.
• Configure monitoring thresholds, dashboards, and alarms in Aria Operations, VRLI, VRNI.
• Use AI anomaly detection to anticipate capacity bottlenecks before production impact.
• Drive process improvements and standardisation; ensure security baselines and CIS guidance.
• Interface with vendors; coordinate with global IT teams for enterprise standards.
• Participate in DR planning; maintain RPO and RTO targets for critical workloads.
• Provide Tier 2/3 production support; 24x7 on-call rotation; perform upgrades and patches.

Skills

Automation scripting

PowerCLI

vRealize Automation (vRA)

Ansible

Terraform

PowerShell/Python scripting

Aria Operations (VRL/VRNI)

VMware vSphere/NSX-T/vSAN

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF9)

AI ops concepts

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or related field

Tools

Aria Operations Suite

NSX-T

vSAN

VMware Cloud Foundation

Job description

IT VMware Systems Engineer

Jersey City Long Finch Technologies

Posted today

Job Description

Interview: Face to face (client round)

Resource will be handling real time capacity monitoring for our environment, reviewing all incoming RITMs by validating, challenging, and reviewing before approving the requests for Capacity increases.

Also, this resource will be driving the replacement of aging servers that have reached end of life with its deployment and placing it in production.

The refresh is essential to eliminate the risk of hardware failures that could impact service continuity.

This is to manage additional work required due to onboarding of "Follow the Sun Model" (FTS), Hardware and Software Obsolescence and BAU activities.

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.

Core Responsibilities:

• Platform Architecture & Migration
  • 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.
• Automation & AI Enabled Operations
  • 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.
• Performance Monitoring & Capacity Management
  • 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.
• Process Improvement & Standardisation
  • 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.
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
  • Participate in DR planning, testing, and execution for the virtualization environment; maintain RPO≤5seconds and RTO≤15minutes for critical workloads.
• Operational Support
  • 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.

Jersey City $55 - $60 Hourly Long Finch Technologies

Posted today