Remote Virtualization Engineer (VMware & Nutanix)

Ampcus, Inc; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampcus, Inc. in Chicago (Remote) is seeking a Virtualization Engineer to manage enterprise VMware and Nutanix environments, perform vulnerability remediation, platform upgrades, security hardening and ensure operational reliability.

The role requires deep experience with VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter, Nutanix AHV, and related tools, plus strong collaboration with storage, backup, network and cloud teams. You will automate tasks using PowerShell, Python, Ansible and REST APIs to maintain high

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise virtualization engineering in production.
• Hands-on with VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter.
• Experience with Nutanix AHV and Prism.
• Knowledge of security hardening and patching.
• Familiar with disaster recovery concepts and backups.

Responsibilities

• Assess the virtualization environment components and dependencies.
• Review vulnerabilities and plan remediation.
• Plan and execute upgrades and secure configuration changes while maintaining availability.
• Administer VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN; Nutanix AHV and Life Cycle Manager.
• Support VM provisioning, migrations, DR, HA, DRS, vMotion, and capacity optimization.
• Coordinate remediation with Windows, Linux, storage, backup, network, and cloud teams.
• Validate remediation via rescans, health checks, and evidence collection.
• Develop platform standards and runbooks; document procedures.
• Automate tasks using PowerCLI, PowerShell, Python, Ansible, REST APIs.
• Participate in incident response and on-call support.

Skills

VMware vSphere expertise

Nutanix AHV expertise

Troubleshooting and problem-solving

Stakeholder communication

Tools

VMware vCenter

ESXi

vSAN

Nutanix Prism

PowerShell

Python

Ansible

REST APIs

Job description

Ampcus, Inc. in Chicago (Remote) is seeking a Virtualization Engineer to manage enterprise VMware and Nutanix environments, perform vulnerability remediation, platform upgrades, security hardening and ensure operational reliability.

The role requires deep experience with VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter, Nutanix AHV, and related tools, plus strong collaboration with storage, backup, network and cloud teams. You will automate tasks using PowerShell, Python, Ansible and REST APIs to maintain high