Remote VMware Engineer/VCF

Motion Recruitment; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully Remote

Stock Options

401(k) Retirement Plan

Medical Insurance

Paid Holidays

Professional Development

Remote Work Flexibility

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a mid-level VMware Engineer to join a fully remote, full-time team supporting a large-scale virtualized infrastructure. Focus areas include VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, and NSX within an enterprise environment.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of hands-on VMware experience, strong troubleshooting skills, and a solid understanding of storage and networking concepts. Remote work is available for a US-based candidate.

Qualifications

• 3+ years with VMware and virtual infrastructure environments.
• Hands-on with VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter.
• Experience administering and troubleshooting VMs and ESXi hosts.
• Familiar with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) architecture.
• Experience with clusters, HA, DRS, vMotion, resource management.
• Strong understanding of virtualization concepts in enterprise infra.
• Troubleshooting performance, availability, and connectivity issues.
• Understanding of SAN/NAS storage and networking concepts.
• Experience with VLANs, TCP/IP, DNS, routing.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support the enterprise VMware infrastructure across environments.
• Manage and troubleshoot VCF, vCenter, ESXi hosts, clusters, and VMs.
• Perform VM provisioning, migrations, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Troubleshoot virtualization, compute, storage, and networking issues.
• Support HA, DRS, vMotion, and other core virtualization technologies.
• Develop and maintain automation with PowerCLI/PowerShell.
• Collaborate with networking, storage, security, cloud, and systems teams.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and procedures.
• Participate in an on-call rotation as needed.

Skills

VMware vSphere

ESXi

vCenter

VMware Cloud Foundation

NSX

PowerCLI

PowerShell

Scripting

Troubleshooting

Networking basics

Storage concepts

Veeam backup

Cloud familiarity

Education

VMware VCP-DCV

Tools

PowerCLI

PowerShell

vRealize

VCF deployment

Job description

We are seeking a mid-level VCF / VMware Engineer to join an established enterprise technology organization in a fully remote capacity. This is a full-time opportunity supporting a large-scale virtualized infrastructure environment, with a focus on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, NSX, and enterprise virtualization technologies. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on VMware experience and be comfortable managing, troubleshooting, and optimizing highly available virtual infrastructure.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of experience supporting VMware / virtual infrastructure environments
• Strong hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter
• Experience administering and troubleshooting virtual machines and ESXi hosts
• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) or a strong understanding of VCF architecture
• Experience with VMware clusters, HA, DRS, vMotion, and resource management
• Strong understanding of virtualization concepts and enterprise infrastructure
• Experience troubleshooting performance, availability, and connectivity issues
• Understanding of enterprise storage technologies and SAN/NAS environments
• Understanding of networking concepts including VLANs, TCP/IP, DNS, and routing
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience with VMware NSX / NSX-T
• Experience with VMware Aria / vRealize technologies
• Experience with VCF lifecycle management and deployments
• Experience with VMware HCX
• Experience with PowerCLI and/or PowerShell
• Experience with automation and infrastructure-as-code concepts
• Experience with enterprise backup technologies such as Veeam
• Experience with Cisco networking or similar enterprise networking platforms
• Familiarity with public cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
• VMware certifications such as VCP-DCV or related certifications
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise data centers

What You Will Be Doing Tech Breakdown

• 40% VMware vSphere / ESXi / vCenter
• 25% VMware Cloud Foundation / VCF
• 15% NSX / Virtual Networking
• 10% Storage & Infrastructure
• 10% Automation / PowerCLI / Scripting

Daily Responsibilities

• 60% Hands On Engineering
• 15% Infrastructure Monitoring & Troubleshooting
• 25% Team Collaboration
• Administer and support enterprise VMware infrastructure across multiple environments
• Manage and troubleshoot VCF, vCenter, ESXi hosts, clusters, and virtual machines
• Perform VM provisioning, migrations, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management
• Troubleshoot virtualization, compute, storage, and networking issues
• Support VMware HA, DRS, vMotion, and other core virtualization technologies
• Assist with the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of VCF environments
• Support NSX networking and security components
• Monitor infrastructure performance, capacity, and availability
• Participate in infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives
• Develop and maintain PowerCLI/PowerShell automation where appropriate
• Collaborate with networking, storage, security, cloud, and systems engineering teams
• Create and maintain technical documentation and operational procedures
• Participate in an on-call rotation as needed

The Offer

• Fully Remote
• Full-time position
• Competitive salary based on experience
• Bonus eligible

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Vacation Time
• 401(k) / Retirement Plan
• Paid Holidays
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Remote Work Flexibility
• Stock Options

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.