Senior Hybrid Cloud & VMware Infrastructure Engineer

Horizontal Talent

Minneapolis (MN)

On-site

USD 170,000 - 195,000

Full time

22 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Retirement plan

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to administer and optimize VMware environments, Windows/Linux servers, and enterprise storage. The role partners with cloud platforms to support hybrid infrastructure and requires strong Datadog monitoring and incident-response skills.

You will lead infrastructure projects, document processes, and collaborate across security, networking, and application teams.

Qualifications

6–10 years of experience in systems administration, infrastructure engineering, cloud engineering, or a similar role.
Hands-on experience with VMware technologies such as vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter.
Strong working knowledge of Windows Server and/or Linux administration.
Experience with enterprise storage concepts (SAN, NAS, RAID, snapshots, replication, capacity planning).
Working knowledge of at least one major cloud platform (AWS or Azure).
Experience using Datadog or similar monitoring platforms to build monitors, dashboards, alerts, and reports.
Ability to interpret infrastructure metrics, logs, events, and performance data.
Experience with patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, backup, recovery, and incident response.
Solid networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, firewalls, load balancing).
Proven ability to lead projects and coordinate work across technical teams.

Responsibilities

Administer and support VMware environments, including vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter.
Maintain and troubleshoot physical and virtual servers across Windows and/or Linux.
Support enterprise storage, backup, recovery, and lifecycle activities.
Collaborate with cloud platforms to support hybrid infrastructure needs.
Create and manage monitoring, dashboards, alerts, and reports using Datadog.
Review logs and performance trends to improve reliability and reduce noise.
Perform patching, upgrades, and vulnerability remediation on schedule.
Respond to incidents and participate in on-call rotation.
Investigate infrastructure issues and implement long-term fixes.
Lead infrastructure projects from planning through implementation and handoff.
Document procedures, assets, and disaster recovery plans.
Partner with security, networking, application, cloud, and business teams.
Automate tasks using scripting, configuration management, or IaC tools.