Senior Network Systems Engineer – VMware & Cloud Infra

Net56, Inc.; Ela Township (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Net56, Inc. is seeking a Senior Network Systems Engineer in Deer Park, IL to support and maintain critical client and internal network systems with a focus on uptime and resiliency.

The role requires proactive monitoring, on-call availability, and close collaboration with other teams to address incidents and document environments. Responsibilities include deploying VMware vSphere/ESXi, vCenter, NSX, Azure and Hyper‑V environments, disaster recovery planning, routine backups, and security event

Qualifications

• :VMware Certification: VCP-VCF Administrator required.
• :Knowledge and hands‑on experience with VMware vSphere ESXi, vCenter and NSX.
• :Familiarity with backup and monitoring tools (Veeam, SolarWinds) and SIEM (Splunk) is preferred.
• :Strong understanding of network and firewall infrastructure; willingness to travel up to 20% and be on-call.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, configure, support and manage VMware vSphere, ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, and virtual machine environments.
• Design, implement, configure, support and manage Azure Infrastructure, Windows Server OS and Hyper-V infrastructure.
• Coordinate system upgrades, patches, and hardware refresh projects.
• Ensure disaster recovery readiness and infrastructure resilience.
• Maintain backup systems and conduct recovery testing.
• Develop and maintain SOPs and documentation.
• Deploy and maintain SolarWinds Monitoring infrastructure.
• Monitor health, availability and performance of critical systems and apps.
• Create dashboards, reports, and threat detection rules in Splunk.

Skills

Active Directory

DNS

DHCP

Group Policy

Network & Firewall

Splunk Enterprise knowledge

Tools

VMware vSphere ESXi

NSX

VCP-VCF Administrator

Veeam Backup & Replication

SolarWinds

Job description

Net56, Inc. is seeking a Senior Network Systems Engineer in Deer Park, IL to support and maintain critical client and internal network systems with a focus on uptime and resiliency.

The role requires proactive monitoring, on-call availability, and close collaboration with other teams to address incidents and document environments. Responsibilities include deploying VMware vSphere/ESXi, vCenter, NSX, Azure and Hyper‑V environments, disaster recovery planning, routine backups, and security event