Senior Platform Engineer: VMware & OpenShift (Hybrid)

Akkodis

Dearborn (MI)

Hybrid

USD 62,000 - 76,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

401K plan

Medical benefits

Job summary

Akkodis is seeking a Platform Engineer for one of our clients in Dearborn, Michigan. The Senior Virtualization Engineer will help design, deploy, and operate VMware ESX environments and OpenShift Virtualization within a large enterprise.

Expect 4 days onsite and 1 day work from home, with a rate range of $45.00 to $55.00/hour. You will implement automation, monitor health, perform RCA, and collaborate with application teams to meet capacity and security goals.

Qualifications

10+ years of IT experience across enterprise environments.
8+ years in software development, infrastructure or platform engineering.
Experience with VMware, Kubernetes-based infra, and OpenShift virtualization.
Strong scripting/automation and capacity planning skills.
Experience with monitoring, observability, and RCA in large-scale systems.

Responsibilities

Architect, deploy, and support VMware and OpenShift virtualization environments.
Lead lifecycle management: design, implement, patch, and decommission.
Develop automation scripts and playbooks for VM management and auditing.
Apply SRE principles to improve stability, uptime, and performance.
Perform capacity planning and forecast infrastructure demand.
Provide L1–L3 technical support and after-hours coverage as needed.