Senior Virtualization Lead – VMware, Azure & DR

Centurion; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Centurion seeks a Senior Virtualization Engineer to manage and maintain a federal agency's virtualized infrastructure, including on-prem and CSP cloud environments (Azure). The role emphasizes deployment, configuration, security, performance, and availability, with mentoring responsibilities for junior staff in a Washington DC metro area setting.

The ideal candidate will lead virtualization initiatives across VMware, AWS, and Azure, applying automation, and disaster recovery strategies while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5-7 yrs leading virtualization administration.
• Experience managing VMware, Hyper-V, or similar technologies.
• Must have VCF experience.
• Automating IT administration and server provisioning through tools such as Azure DevOps, Azure Automation, Azure CLI, PowerShell, VMware PowerCLI, and Terraform.
• Integrating infrastructure tool APIs to enable IaC with CI/CD deployment pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Architecture, complex troubleshooting, upgrades and migrations, backup and disaster recovery, automation, and mentorship to junior staff.
• Designing, building, implementing, and troubleshooting systems hosted on VMware, AWS, and Azure.
• Leading upgrades, migrations, and evolution of the architecture.
• Installing, configuring, and maintaining VMs and virtual infrastructure across on-prem and CSP data centers.
• Monitoring and optimizing performance of virtual environments and resource allocation.
• Diagnosing complex virtualization issues including performance, connectivity, and security.
• Implementing and managing backup and disaster recovery solutions for virtual environments.
• Ensuring security by applying patches, updates, and configurations.
• Maintaining documentation of virtualization configurations, procedures, and policies.
• Collaborating with IT teams to support virtualization needs and integrate with other systems.
• Providing guidance and mentorship to junior virtualization admins and staff.
• Researching and reporting on new technologies and their value to the organization.
• Implementing and managing backup and disaster recovery solutions to ensure data integrity and availability.

Skills

VMware

Hyper-V

VCF

Automation

Azure DevOps

Azure Automation

Azure CLI

PowerShell

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Backup & DR

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

VMware PowerCLI

Terraform

Azure CLI

Powershell

Job description

Centurion seeks a Senior Virtualization Engineer to manage and maintain a federal agency's virtualized infrastructure, including on-prem and CSP cloud environments (Azure). The role emphasizes deployment, configuration, security, performance, and availability, with mentoring responsibilities for junior staff in a Washington DC metro area setting.

The ideal candidate will lead virtualization initiatives across VMware, AWS, and Azure, applying automation, and disaster recovery strategies while