Senior Virtualization Platform Engineer (On-Prem/Hybrid)

Teradata Corporation (SE); Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 133,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradata Corporation is seeking a Staff Virtualization Engineer to design, implement, and maintain our on-prem platform infrastructure. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize virtualization, leverage KVM/VMware, and drive automation and testing capabilities across the enterprise.

The role requires hands-on experience with virtualization technologies, cloud awareness, and strong scripting abilities.

Qualifications

• Extensive virtualization expertise across hypervisors and networks.
• Hands-on with KVM, Harvester, vSphere, and VMware tools.
• Proficient in automation using PowerCLI, Python or Go.
• Experience with Terraform for deploying VMware components.
• Strong debugging skills in vSphere clusters (pktcap-uw, esxtop, esxcli).
• Enterprise-grade virtualization deployment experience.
• Solid networking knowledge (L2/L3).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Programming/scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, JS).
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers to design, develop, test, troubleshoot, and document the platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve test strategies and processes.
• Conduct end-to-end testing to validate functionality, stability, and integration.
• Evaluate and maintain information security across the virtualized infrastructure.
• Drive virtualization best practices across the customer enterprise.
• Optimize network hardware and software to enable virtualization integration.
• Detect early signals of at-risk features and applications.
• Work with DevOps to build test tools and automation.
• Coordinate cross-functional processes to deliver customer needs.
• Collaborate with other teams to address new Teradata features.
• Perform root cause analysis of customer-reported issues.
• Contribute to product documentation and manuals.

Skills

Virtualization tech

KVM & Harvester

vSphere/vSan/vMotion

VMware deployment

VMware alternatives

Automation with PowerCLI/Python/Go

Terraform IaC

vSphere debugging

Enterprise virtualization

Networking knowledge

Cloud platforms

Scripting languages

VCAP/VCAP-CPA

Education

BSc Computer Science/Engineering

MSc Computer Science/Engineering

PhD in CS/CE

Job description

Teradata Corporation is seeking a Staff Virtualization Engineer to design, implement, and maintain our on-prem platform infrastructure. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize virtualization, leverage KVM/VMware, and drive automation and testing capabilities across the enterprise.

The role requires hands-on experience with virtualization technologies, cloud awareness, and strong scripting abilities.