Senior VMware Architect/Engineer

Insight Global; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Senior VMware Architect/Engineer to lead architecture, modernization, and optimization of a large-scale enterprise virtualization environment for a major investment banking client. The role requires hands-on implementation and collaboration with infrastructure, cloud, storage, networking, and security teams.

The ideal candidate has 12+ years of infra engineering, 8+ years VMware architecture, extensive vSphere/vCenter/Cloud Foundation experience, and strong DR

Qualifications

• 12+ years of Infrastructure Engineering experience.
• 8+ years of VMware engineering and architecture experience.
• Deep expertise with VMware vSphere 8.x, ESXi, vCenter, and VMware Cloud Foundation.
• Strong experience with VMware Aria Operations.
• Advanced Windows Server expertise including AD, DNS, and DHCP.
• Experience supporting NetApp, Dell PowerScale, SAN, and NAS environments.
• Disaster Recovery experience with Zerto and/or SRM.
• Experience supporting large‑scale, mission‑critical enterprise environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and capacity planning experience.
• Experience leading platform modernization initiatives.
• PowerShell, Ansible, or Terraform experience.
• VMware NSX and/or vSAN expertise.
• Azure and AWS cloud experience.
• Financial services, banking, or other highly regulated industry experience.
• VMware certifications such as VCP, VCAP, or VCDX

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and engineering efforts across the enterprise VMware platform.
• Manage and optimize VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, and VMware Cloud Foundation environments.
• Support VMware Aria Operations for monitoring, performance management, and capacity planning.
• Drive platform modernization and infrastructure lifecycle initiatives.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and scalability assessments.
• Design and support enterprise disaster recovery solutions utilizing Zerto and/or VMware SRM.
• Partner with application, storage, networking, and cloud teams to support critical business platforms.
• Support Windows Server infrastructure including Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP.
• Manage NetApp, Dell PowerScale, SAN, and NAS storage environments.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis efforts for complex infrastructure incidents.
• Develop infrastructure standards, best practices, and architectural roadmaps.
• Automate operational processes wherever possible using scripting and infrastructure‑as‑code tools.

Skills

VMware architecture

vSphere 8.x

vCenter

VMware Aria Operations

Windows Server AD/DNS/DHCP

Disaster recovery planning

Scripting (PowerShell)

Automation (Ansible)

Terraform

Azure & AWS

Platform modernization

VMware NSX/vSAN

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

VMware certifications (VCP/VCAP/VCDX)

Tools

VMware Aria Operations

VMware Cloud Foundation

NetApp

Dell PowerScale

Zerto

SRM

NSX

vSAN

Job description

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Senior VMware Architect/Engineer to join one of its investment banking clients. This individual will be responsible for the architecture, modernization, optimization, and support of a large-scale enterprise virtualization environment. The ideal candidate possesses deep VMware expertise, strong infrastructure engineering experience, and the ability to operate strategically while remaining hands‑on with implementation and troubleshooting. This person will partner with infrastructure, cloud, storage, networking, and security teams to drive virtualization strategy, platform modernization efforts, disaster recovery readiness, and operational excellence across mission‑critical environments. This is a hybrid position requiring 3 days per week onsite.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and engineering efforts across the enterprise VMware platform
• Manage and optimize VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, and VMware Cloud Foundation environments
• Support VMware Aria Operations for monitoring, performance management, and capacity planning
• Drive platform modernization and infrastructure lifecycle initiatives
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and scalability assessments
• Design and support enterprise disaster recovery solutions utilizing Zerto and/or VMware SRM
• Partner with application, storage, networking, and cloud teams to support critical business platforms
• Support Windows Server infrastructure including Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP
• Manage NetApp, Dell PowerScale, SAN, and NAS storage environments
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis efforts for complex infrastructure incidents
• Develop infrastructure standards, best practices, and architectural roadmaps
• Automate operational processes wherever possible using scripting and infrastructure‑as‑code tools

Skills and Requirements

• 12+ years of Infrastructure Engineering experience
• 8+ years of VMware engineering and architecture experience
• Deep expertise with VMware vSphere 8.x, ESXi, vCenter, and VMware Cloud Foundation
• Strong experience with VMware Aria Operations
• Advanced Windows Server expertise including AD, DNS, and DHCP
• Experience supporting NetApp, Dell PowerScale, SAN, and NAS environments
• Disaster Recovery experience with Zerto and/or Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
• Experience supporting large‑scale, mission‑critical enterprise environments
• Strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and capacity planning experience
• Experience leading platform modernization initiatives
• PowerShell, Ansible, or Terraform experience
• VMware NSX and/or vSAN expertise
• Azure and AWS cloud experience
• Financial services, banking, or other highly regulated industry experience
• VMware certifications such as VCP, VCAP, or VCDX

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