Senior VMware Engineer

EPITEC; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

EPITEC in Dearborn, MI is seeking a Senior Virtualization Platform Engineer to design, deploy, automate, and support global VMware and OpenShift Virtualization (OSV) hosting platforms. This role focuses on platform engineering, capacity management, automation, observability, security, and operations across a large enterprise environment.

You will engineer and support VMware and OSV platforms, manage lifecycle, develop automation, and contribute to monitoring using Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT infrastructure experience.
• 8+ years of development, automation, or platform engineering experience.
• Strong experience with VMware, Kubernetes, OpenShift Virtualization, Linux, and networking fundamentals.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps methodologies, monitoring, and logging platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and Root Cause Analysis skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Self-starter with a continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, deploy, administer, and support VMware and OpenShift Virtualization (OSV) platforms.
• Manage the full infrastructure lifecycle including design, implementation, patching, upgrades, security remediation, and decommissioning.
• Perform capacity planning and forecasting for compute, storage, memory, and network resources.
• Develop automation solutions and scripts to improve platform efficiency and operational consistency.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting solutions utilizing tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, and RHACM.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and troubleshoot complex platform issues across the global environment.
• Manage RBAC, namespace governance, and resource quotas.
• Provide technical consulting and design solutions for application teams leveraging VMware and OSV platforms.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, standards, and operational runbooks.
• Provide L1-L3 escalation support and participate in after-hours maintenance activities as needed.

Skills

VMware / ESX Servers

Kubernetes

Scripting & Automation

GitHub

Cloud Infrastructure & Architecture

Root Cause Analysis

Platform Support

Change Management

Technical Analysis

Troubleshooting

Tekton

Infrastructure Architecture

Tools

Tekton

RHACM

Job description

W2 CONTRACT / LONG TERM

Dearborn, MI (HYBRID)

Seeking a Senior Virtualization Platform Engineer to design, deploy, automate, and support global VMware and OpenShift Virtualization (OSV) hosting platforms. This role is responsible for platform engineering, capacity management, automation, observability, security, and operational support across a large-scale enterprise environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineer, deploy, administer, and support VMware and OpenShift Virtualization (OSV) platforms.
• Manage the full infrastructure lifecycle including design, implementation, patching, upgrades, security remediation, and decommissioning.
• Perform capacity planning and forecasting for compute, storage, memory, and network resources.
• Develop automation solutions and scripts to improve platform efficiency and operational consistency.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting solutions utilizing tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, and RHACM.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and troubleshoot complex platform issues across the global environment.
• Manage RBAC, namespace governance, and resource quotas.
• Provide technical consulting and design solutions for application teams leveraging VMware and OSV platforms.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, standards, and operational runbooks.
• Provide L1-L3 escalation support and participate in after-hours maintenance activities as needed.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT infrastructure experience.
• 8+ years of development, automation, or platform engineering experience.
• Strong experience with VMware, Kubernetes, OpenShift Virtualization, Linux, and networking fundamentals.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps methodologies, monitoring, and logging platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and Root Cause Analysis skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Self-starter with a continuous improvement mindset.

Required Skills

• VMware / ESX Servers
• Kubernetes
• Scripting & Automation
• GitHub
• Cloud Infrastructure & Architecture
• Root Cause Analysis
• Platform Support
• Change Management
• Technical Analysis
• Troubleshooting
• Tekton
• Infrastructure Architecture

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