Senior VMware Engineer (Level 3)*

SmallArc Inc; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SmallArc Inc is seeking a Senior VMware Engineer (Level 3) to lead the management, optimization, and upgrade of our enterprise virtualization environment in Jersey City. The role demands hands-on expertise with vSphere 8, ESXi, and vCenter, along with experience guiding patches, hardware refreshes, and migrations.

This hybrid position requires three onsite days per week and close collaboration with storage, networking, and security teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of VMware administration experience in an enterprise environment.
• Hands-on expertise with VMware vSphere 8, ESXi, and vCenter.
• Experience managing clustered ESXi environments with HA/DRS and troubleshooting.
• Proven patching, upgrades, hardware refreshes, and workload migrations.
• Knowledge of SAN/NAS storage, vSwitch/vDS networking, and backup integration.
• Ability to work onsite in Jersey City, NJ, three days per week.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Level 3 escalation point for VMware/vSphere issues, troubleshoot and perform root-cause analysis.
• Administer and optimize clustered ESXi hosts with HA, DRS, vMotion, and capacity management.
• Plan and execute patching, upgrades, and firmware/driver updates across ESXi hosts, vCenter, and related components.
• Lead hardware refresh projects including host provisioning, workload migration, and decommissioning.
• Monitor platform health, performance, capacity, and maintain technical documentation.
• Collaborate with storage, networking, and security teams to resolve infrastructure issues.
• Mentor L1/L2 support teams and improve runbooks.

Skills

VMware vSphere 8

ESXi

vCenter

HA/DRS configuration

Root-cause analysis

Mentoring/leadership

Tools

PowerCLI

Ansible

Python

Job description

• Location:** Jersey City, NJ
• Client:** Universal
• Experience:** 10+ Years

We’re Hiring: Senior VMware Engineer (Level 3)

• Location:** Jersey City, NJ
• Work Arrangement:** Hybrid - 3 Days Onsite per Week
• Client:** Universal
• Experience:** 10+ Years

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced **Senior VMware Engineer (L3)** to manage, optimize, and maintain an enterprise virtualization environment. The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on expertise in VMware vSphere 8, ESXi, and vCenter, along with experience leading infrastructure upgrades, patching cycles, and hardware refresh projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the Level 3 escalation point for VMware/vSphere issues, troubleshooting and performing root-cause analysis.
• Administer and optimize clustered ESXi hosts, including HA, DRS, vMotion, resource pools, and capacity management.
• Plan and execute patching, upgrades, and firmware/driver updates across ESXi hosts, vCenter, and related components.
• Lead hardware refresh projects, including host provisioning, workload migration, and legacy infrastructure decommissioning.
• Monitor platform health, performance, capacity, and maintain technical documentation.
• Collaborate with storage, networking, and security teams to resolve infrastructure issues.
• Mentor L1/L2 support teams and improve operational runbooks.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 7+ years of VMware administration experience in an enterprise environment.
• Strong hands-on expertise with VMware vSphere 8, ESXi, and vCenter.
• Experience managing clustered ESXi environments, including HA/DRS configuration and troubleshooting.
• Proven experience with enterprise patching, upgrades, hardware refreshes, and workload migrations.
• Knowledge of SAN/NAS storage, vSwitch/vDS networking, and backup integration.
• Ability to work onsite in Jersey City, NJ, three days per week.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to VMware vSphere 9.
• VCP-DCV or higher certification.
• Automation and scripting experience with PowerCLI, Ansible, or Python.
• Experience in financial services or other regulated industries.