Senior VMware & Microsoft Infra Architect

careers-sentinel; Cicero (IL); On-site; USD 66,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental plan

Vision plan

401K

Weekly pay

Job summary

Sentinel Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer onsite in Cicero, IL, to lead VMware, AD, M365, Entra ID, and Intune initiatives. This contract-to-hire role emphasizes architecture, governance, and modernization of VMware environments with a strong emphasis on collaboration and mentorship.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience with VMware, Microsoft infrastructure, and automation, and must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on experience administering and supporting enterprise VMware environments.
• Strong expertise with VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, lifecycle management, upgrades, and performance optimization.
• Experience designing, managing, and troubleshooting highly available virtualized environments.
• Experience supporting hybrid Microsoft infrastructure environments hosted on VMware platforms.
• Understanding of storage, compute, networking, and virtualization concepts.
• Experience with VMware capacity planning, performance tuning, DR, and modernization initiatives.
• Identity and access management knowledge.
• PowerShell scripting and automation experience.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex infra issues across VMware and Microsoft stacks.
• Experience documenting environments and driving infrastructure improvements.
• Strong communication and collaboration across teams.
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
• Can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Serve as onsite SME for VMware, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, and Intune.
• Administer, optimize, and modernize the VMware infrastructure; establish standards and governance.
• Collaborate with teams; mentor and share knowledge across organization.

Skills

VMware vSphere

ESXi

vCenter

VMware lifecycle management

Active Directory

Microsoft 365

Entra ID

Intune

PowerShell scripting

Automation

Infrastructure troubleshooting

Documentation

Collaboration

Can-do attitude

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field

Equivalent combination of experience considered

Tools

PowerShell

Job description

Sentinel Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer onsite in Cicero, IL, to lead VMware, AD, M365, Entra ID, and Intune initiatives. This contract-to-hire role emphasizes architecture, governance, and modernization of VMware environments with a strong emphasis on collaboration and mentorship.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience with VMware, Microsoft infrastructure, and automation, and must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.