Senior VMware Systems Engineer - Cloud & AI Ops Hybrid

Long Finch Technologies, LLC.; River Edge (NJ); Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Long Finch Technologies is seeking an IT VMware Systems Engineer in New Jersey to join a hybrid/onsite environment spanning Jersey City and Roseland. You will lead real-time capacity monitoring, server replacements, and migrations to VMware Cloud Foundation9 while ensuring zero downtime and security alignment.

The role demands strong automation, ARIA Operations experience, and AI-powered optimization across vSphere, NSX T, and vSAN, with 24x7 on-call support and collaboration with global teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• 5-7 years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and supporting large-scale VMware environments (vSphere8+, NSX T, vSAN).
• Experience migrating legacy VMware sites to VMware Cloud Foundation9 or newer cloud-native stacks.
• Strong automation background – expert level use of PowerCLI, vRealize Automation (vRA), Ansible, Terraform, and PowerShell/Python scripting.
• Hands-on experience with the Aria Operations suite (formerly vRealize Operations), VRLI, and VRNI for log analytics and network insight.
• Solid understanding of enterprise storage (EMC/Isilon, Pure Storage, Dell/NetApp SAN, iSCSI).
• Deep networking knowledge – TCP/IP fundamentals, VLANs, routing, NSX T concepts.
• Experience applying AI ops concepts: predictive monitoring, automated RCA, LLM driven chat ops, and intelligent capacity forecasting.
• Proven track record of cost optimisation (rights sizing VMs, leveraging spot/ephemeral instances, improving TCO).
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to influence senior stakeholders and mentor junior team members.
• Strong project management skills focused on outcome based results (Agile/ITIL preferred).

Responsibilities

• Real-time capacity monitoring; validate and approve RITMs for capacity increases.
• Lead replacement of aging servers with new deployments, ensuring production readiness.
• Drive migration to VMware Cloud Foundation9 with zero downtime and security alignment.
• Design and evolve VMware stack (vSphere, NSX T, vSAN, Aria Operations) for ultra-low latency and high availability.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, PowerCLI) to automate provisioning and patching.
• Deploy AI-assisted chat ops for ticket triage, predictive alerting, and RCA in Aria Operations.
• Create self-healing playbooks to remediate common performance or capacity events.
• Configure monitoring thresholds, alarms, and dashboards in Aria Operations, VRLI, and VRNI.
• Use AI-driven anomaly detection to anticipate bottlenecks before production impact.
• Coordinate environment-wide change/release/incident processes for efficiency.
• Ensure deployments adhere to CIS and VMware Hardened Base Image guidelines.
• Interface with VMware, storage, networking vendors; align with enterprise standards.
• Participate in DR planning/testing; maintain RPO and RTO targets for critical workloads.
• Provide Tier 2/3 support; 24x7 on-call rotation.
• Conduct health checks with scripted tools and AI-generated health scores.
• Perform OS and firmware upgrades and automated security patches.

Skills

VMware

PowerCLI

Automation

vRA

Ansible

Terraform

PowerShell

Python

Aria Operations

Storage

Networking

AI Ops

Cost optimisation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

PowerCLI

vRealize Automation (vRA)

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Python

Aria Operations

Job description

Long Finch Technologies is seeking an IT VMware Systems Engineer in New Jersey to join a hybrid/onsite environment spanning Jersey City and Roseland. You will lead real-time capacity monitoring, server replacements, and migrations to VMware Cloud Foundation9 while ensuring zero downtime and security alignment.

The role demands strong automation, ARIA Operations experience, and AI-powered optimization across vSphere, NSX T, and vSAN, with 24x7 on-call support and collaboration with global teams.