Senior VMware Virtualization Engineer (Hybrid)

Apex Systems; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Systems seeks a Senior Virtualization Engineer to support and advance our Virginia Judiciaries virtualization environment in a hybrid Richmond setting. You will design, deploy, and maintain VMware-based infrastructure, ensuring performance, security, and reliability while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities include capacity planning, automation, disaster recovery, and mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on VMware vSphere and Windows Server administration.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or IT; equivalent certification accepted.
• Strong proficiency with ESXi, vCenter, and virtual networking.
• Experience with VMware clustering, HA/DRS, snapshots, templates, and VM lifecycle.
• Knowledge of SAN, NAS, iSCSI, NFS, and vSAN.
• Networking fundamentals for virtualization (VLANs, trunking, LACP).
• Experience with automation tools like Ansible, PowerCLI, Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain VMware vSphere environments (ESXi, vCenter).
• Perform capacity planning and performance tuning of virtual infrastructures.
• Manage virtual networking and storage configurations (vSwitches, vSAN, NFS, iSCSI).
• Implement HA/DRS, clustering, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Oversee patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management for VMware components.
• Troubleshoot complex virtualization issues across compute, storage, and network layers.
• Create and enforce VM standards, templates, and provisioning strategies.
• Collaborate with systems, network, and security teams on infra initiatives.
• Document architecture, configurations, and change-management activities.

Skills

VMware vSphere

vCenter Server

HA/DRS

vSAN

PowerCLI

Ansible

Terraform

Windows Server

Networking concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Equivalent technical certification

Tools

Dell hardware

Cisco UCS

iDRAC

iLO

VCP/VCIX/VCA certs

Job description

Apex Systems seeks a Senior Virtualization Engineer to support and advance our Virginia Judiciaries virtualization environment in a hybrid Richmond setting. You will design, deploy, and maintain VMware-based infrastructure, ensuring performance, security, and reliability while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities include capacity planning, automation, disaster recovery, and mentoring junior engineers.