Senior vSphere & VMware Cloud Foundation Engineer (Hybrid)

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

Job summary

Ampstek is seeking a VMware Systems Engineer to lead strategic virtualization initiatives in Jersey City, combining hands-on design with modern automation and AI-enabled operations. The role focuses on migrating to VCF 9, building a scalable vSphere/NSX-T/vSAN platform, and delivering cost-optimized, high-availability infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has 5–7 years in large VMware environments, strong scripting skills (PowerCLI, vRA, Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell/Python), and experience with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• 5–7 years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and supporting large-scale VMware environments (vSphere 8+, NSX-T, vSAN).
• Experience migrating legacy VMware sites to VMware Cloud Foundation 9 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), and how vSAN integrates with these platforms.
• Deep networking knowledge – TCP/IP fundamentals, VLANs, routing, and NSX-T concepts (micro-segmentation, distributed firewalls).
• Experience applying AI ops concepts: predictive monitoring, automated RCA, LLM-driven chat ops, and intelligent capacity forecasting.
• Proven track record of cost optimisation (rightsizing 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

• Lead the migration to VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (VCF 9), ensuring zero downtime, compliance, and alignment with security baselines.
• Design and evolve the integrated VMware stack (vSphere, NSX-T, vSAN, Aria Operations, VRLI, VRNI) to meet ultra-low latency and high availability requirements.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, PowerCLI) to automate provisioning, patching, and lifecycle management of the virtualization layer.
• Deploy agentic AI assistants (LLM-powered chat ops) for ticket triage, predictive alerting, and automated root cause analysis within Aria Operations.

Skills

VMware

Automation

PowerCLI

Ansible

Terraform

PowerShell

Python

AIOps

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

vSphere 8+

NSX-T

vSAN

Aria Operations

VRLI

VRNI

PowerCLI

vRA

Job description

Ampstek is seeking a VMware Systems Engineer to lead strategic virtualization initiatives in Jersey City, combining hands-on design with modern automation and AI-enabled operations. The role focuses on migrating to VCF 9, building a scalable vSphere/NSX-T/vSAN platform, and delivering cost-optimized, high-availability infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has 5–7 years in large VMware environments, strong scripting skills (PowerCLI, vRA, Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell/Python), and experience with