Sr. VMware Cloud Virtualization Engineer

Insight Global; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a senior engineer to design, operate, automate, and modernize enterprise private-cloud and virtualization services. You will own the core VMware platform, including vCenter, ESXi, VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN ESA, and related lifecycle operations, while collaborating with the NSX-focused team in a remote capacity.

The role requires extensive VMware expertise across vSphere, vCenter, NSX, and automation tools.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of enterprise infrastructure or virtualization engineering experience.
• 5+ years of VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter engineering experience.
• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation or another enterprise private-cloud / software-defined datacenter platform.
• Strong experience with VMware cluster lifecycle, patching, upgrades, capacity, performance, high availability, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Own the core VMware platform including vCenter, ESXi, VCF, vSAN ESA, and related lifecycle services.
• Coordinate infrastructure automation, VM provisioning, image management, and hardware lifecycle for Lenovo vSAN Ready Nodes.
• Operate within NSX-integrated environments and collaborate with NSX-focused engineers.
• Advise on private-cloud integration with Azure and overall datacenter modernization.

Skills

VMware vSphere

ESXi

vCenter

NSX

VMware Cloud Foundation

vSAN ESA

Automation scripting

PowerCLI/PowerShell

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Windows VM templates

Linux VM templates

Lenovo vSAN Ready Nodes

xClarity Manager

Azure integration

Tools

PowerCLI

PowerShell

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Job Description

One of our clients is looking for a senior engineer to design, operate, automate, and modernize enterprise private-cloud and virtualization services. This engineer will own the core VMware platform, including vCenter, ESXi, VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN ESA, VCF operations and lifecycle services, infrastructure automation, virtual machine provisioning, image management, and Lenovo vSAN Ready Node hardware. The role must also possess sufficient NSX knowledge to operate within an integrated VCF environment and collaborate effectively with the NSX-focused engineer. This role is remote.

Skills and Requirements

• 8+ years of enterprise infrastructure or virtualization engineering experience.
• 5+ years of VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter engineering experience.
• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation or another enterprise private-cloud / software-defined datacenter platform.
• Strong experience with VMware cluster lifecycle, patching, upgrades, capacity, performance, high availability, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with vSAN, preferably vSAN ESA.
• Experience with infrastructure automation, scripting, orchestration, or API-driven workflows.
• Experience managing Windows and Linux VM templates or golden images.
• Experience supporting enterprise server hardware and firmware lifecycle.
• Working knowledge of NSX, virtual networking, routing, segmentation, and load-balancer dependencies.
• VMware Certified Professional or advanced VMware certification.
• VMware Cloud Foundation implementation or operational experience.
• Experience with VCF Operations, Logs, Automation, Lifecycle Manager, and Automation Orchestrator.
• Experience with vSAN ESA.
• Experience with Lenovo vSAN Ready Nodes, xClarity Manager, and xClarity Integrator.
• PowerCLI, PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform, or comparable automation experience.
• Private-cloud integration with Azure.
• Enterprise datacenter modernization or platform transformation experience.
• Working knowledge of NSX, Avi Load Balancer, and vDefend.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].