Sr. VMWare Engineer

Latitude Inc; Rockville (MD); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in IT Infrastructure is looking for a Senior VMware Engineer for a 4.5-month contract with hybrid flexibility after conversion. The role involves designing and maintaining VMware clusters, ensuring performance and availability. Ideal candidates will excel in troubleshooting and resource management within virtualized infrastructure, with a focus on security compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience managing VMware clusters (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter).
• Knowledge of backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain VMware clusters across multiple environments.
• Monitor and optimize virtual environments for performance.
• Implement backup and disaster recovery solutions.

Skills

Design

Deployment

Management

Troubleshooting

Capacity Planning

Security Compliance

Job description

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior VMware Engineer to join our IT Infrastructure team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, deploying, managing, and maintaining VMware environments, with a strong focus on creating and supporting VMware clusters. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the high availability, performance, and security of our virtualized infrastructure. This is a 4.5 month contract to hire and is eligible for hybrid flexibility after conversion.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain VMware clusters (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter) across multiple environments.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize virtual environments to ensure optimal performance and availability.
• Perform capacity planning and resource management within VMware environments.
• Implement and manage backup and disaster recovery solutions for virtualized infrastructure.
• Collaborate with network, storage, and security teams to ensure seamless infrastructure integration.
• Patch, upgrade, and maintain VMware host systems and associated components.
• Develop and maintain documentation for VMware systems architecture, configurations, and standard operating procedures.
• Support and enforce security compliance and best practices within virtual environments.
• Participate in the planning and execution of data center migrations, consolidations, and expansions.
• Provide escalation support for complex VMware issues and mentor junior team members.

$40 - $50 an hour