Sr VMWare Engineer (WY)

Cedent; Ohio; On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider is seeking a Sr VMware Engineer to lead technical projects and mentor junior team members. The ideal candidate must have extensive experience with VMware infrastructure, including bare-metal deployments, and possess at least a master’s degree in a relevant field. This is an onsite position based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where the engineer will be responsible for developing fault-tolerant solutions and managing infrastructure documentation.

Qualifications

• 6+ years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 4+ years of professional experience in VMware.
• Direct experience in bare-metal deployments.

Responsibilities

• Mentor junior engineers and apply technical expertise.
• Develop fault-tolerant VMware infrastructure designs.
• Establish standards for design and development.

Skills

VMware services and tools

Programming (Java, C++, Perl, Python, Ruby)

Infrastructure-As-Code

Kubernetes

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Overview

For this role, we are seeking a Sr VMware Engineer with on prem data center experience and experience with bare metal deployments. This role requires the candidate to be onsite 5 days a week in Cheyenne, Wyoming. If the candidate is relocating, they should be onsite on day 1.

Senior VMware Engineer Requirements

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical degree; six years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 4 or more years of professional experience in VMware services and tools
• Direct experience in bare-metal deployments of VMware infrastructure
• Direct experience with building and administering multiple VMware products across multiple remote locations and data centers
• 2 or more years experience in programming using one or more of the following: Java, C++, Perl, Python, Ruby, or advanced Shell scripting

Preferred additional experience

• Hands on experience Infrastructure-As-Code, automating deployments, cluster management, and systems security within a CI/CD Pipeline
• Experience with VMware on Cloud (VMC) on AWS
• Experience with VMWARE infrastructure in a very large enterprise environment
• Experience in Kubernetes regarding containers / Microservices principles
• Disciplined practice of producing, maintaining, and versioning system documentation

Primary Responsibilities

• Act in a technical leadership capacity: Mentor junior engineers and new team members, and apply technical expertise to challenging programming and design problems
• Develop highly available, fault-tolerant VMware infrastructure designs and solutions
• Establishes standards and guidelines for the design & development, tuning, deployment and maintenance of VMware infrastructure, including backups, upgrade, and automation processes
• Proactively identify and recommend updates to software or architecture as necessary before reaching capacity limitations
• Develop automated responses to incidents so that manual intervention is not necessary
• Champion system metrics (MTBF, MTTR, etc.) and convey them to decision makers on a regular basis
• Manage priority of issues and tickets and participate in rotating an on-call schedule with other members of the team, including weekends