Staff Virtualization Engineer

Teradata Corporation (SE)

Lansing (MI)

On-site

USD 132,900 - 199,300

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits
Life and disability insurance
401(k) retirement savings plan
Time-off programs

Job summary

Teradata Corporation (SE) in Lansing, Michigan, seeks a Staff Virtualization Engineer to enhance our hybrid-first platform. This role requires expertise in virtualization technologies like KVM and VMware, alongside collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure platform efficiency and reliability.

Candidates should possess a relevant degree and extensive experience in deploying virtualization solutions. This position offers a competitive salary range and benefits, including healthcare and retirement plans.

Qualifications

  • Deep understanding of virtualization technologies.
  • Experience working closely with cross-functional teams on platform infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Work with team to perform software engineering duties.
  • Collaborate with teams to improve testing strategies.
  • Conduct end-to-end testing for platform stability.
  • Evaluate and maintain information security.
  • Drive virtualization best practices.
  • Optimize network hardware and software.
  • Coordinate cross-functional processes for customer needs.

Skills

Expert knowledge of virtualization technology including hypervisors and network virtualization
Expert knowledge of KVM and Harvester
Expert knowledge of vSphere, vSan, vMotion, vCenter and/or vRa
Expert knowledge of best practice VMware deployment techniques
Knowledge of VMware alternatives (KVM/Nutanix, RedHat/OpenShift)
Solid knowledge in automating VMware environment using PowerCLI, Python, Go
Experience using Infrastructure as Code like Terraform
Experience debugging issues within vSphere
Expert knowledge of Deploying Virtualization Solutions in an Enterprise environment
Knowledge of L2 and L3 network protocols
Strong understanding of cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Knowledge of programming/scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, JavaScript)
VMware Certified Advanced Professional

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline with 7+ years of work experience
Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline with 5+ years of work experience
PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline with 2+ years of work experience

Job description

What You’ll Do

In this role you will have the opportunity to work on the Infrastructure Engineering team to develop our world-class offering of Teradata hybrid-first platform that seamlessly integrates Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) with AI and analytics capabilities into a unified Lakehouse architecture. This platform empowers enterprises to manage traditional EDW, data analytics, and advanced AI workloads all within a single environment. The core focus is on delivering customer value through modular workload flexibility, scalability, and the unification of EDW with AI and analytics workloads, along with flexible hybrid deployment options.

  • Work in a team of highly skilled engineers to perform software engineering duties such as problem analysis, code review, design, develop, test, troubleshoot, document and support.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to continuously improve test strategies and processes.
  • Conduct end-to-end testing to validate functionality, stability, and integration.
  • Evaluate, improve, and maintain information security throughout the virtualized infrastructure.
  • Drive virtualization best practices across customer enterprise.
  • Optimize network hardware and software to enable virtualization integration.
  • Detect early signals of at-risk features and applications about our platform product.
  • Work with our DevOps team to build and develop test tools and automation.
  • Coordinate cross-functional processes to deliver customer needs.
  • Collaborate closely with other organizations outside of Infrastructure Engineering to address new Teradata features and applications.
  • Perform root cause analysis of customer reported issues.
  • Contribute to product documentation and manuals.

The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of virtualization and will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our platform infrastructure on-prem solution. They will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that our platform infrastructure is efficient, reliable, and scalable.

Who You’ll Work With

This position is for a Staff Virtualization Engineer for our Platform Infrastructure team. Our team is comprised of engineers working on developing the latest on-premises solution leveraging the most current virtualization technology (e.g., KVM, VMware), while driving to provide the highest performance on these newest offerings.

What Makes You a Qualified Candidate
  • Expert knowledge of virtualization technology including hypervisors and network virtualization.
  • Expert knowledge of KVM and Harvester.
  • Expert knowledge of vSphere, vSan, vMotion, vCenter and/or vRa.
  • Expert knowledge of best practice VMware deployment techniques.
  • Knowledge of VMware alternatives (KVM/Nutanix, RedHat/OpenShift).
  • Solid knowledge in automating VMware environment using any of the following language PowerCLI, python, go.
  • Has experience using Infrastructure as Code like Terraform to deploy VMware components.
  • Has experience debugging issues within vSphere cluster including but not limited to pktcap-uw, esxtop and esxcli.
  • Expert knowledge of Deploying Virtualization Solutions in an Enterprise environment.
  • Knowledge of L2 and L3 network protocols.
  • Strong understanding of cloud technologies, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  • Knowledge of programming/scripting languages, such as Python, PowerShell, or JavaScript.
  • VMware Certified Advanced Professional.
Minimum Requirements
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline with 7+ years of work experience.
  • Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline with 5+ years of work experience.
  • PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline with 2+ years of work experience requirement.
What You’ll Bring
  • Broad understanding of technology and systems while investigating and solving complex problems.
  • Consolidate or expand reports to communicate effectively to the appropriate audience (e.g., Executives, customers, team members).
  • Demonstrate excellent analytical and judgement skills using factual and qualitative information from multiple sources.
  • Openness to learn new things and work in a collaborative team environment.
  • Delivers commitments on time with highest quality. Demonstrates speed as a habit and has a bias for action.
  • Finds ways to learn and evolve, is curious, dives deep and asks questions.

Pay Rate: 132900.0000 - 166100.0000 - 199300.0000 Annually

Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on geographic location, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and candidate experience. Sales roles will be eligible for commission payments tied to quota achievement. All other permanent roles will be eligible for one of our annual incentive plans, which are based on company financial attainment and individual performance.

Employees in this position are also eligible to participate in the Company’s comprehensive benefits programs, which include healthcare, life and disability insurance plans, a 401(k)-retirement savings plan, and time-off programs. Specific details of these benefits, including eligibility criteria and plan options, will be provided during the hiring process and can be reviewed here: https://www.teradata.com/About-Users/Careers/Benefits

Teradata is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, ancestry, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related conditions), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We welcome and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply and join our team, bringing their unique perspectives and experiences to help us innovate and grow. If you require accommodations during the interview process, please let your recruiter know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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