Staff Virtualization Engineer: Hybrid On-Prem Expert

Teradata Corporation (SE); Charleston (WV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradata is seeking a Staff Virtualization Engineer to join the Platform Infrastructure team. You will design, implement, and maintain our on-prem platform infrastructure with emphasis on virtualization and performance.

Collaborate across teams to deliver scalable solutions in a hybrid-first environment. The role requires deep virtualization knowledge, enterprise experience, and strong scripting capabilities.

Qualifications

• Broad understanding of virtualization technologies 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).
• Experience automating VMware environments using PowerCLI, Python, or Go.
• In-depth experience using Terraform to deploy VMware components.
• Experience debugging issues in vSphere clusters (pktcap-uw, esxtop, esxcli).
• Experience deploying virtualization solutions in an enterprise environment.
• Knowledge of L2/L3 network protocols.
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, or JavaScript.
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional.

Responsibilities

• Work in a team of engineers to perform software engineering duties such as analysis, design, development, testing, debugging and documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to 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 the enterprise.
• Optimize network hardware and software to enable virtualization integration.
• Detect early signals of at-risk features and applications for the platform.
• Collaborate with DevOps to build and develop test tools and automation.
• Coordinate cross-functional processes to deliver customer needs.
• Collaborate with other organizations to address new Teradata features and applications.
• Perform root cause analysis of customer-reported issues.
• Contribute to product documentation and manuals.

Skills

Virtualization

KVM

Harvester

vSphere

VMware

Terraform

Python

PowerCLI

PowerShell

JavaScript

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Engineering

Master’s in Computer Science/Engineering

PhD in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

KVM

Harvester

vCenter

vSAN

vMotion

PowerCLI

Terraform

Python

Job description

Teradata is seeking a Staff Virtualization Engineer to join the Platform Infrastructure team. You will design, implement, and maintain our on-prem platform infrastructure with emphasis on virtualization and performance.

Collaborate across teams to deliver scalable solutions in a hybrid-first environment. The role requires deep virtualization knowledge, enterprise experience, and strong scripting capabilities.