VCF Cloud Platform Engineer I

HDR; Salem (OR); On-site; USD 83,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

HDR is seeking a VCF Platform Engineer I to perform day-to-day operational support for the VCF private cloud and to assist with lifecycle tasks, patching, and infrastructure automation. The role involves on-site work with real-time collaboration in a 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM window and on-call responsibilities to ensure production stability.

Ideal candidates bring hands-on VMware vSphere administration, Linux/Windows server skills, and scripting experience (PowerCLI, Python, or Ansible).

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in infrastructure operations, virtualization, or systems administration.
• Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere administration.
• Experience managing ESXi hosts, clusters, and virtual machines.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and repeatable deployment methods.
• Working knowledge of Linux and Windows Server administration.
• Experience with scripting/automation tools such as PowerCLI, Python, or Ansible.
• Understanding of core datacenter concepts including compute, storage, networking, patching, and monitoring.
• Ability to support operational tasks in a production environment with attention to change control and service stability.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day operational support for the VCF private cloud platform under established procedures and guidance.
• Support administration of SDDC Manager, workload domains, and vSphere cluster operations.
• Execute routine platform tasks such as host adds/removals, cluster maintenance, certificate updates, and health checks.
• Assist with VCF lifecycle operations including patching, upgrades, and remediation activities.
• Provision infrastructure resources and support deployment of workload domains and virtual machine hosting environments.
• Monitor platform health, utilization, and capacity; escalate risks and recurring issues to senior engineers.
• Participate in incident response as a first responder for infrastructure and platform issues.
• Support maintenance of infrastructure-as-code templates, standard builds, and golden VM images.
• Cross-train across compute, storage, and networking components within VCF.
• Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and support knowledge articles.

Skills

VMware vSphere

Linux administration

Windows Server administration

Scripting/Automation

Infrastructure operations

Change control

On-call readiness

Tools

PowerCLI

Python

Ansible

SDDC Manager

vSAN

NSX

Job description

HDR is seeking a VCF Platform Engineer I to perform day-to-day operational support for the VCF private cloud and to assist with lifecycle tasks, patching, and infrastructure automation. The role involves on-site work with real-time collaboration in a 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM window and on-call responsibilities to ensure production stability.

Ideal candidates bring hands-on VMware vSphere administration, Linux/Windows server skills, and scripting experience (PowerCLI, Python, or Ansible).