VCF Platform Engineer 1

HDR; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 83,160 - 148,500; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a candidate for an on-site role to perform day-to-day operational support for the VCF private cloud platform. Duties include supporting SDDC Manager, monitoring platform health, assisting with lifecycle operations, and maintaining documentation.

Preferred qualifications include VMware certifications and familiarity with various operations. The position requires scheduled on-call flexibility, and salaries range based on location, with competitive pay structures shown.

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.
• Working knowledge of Linux and Windows Server administration.
• Experience with PowerCLI, Python, or Ansible.
• Understanding of core datacenter concepts including compute, storage, networking.
• Ability to support operational tasks in a production environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform operational support for the VCF private cloud platform.
• Support SDDC Manager and perform routine platform tasks.
• Assist with VCF lifecycle operations including patching.
• Monitor platform health and escalate issues.
• Participate in incident response.
• Maintain operational documentation and runbooks.

Job description

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; elevate risks, threshold concerns, and recurring issues to senior engineers or the Platform Manager.
• 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.

Schedule & Presence

This on‑site role supports 24/7 operations through real‑time collaboration, standard shifts occur within a 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM window, Monday through Friday. Additionally, this position requires scheduled on‑call flexibility and the ability to remain reasonably reachable during off‑hours for critical business continuity.

Preferred Qualifications

• VMware certification such as VCP-VCF or VCP-DCV.
• Exposure to SDDC Manager operations.
• Familiarity with vSAN and NSX concepts.
• Exposure to enterprise monitoring and alerting platforms.
• Experience supporting standardized virtual server hosting environments.

Required 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 at least one scripting or automation tool 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.

Folsom, CA; Denver, CO; Englewood, CO: $91,476 – $130,680 Minneapolis, MN; St. Paul, MN: $87,318 – $124,740 Pennington, NJ: $95,634 – $136,620 Woodcliff Lake, NJ: $103,950 – $148,500 Olympia, WA: $83,160 – $118,800

Primary Location: United States-Nebraska-Omaha

Other Locations: United States-Arizona-Phoenix, United States-Minnesota-St. Paul, United States-Texas-Austin, United States-Missouri-Kansas City, United States-South Carolina-Columbia, United States-Colorado-Denver, United States-Virginia-Vienna, United States-Minnesota-Saint Louis Park, United States-California-Folsom, United States-Oregon-Portland, United States-New Jersey-Pennington, United States-New Jersey-Woodcliff Lake, United States-Florida-Orlando, United States-Pennsylvania-Harrisburg, United States-Oregon-Salem, United States-Texas-Fort Worth, United States-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh, United States-Texas-San Antonio, United States-Texas-Dallas, United States-New Mexico-Albuquerque, United States-Washington-Olympia, United States-Colorado-Englewood

Industry: IT

Schedule: Full‑time

Employee Status: Regular

BusinessClass: Marketing and Admin

Job Posting: May 28, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.