VCF Platform Engineer I — On-Site, Full-Time

HDR; Woodcliff Lake (NJ); On-site; USD 104,000 - 149,000; Full time

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Job summary

HDR is hiring a VCF Platform Engineer I for on-site work in Woodcliff Lake, NJ. You will provide day-to-day operational support for the VCF private cloud, manage vSphere clusters, and assist with patching and upgrades.

Requirements include at least 3 years in infrastructure operations, hands-on VMware vSphere administration, ESXi/VM management, and scripting with PowerCLI, Python, or Ansible. This role supports 24/7 operations with a 6:00 AM–6:00 PM window and on-call duties.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in infrastructure operations, virtualization, or systems administration.
• Hands-on VMware vSphere administration experience.
• 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.

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; 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.

Job description

HDR is hiring a VCF Platform Engineer I for on-site work in Woodcliff Lake, NJ. You will provide day-to-day operational support for the VCF private cloud, manage vSphere clusters, and assist with patching and upgrades.

Requirements include at least 3 years in infrastructure operations, hands-on VMware vSphere administration, ESXi/VM management, and scripting with PowerCLI, Python, or Ansible. This role supports 24/7 operations with a 6:00 AM–6:00 PM window and on-call duties.