VCF Platform Engineer I — On-Site Private Cloud

HDR; Folsom (CA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plan with employer match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

HDR is seeking a VCF Platform Engineer I to provide day-to-day operational support for the VCF private cloud, manage SDDC Manager, workload domains, and vSphere clusters, and perform routine platform tasks. You will participate in incident response and contribute to automation and IaC templates, while maintaining runbooks and documentation.

The role requires 3+ years in infrastructure operations, hands-on VMware vSphere experience, and scripting skills (PowerCLI, Python, or Ansible).

Qualifications

• A minimum of 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.

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.

Skills

VMware vSphere administration

ESXi hosts management

PowerCLI/Python/Ansible

Infrastructure as code

Linux administration

Windows Server administration

vSAN/NSX concepts

SDDC Manager operations

Monitoring platforms

Tools

Scripting/automation tools

Job description

HDR is seeking a VCF Platform Engineer I to provide day-to-day operational support for the VCF private cloud, manage SDDC Manager, workload domains, and vSphere clusters, and perform routine platform tasks. You will participate in incident response and contribute to automation and IaC templates, while maintaining runbooks and documentation.

The role requires 3+ years in infrastructure operations, hands-on VMware vSphere experience, and scripting skills (PowerCLI, Python, or Ansible).