VCF Platform Engineer I - VMware & Cloud Ops

HDR; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a VCF Platform Engineer I to provide day-to-day operational support for the VCF private cloud. You will assist with lifecycle operations, host and cluster management, and health monitoring, ensuring platform stability across compute, storage, and networking domains.

You will participate in incident response, manage automation templates, and contribute to runbooks and knowledge articles. The role requires on-site presence with 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM shifts and on-call flexibility.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years 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 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 production with change control and stability.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day operational support for the VCF private cloud platform under established procedures.
• 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 VM hosting environments.
• Monitor platform health, utilization, and capacity; escalate risks and recurring issues to seniors or Platform Manager.
• Participate in incident response as a first responder for infrastructure issues.
• Support maintenance of infrastructure-as-code templates, standard builds, and golden VM images.
• Cross-train across compute, storage, and networking within VCF.
• Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and support knowledge articles.

Skills

VMware vSphere

vSAN

NSX

PowerCLI

Python

Ansible

Linux

Windows Server

Incident response

Documentation

Tools

SDDC Manager

VMware vSphere

PowerCLI

Job description

HDR is seeking a VCF Platform Engineer I to provide day-to-day operational support for the VCF private cloud. You will assist with lifecycle operations, host and cluster management, and health monitoring, ensuring platform stability across compute, storage, and networking domains.

You will participate in incident response, manage automation templates, and contribute to runbooks and knowledge articles. The role requires on-site presence with 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM shifts and on-call flexibility.