Virtualization Administrator

Trigyn; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Trigyn Technologies Limited is seeking a seasoned Virtualization Administrator for a remote, contract engagement. The role focuses on maintaining enterprise VMware/VCF environments, ensuring security, performance, and lifecycle compliance while coordinating with IT teams.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of hands-on experience, strong scripting skills, and familiarity with Hyper-V and KVM as optional platforms. Excellent communication and independent work capability are essential.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of hands-on experience supporting and operating enterprise virtualization infrastructure.
• Proven hands-on experience with VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
• Exposure to VMware VCF operations and automation components; experience with other virtualization platforms is a plus.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, PowerShell, Terraform, or Ansible).
• Adequate IT knowledge of storage, networking, backups, server hardware, and OS dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain VMware and VCF environments.
• Monitor health and performance of virtual machines and hosts; troubleshoot issues.
• Automate provisioning and management tasks using IaC tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Maintain operational documentation and ensure security and compliance.

Skills

VMware vSphere

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)

English proficiency

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Secondary school education or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

PowerShell

Nutanix

Hyper-V

KVM

Job description

Trigyn has a contractual opportunity for an Virtualization Administrator. This resource will be working Remotely.

Job Description:

This position is required to provide skilled, experienced Virtualization Administrator to ensure the stability, security, availability, and continuous improvement of its enterprise virtualization infrastructure. Under the supervision of the IT Infrastructure Team Lead, the consultant will administer, monitor, maintain, optimize, and troubleshoot VMware and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments, working closely with storage, backup, network, security, operating-system, application, and service-management teams. The consultant will ensure reliable daily operations by resolving incidents and requests, implementing approved changes, maintaining platform health, security, capacity, and lifecycle compliance, automating routine tasks, and keeping operational documentation current.

Required Profile:

The ideal candidate is a Virtualization Administrator with at least five (5) years of proven hands on experience supporting and operating enterprise-grade virtualization infrastructure in production environments. The candidate must have strong practical knowledge of VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), as well as exposure to alternative virtualization platforms such as Microsoft Hyper-V and KVM. A sound understanding of storage, networking, backup, server hardware, and operating-system dependencies is required. The candidate must be able to work independently on assigned operational tasks, follow established procedures and change-management controls, troubleshoot issues methodically, communicate clearly with stakeholders, and escalates complex, architectural, or high-risk matters to senior engineers or the IT Infrastructure Team Lead.

Scope of Work / Duties of Consultant:

Under the supervision and guidance of the IT Infrastructure Team Lead, the consultant will perform the following duties:

• Deployment and administration
  • Install, configure, and maintain VMware and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments; support Nutanix, Hyper-V and OLVM/KVM environments as required.
  • Implement virtualization solutions that meet the organization’s operational needs.
  • Perform VMware lifecycle patching, host updates, and approved configuration changes.
  • Apply security best practices and maintain compliance with applicable standards.
• Monitoring, optimization, and support
  • Monitor the health and performance of virtual machines and hosts.
  • Tune environments and proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
  • Troubleshoot virtualization issues and resolve incidents and problems while minimizing service disruption.
• Automation and improvement
  • Maintain scripts and tools that streamline administration, provisioning, configuration management, and monitoring.
  • Keep current with virtualization technologies and assess improvements, including through proof-of-concept deployments.
• Collaboration, documentation, and reporting
  • Work with IT teams, stakeholders, and vendors to plan and deliver virtualization projects under the Team Lead’s guidance.
  • Provide timely updates on project progress, issues, and resolutions, and guide junior colleagues in established practices.
  • Maintain infrastructure and process documentation, and report regularly on platform health, performance, and capacity.
• Other responsibilities
  • Provide ad hoc support within or beyond the team, including special projects or temporary service-delivery assignments, as requested by senior management.

Required Technical Skills:

The resource MUST have the following skills and experience:

• At least five (5) years of relevant experience supporting and operating enterprise virtualization infrastructure and related services.
• Proven hands-on experience installing, configuring, administering, and troubleshooting VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments.
• Experience with VMware VCF, including VCF Operations and VCF Automation core components.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using tools such as Python, PowerShell, Terraform, or Ansible.
• Hands-on experience applying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles with Terraform to provision and manage virtual infrastructure, particularly VMware vSphere resources.
• Proficiency with command-line tools for managing virtualized systems.
• Secondary school education or equivalent, supplemented by specialized IT training.
• Professional proficiency in English.

The resource SHOULD have the following skills and experience:

• Experience with public cloud platforms and storage management in virtualized environments.
• Knowledge of container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with configuration-management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Knowledge of Continuous Data Protection (CDP) solutions.
• Knowledge of Spanish.

Required Soft Skills:

• Teamwork: Builds effective relationships and resolves conflicts constructively.
• Communication: Communicates clearly, listens actively, and shares information effectively in writing and conversation.
• Respect for diversity: Works inclusively with people of all backgrounds and perspectives.
• Self-management: Handles pressure and ambiguity, welcomes feedback, and pursues professional growth.
• Results focus: Takes initiative and delivers high-quality outcomes.
• Adaptability: Welcomes new ideas and responds positively to change.

Desirable certifications:

Relevant certifications related to abovementioned virtualization solutions are highly desirable:

• VMware Certified Professional (VCP-VCF Administrator / VCAP-VCF or similar)
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate or a relevant Red Hat Ansible Automation certification
• ITIL, ISO20000, PRINCE2 foundation certifications.

TRIGYN TECHNOLOGIES is a multinational IT services company with resources deployed in 50 countries. TRIGYN is an ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2022 (ISMS) and CMMI Level 5 certified company. TRIGYN has offices in the United States, Canada, Switzerland and India.