Virtualization Engineer

Stefanini, Inc; Dearborn, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Stefanini Group is seeking a highly experienced Virtualization Platform Engineer in Dearborn, MI. You will design, deploy, and manage VMware and OpenShift Virtualization platforms, driving automation, observability, and robust troubleshooting across global enterprise workloads.

The role emphasizes capacity planning, platform efficiency, and consulting with application teams to architect OSV clusters and VM solutions for critical workloads.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience; 8+ years in development.
• Understanding of VMware and Kubernetes concepts.
• Experience with Linux administration and networking fundamentals.
• Proficiency in scripting languages for automation.
• Experience with monitoring tools and logging solutions.
• Knowledge of virtualization concepts and technologies such as KVM and VMware.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, deploy, administer, secure, and manage the full lifecycle of global VMware and OpenShift Virtualization (OSV) platforms.
• Design and support large-scale virtualization environments, including HPE Synergy/ProLiant iLO and firmware testing.
• Develop and maintain operating procedures, monitoring and logging standards, disaster recovery processes, and security guidelines.

Skills

Scripting

Automation

Root cause analysis

Cloud architecture

DevOps

CI/CD

Troubleshooting

Education

Associate Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

VMware

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Dynatrace

Prometheus

Grafana

GitHub

Tekton

RHACM

VMware ESXi

Job description

Join us to co-create solutions for a better future!

Job Details

Information Technology

Virtualization Engineer Dearborn, MI

Job Category: Information Technology

Position Type: Contract

Duration: Long Term

Remaining Positions: 1

Stefanini Group is hiring!

Stefanini is looking for Virtualization Platform Engineer, Dearborn, MI

We are seeking a Platform engineer to design, deploy, administer, secure and support global virtualization platforms using VMware and OpenShift Virtualization (OSV). This role owns the full technology lifecycle, drives automation and observability, manages capacity and performance, and provides advanced troubleshooting and platform consulting for enterprise applications.

Responsibilities

Virtualization Hosting & Platform Engineering

• Engineer, deploy, administer, secure, and manage the full lifecycle of global VMware and OpenShift Virtualization (OSV) platforms.
• Design and support large-scale virtualization environments, including HPE Synergy/ProLiant iLO and firmware testing.
• Develop and maintain operating procedures, monitoring and logging standards, disaster recovery processes, and security guidelines.

Capacity Management

• Plan and forecast compute, VM, memory, storage, and network capacity.
• Analyze utilization trends and recommend scaling, consolidation, and optimization strategies.

Automation & Platform Efficiency

• Automate VMware/OSV configuration, VM management, auditing, remediation, and ticketing workflows using scripts and playbooks.
• Apply SRE practices to improve platform reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
• Manage RBAC, namespaces, and CPU, disk, and storage quotas.

Observability & Troubleshooting

• Implement end-to-end monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting using Dynatrace, RHACM, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Monitor VM health, performance, resource utilization, and potential security anomalies.
• Lead root cause analysis and resolve complex issues across the global compute environment.

Solution Design & Consulting

• Consult with application teams and design custom OSV clusters and VM solutions for critical or specialized workloads.

Documentation & Support

• Maintain technical documentation and customer-facing self-service content.
• Provide L1-L3 support for Operations teams.
• Participate in monthly after-hours and weekend support.

Job Requirements Details

Skills Required

• Scripting, Automation, Kubernetes, Root cause analysis, Cloud architecture, IT solutions, GitHub, Cloud infrastructure, Change management, Technical analysis, Development, Tekton, Utilization management, VMware, VMware ESX Servers, Platform support, Infrastructure architectures

Skills Preferred

• Ansible, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Dynatrace, PowerShell, Access controls, Python, Information security, Automation, Artificial intelligence and expert systems

Experience Required

• 10+ years of experience in IT, 8+ years of experience in development.
• Understanding of VMware and Kubernetes concepts.
• Experience with Linux administration and networking fundamentals.
• Proficiency in scripting languages for automation.
• Experience with monitoring tools and logging solutions.
• Understanding of virtualization concepts and technologies, such as KVM and VMware.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues across multiple layers of the technology stack.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies.

Education Required

• Associate Degree, College Senior

Education Preferred

• Certification Program, Bachelor's Degree

About Stefanini Group

The Stefanini Group is a global provider of offshore, onshore and near shore outsourcing, IT digital consulting, systems integration, application, and strategic staffing services to Fortune 1000 enterprises around the world. Our presence is in countries like the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and more than four hundred clients across a broad spectrum of markets, including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, chemical services, technology, public sector, and utilities. Stefanini is a CMM level 5, IT consulting company with a global presence. We are a CMM Level 5 company.

Pay Range

$ 61.00 - $ 66.00