Virtualization SME

Centurion; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Centurion seeks a Virtualization SME to lead VMware-based SDDC architecture, including VCF domains, vSphere clusters, vSAN, and NSX networking. The role oversees migrations, DR planning with JetStream, and lifecycle management across domains.

Ideal candidates will have 10+ years of virtualization leadership, VCF experience, and expertise integrating APIs for IaC within CI/CD pipelines, delivering secure, scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and evolution of VMware-based SDDC environments, including VCF domains, vSphere clusters, vSAN, and NSX networking.
• Plan and execute workload migrations across environments, including data center migrations, adoption, and workload rebalancing.
• Integrate site-to-site recovery strategy using JetStream, including supporting disaster recovery runbooks, tabletop exercises, failover/failback processes, and recovery validation.
• Plan and coordinate VCF lifecycle management activities, including patching, upgrades, and bundle management across domains.
• Lead recurring performance and capacity planning across compute, storage, and network layers, ensuring efficient resource utilization and future scalability.
• Design and implement network segmentation and micro-segmentation using NSX, aligned to Zero Trust and security requirements.
• Define and manage infrastructure service offerings, including customization profiles and service catalog capabilities within VCF (or equivalent SDDC abstractions).
• Lead complex troubleshooting across the full stack (compute, storage, network, and virtualization layers), including performance degradation and stability issues.
• Oversee and enhance backup and recovery solutions to ensure data protection, integrity, and availability.
• Establish and maintain automation patterns for provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure security and compliance through patching, configuration management, and integration with enterprise security controls.
• Maintain authoritative documentation for architecture, configurations, and operational procedures.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering and operations teams.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to the platform and operating model.

Skills

Virtualization leadership

VMware administration

Hyper-V administration

VCF experience

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field

Tools

VMware vSphere

NSX

vSAN

VCF tooling

APIs integration

Job description

Centurion is currently seeking a Virtualization SME who will provide technical leadership and engineering oversight for the design, implementation, and operation of the enterprise virtualized infrastructure, with a focus on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), vSphere, NSX, and hybrid cloud integration. This role serves as the escalation point for complex issues, drives architectural decisions, and ensures the environment is optimized for performance, resiliency, and scalability.

About the Role

The environment spans on-premises SDDC infrastructure (compute, storage, network), VCF-based platforms, and cloud services (e.g., Azure/AWS), requiring deep expertise in workload placement, lifecycle management, and hybrid connectivity.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and evolution of VMware-based SDDC environments, including VCF domains, vSphere clusters, vSAN, and NSX networking.
• Plan and execute workload migrations across environments, including data center migrations, adoption, and workload rebalancing.
• Integrate site-to-site recovery strategy using JetStream, including supporting disaster recovery runbooks, tabletops, failover/failback processes, and recovery validation.
• Plan and coordinate VCF lifecycle management activities, including patching, upgrades, and bundle management across domains.
• Lead reoccurring performance and capacity planning across compute, storage, and network layers, ensuring efficient resource utilization and future scalability.
• Design and implement network segmentation and micro-segmentation using NSX, aligned to Zero Trust and security requirements.
• Define and manage infrastructure service offerings, including customization profiles and service catalog capabilities within VCF (or equivalent SDDC abstractions).
• Lead complex troubleshooting across the full stack (compute, storage, network, and virtualization layers), including performance degradation and stability issues.
• Oversee and enhance backup and recovery solutions to ensure data protection, integrity, and availability.
• Establish and maintain automation patterns for provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure security and compliance through patching, configuration management, and integration with enterprise security controls.
• Maintain authoritative documentation for architecture, configurations, and operational procedures.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering and operations teams.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to the platform and operating model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ yrs leading virtualization administration.
• Demonstrated experience in leading the management of VMware, Hyper-V, or similar technologies.
• Must have VCF experience.
• Integrating infrastructure tool APIs to enable the deployment of Infrastructure as Code integrated with CI/CD deployment pipelines.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ yrs leading virtualization administration.
• Demonstrated experience in leading the management of VMware, Hyper-V, or similar technologies.
• Must have VCF experience.
• Integrating infrastructure tool APIs to enable the deployment of Infrastructure as Code integrated with CI/CD deployment pipelines.

Preferred Skills

• Minimum: VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
• Preferred: VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP)