Virtualization Subject Matter Expert

Centre Technologies; Tulsa (OK); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Medical benefits and 401(k)

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Centre Technologies is seeking a Sr. Technical Consultant to design, implement, and manage VMware-centric virtualized environments and SAN platforms in hybrid data centers. You will lead DR planning, storage optimization, and proactive security measures while ensuring high performance and reliability.

The role emphasizes on-call support, cross-team collaboration, and ongoing documentation. Strong VMware certifications and extensive hands-on experience are essential for success, with a focus on

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands-on IT experience.
• VMware VCP-DCV certification is required.
• Associate degree required; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience with SRM, NSX and storage area networks.

Responsibilities

• Design and support disaster recovery solutions using SRM and NSX-based virtualization.
• Perform health checks, cluster validation, and remediation planning across compute, network, and storage.
• Administer SAN-backed virtualization environments including Fibre Channel and iSCSI.
• Provide proactive recommendations and ongoing maintenance for complex customer environments.

Skills

VMware expertise

Customer service

Problem solving

Team collaboration

On-call readiness

Education

Associate’s Degree

Bachelor’s Degree preferred

VMware VCP-DCV (required)

VCAP-DCV (preferred)

VCIX-DCV (preferred)

VCP-NV or VCP-CMA a plus

Hyper-V experience preferred

Storage SAN admin experience preferred

Tools

VMware NSX

vSAN

Pure Storage FlashArray

HPE Nimble/Alletra

Fibre Channel

iSCSI

SRM

Backup platforms

ESXi

Job description

Our Company Culture:

Our diverse workforce allows Centre to develop and leverage knowledge, skills, and experiences that impact our overall success. Within our collaborative environment, our team of consultants work to identify innovative solutions for our clients. Together, we guide our clients through the process of selecting, deploying, and managing IT solutions tailored to their specific business needs.

Centre Company Benefits:

• Hybrid Work Options, Paid Time Off, and Paid Holidays
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401(k) with employer match contributions
• Stability to grow alongside hard-workers in a collaborative environment with opportunities to grow professionally

Position Summary:

Responsible for service delivery with private cloud, hosted datacenter, and customer virtualization environments, with primary focus on VMware technologies such as vSphere, ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX, Site Recovery Manager, and supporting SAN/storage platforms. The position will involve architecting, implementing, and managing VMware-centric virtualized environments and the storage area network (SAN) platforms that support them, ensuring optimal performance, security, resilience, and reliability.

The Sr. Technical Consultant will also focus on standards, onboarding/offboarding, tool optimization, escalations, and proactive measures to enhance customer environments.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design and support disaster recovery solutions using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), storage replication, backup platforms, and NSX-based network virtualization and micro-segmentation.
• Perform VMware health checks, configuration reviews, cluster design validation, resource optimization, and remediation planning across compute, network, and storage layers.
• Administer, design, and troubleshoot SAN-backed virtualization environments, including Fibre Channel and iSCSI connectivity, multipathing, LUN/volume provisioning, datastore design, snapshots, replication, and capacity/performance management.
• Support enterprise storage platforms such as Pure Storage FlashArray and HPE Nimble/Alletra, ensuring storage performance, availability, and alignment with virtualization and disaster recovery requirements.
• Evaluate and execute VMware lifecycle activities, including host and cluster upgrades, vCenter upgrades, ESXi patching, capacity assessments, workload placement, storage modernization, and platform resiliency recommendations.
• Provide proactive recommendations and upkeep of customer environments in tenant organizations.
• Manage infrastructure reporting, alert management, troubleshooting, and tuning.
• Maintain certifications with technology partners.
• Troubleshoot customer issues urgently and effectively.
• Install and implement systems and solutions.
• Conduct post-sales technical follow-ups and provide remote customer support.
• Track work orders and incidents through an electronic help desk system.
• Manage and resolve issues promptly.
• Prioritize tasks and meet deadlines with excellent time management skills.
• Demonstrate excellent troubleshooting and assessment skills.
• Exhibit outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Be a team player with exceptional customer service skills.
• Mentor and guide peers, assisting teammates as needed.
• Submit timesheets, expense reports, and documentation on or before deadlines.
• Stay updated on market trends, theories, and new methodologies; embrace change.
• Assist with change-management activities.
• Prepare and deliver complete and concise documentation for all projects and tickets.
• Present progress reports to immediate supervisors and/or Project Managers.
• Manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Quickly turn business problems into technical solutions.
• Participate in on-call schedules, serving as a high-level escalation point for network and security issues.

Education/Experience/Certifications

• Participate in on-call schedules, serving as a high-level escalation point for network and security issues.
• Associate’s Degree required (Bachelor’s Degree preferred)
• 10+ years hands-on IT experience
• VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) (required)
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCAP-DCV) (preferred)
• VMware Certified Implementation Expert – Data Center Virtualization (VCIX-DCV) (preferred)
• VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization (VCP-NV) or Cloud Management and Automation (VCP-CMA) a plus
• Microsoft Hyper-V or equivalent Windows Server virtualization experience preferred as a complementary hypervisor skill
• Pure Storage FlashArray, HPE Nimble/Alletra, or equivalent enterprise SAN administration experience preferred

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Pure Storage FlashArray, HPE Nimble/Alletra, or equivalent enterprise SAN administration experience preferred
• Some travel may be necessary to our various datacenters
• Work primarily in a climate controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential.
• Occasional lifting (up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds) may be required
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities are able to perform the essential functions.
• The noise level in the work environment is moderate.