VMWare Engineer

Acestack; Framingham (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Acestack is seeking a VMware Engineer in Framingham, MA for onsite, full-time employment. You will administer enterprise VMware environments, design and optimize infrastructure, and lead cluster management with a strong emphasis on security and reliability.

The role requires hands-on experience with vSphere/ESXi/vCenter/vSAN, DR planning, and cross-team collaboration to ensure high availability and efficient operations. Excellent documentation and problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Administer and support enterprise VMware virtualization platforms (vSphere/ESXi/vCenter/vSAN).
• Design, install, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot VMware infrastructure across environments.
• Lead cluster management, capacity planning, and hardware refresh initiatives.
• Perform advanced ESXi/vSphere troubleshooting and patching with security focus.
• Document architecture, procedures, and knowledge base for operations and onboarding.

Responsibilities

• VMware administration for design, configuration, maintenance, monitoring, and support.
• Monitor health, performance trends, and implement proactive improvements.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Network, Storage, Backup, Security, and Apps teams.
• Participate in on-call, maintenance, incident resolution, and DR testing.

Skills

VMware administration

vSphere

ESXi

vCenter

vSAN

DR & backup

Security hardening

Troubleshooting

Capacity planning

Documentation

Job description

Job Title: VMWare Engineer

Location: Framingham, MA(Onsite)
Fulltime

Job Description

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Administer, maintain, monitor, and support enterprise VMware virtualization platforms, including vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, and related ecosystem components.
• Design, install, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot VMware infrastructure across production, DR, and test environments.
• Lead VMware cluster management activities, including host deployment, lifecycle management, capacity planning, and hardware refresh initiatives.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting of ESXi hosts, virtual machines, storage, networking, HA, DRS, vMotion, and vSAN-related issues.
• Manage VMware patching, upgrades, security hardening, and vulnerability remediation activities while ensuring minimal business disruption.
• Configure and maintain backup, recovery, replication, snapshot, and disaster recovery solutions for virtualized workloads.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security standards, audit requirements, and infrastructure governance policies.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, analyze trends, identify risks, and implement proactive improvements to enhance platform stability and efficiency.
• Perform root cause analysis for critical incidents, develop preventive measures, and drive continuous service improvements.
• Support infrastructure modernization initiatives, including VMware version upgrades, capacity optimization, workload migrations, and cloud integration projects.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and knowledge base articles.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Storage, Backup, Network, Security, Server, and Application teams to resolve complex infrastructure issues.

Roles & Responsibilities

• VMware administration responsible for the design, configuration, maintenance, monitoring, and operational support of enterprise VMware environments.
• Monitor platform health, utilization, and performance trends; implement proactive improvements to optimize availability and efficiency.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Network, Storage, Backup, Security, and Application teams to deliver stable and resilient services.
• Participate in on-call support, planned maintenance activities, major incident resolution, and disaster recovery testing exercises.