VMware Virtualization SME

Talan Group; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) retirement plan with company matching

15 days of paid vacation per year

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Talan Group is seeking an experienced VMware Virtualization Engineer SME in New York City to support a large-scale virtualization platform. You will lead the migration to VMware Cloud Foundation and manage the VMware stack for high availability and ultra low latency.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in large-scale VMware environments, strong automation skills, and understanding of enterprise storage and networking. Benefits include a competitive salary, retirement plans, and health insurance.

Qualifications

• +5 years of experience with large-scale VMware environments.
• Expert-level automation skills using relevant tools.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead migration to VMware Cloud Foundation 9.
• Monitor and validate capacity increase requests.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code for automation.
• Provide 24×7 support on a rotational basis.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning.

Skills

VMware technologies

Automation skills (PowerCLI, Ansible, Terraform)

Performance monitoring and analysis

Enterprise storage knowledge

Networking knowledge (TCP/IP, VLANs)

Education

VMware certifications (VCP-CMA, VCAP-CF)

ITIL Foundation

Tools

VMware Cloud Foundation

Ansible

Terraform

Aria Operations

Job description

Job Description

Location: NYC (Hybrid – 3 days onsite/week)

Visa Sponsorship: Talan does not sponsor U.S. work permits or employment visas.

We are seeking an experienced VMware Virtualization Engineer SME to join our team and support a large-scale virtualization platform for the Americas region. The ideal candidate has deep hands‑on expertise in VMware technologies and a strong background in automation, capacity management, and infrastructure modernization.

Role and responsibilities

• Lead the migration to VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (VCF 9) and manage the full VMware stack (vSphere, NSX‑T, vSAN, Aria Operations, VRLI, VRNI) for high availability and ultra low latency requirements.
• Monitor real‑time capacity, review and validate all incoming capacity increase requests, and drive the replacement of end‑of‑life servers to ensure service continuity.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, PowerCLI) to automate provisioning, patching, and lifecycle management across the virtualization layer.
• Deploy AI‑driven monitoring and self‑healing playbooks within Aria Operations to anticipate bottlenecks and resolve performance issues without human intervention.
• Provide Tier 2/3 support on a 24×7 on‑call rotation, including daily health checks, OS and firmware upgrades, and mandatory security patching.
• Participate in DR planning and testing, maintaining RPO of 5 seconds or less and RTO of 15 minutes or less for critical workloads.

Qualifications

• +5 years of experience with large‑scale VMware environments (vSphere 8+, NSX‑T, vSAN) including cloud‑native migrations.
• Expert‑level automation skills using PowerCLI, Ansible, Terraform, vRealize Automation, and PowerShell/Python scripting.
• Hands‑on experience with Aria Operations, VRLI, and VRNI for performance monitoring, log analytics, and network insight.
• Solid understanding of enterprise storage (EMC/Isilon, Pure Storage, Dell/NetApp SAN, iSCSI) and deep networking knowledge (TCP/IP, VLANs, NSX‑T micro‑segmentation).
• Experience applying AI ops concepts including predictive monitoring, automated root cause analysis, and intelligent capacity forecasting.
• VMware certifications preferred (VCP‑CMA, VCAP‑CF); ITIL Foundation is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive salary betweenUSD $100,000 - US$140,000
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• 15 days of paid vacation per year at hire and up to 27 according to seniority (annual untaken vacation days are cashed out)
• 8 paid holidays + 5 sick days + 2 personal days per year
• Company health, dental, and vision insurance plans + FSA
• Voluntary STD and LTD

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.