Windows & Virtualization Engineering Lead

Allegiantair; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegiant recruitment is seeking a senior IT leader to work with Stations Support, the NOC, Software Development, DevOps, Linux Engineering, QA, Info Assurance, Info Security, DBA, Network Engineering and PM teams to sustain and improve enterprise IT processes.

This role requires governance experience, on‑call availability, and strong virtualization/storage know‑how in a large, fast‑paced environment. Visa sponsorship not offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum five years in an IT management position.
• Minimum seven years in Windows, VMware, Cisco UCS, and SAN systems design in large enterprises.

Responsibilities

• Daily management of IT personnel, PTO requests, performance reviews, and team cohesion.
• Proper management of departmental resources to support internal and business projects.
• Maintain open communication with upper management on project status and system issues.
• Ensure operational uptime of corporate and production systems.
• Oversee compute hardware and virtual resources for DEV/DevOps/DBA/Linux/Coporate teams.
• Stay current with technology and evaluate new technologies for Allegiant.
• Manage budgeting with department head and vendors within approved budgets.
• Manage third‑party vendor relationships and ensure terms are met.
• Other duties as assigned by manager.

Skills

Leadership skills

Problem-solving

Customer support

Organizational skills

Time management

On-call readiness

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

Tools

VMware ESXi

vCenter

vSphere

DRS/vMotion/HA

vRealize (vROPs)

Cisco UCS

SAN design/implementation

NetBackup

Microsoft Exchange Server

MS SQL

SharePoint

Job description

Allegiant recruitment is seeking a senior IT leader to work with Stations Support, the NOC, Software Development, DevOps, Linux Engineering, QA, Info Assurance, Info Security, DBA, Network Engineering and PM teams to sustain and improve enterprise IT processes.

This role requires governance experience, on‑call availability, and strong virtualization/storage know‑how in a large, fast‑paced environment. Visa sponsorship not offered.