Sr. VMware Cloud Virtualization Engineer
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The senior engineer will design, operate, automate, and modernize enterprise private-cloud and virtualization services. The role owns the VMware platform, including vCenter, ESXi, VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN ESA, VCF operations and lifecycle services, automation, VM provisioning and image management, and Lenovo vSAN Ready Node hardware. It is remote and requires sufficient NSX knowledge to work in an integrated VCF environment with an NSX-focused engineer.
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Job Description
One of our clients is looking for a senior engineer to design, operate, automate, and modernize enterprise private-cloud and virtualization services. This engineer will own the core VMware platform, including vCenter, ESXi, VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN ESA, VCF operations and lifecycle services, infrastructure automation, virtual machine provisioning, image management, and Lenovo vSAN Ready Node hardware. The role must also possess sufficient NSX knowledge to operate within an integrated VCF environment and collaborate effectively with the NSX-focused engineer. This role is remote.
Skills and Requirements
- 8+ years of enterprise infrastructure or virtualization engineering experience.
- 5+ years of VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter engineering experience.
- Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation or another enterprise private-cloud / software-defined datacenter platform.
- Strong experience with VMware cluster lifecycle, patching, upgrades, capacity, performance, high availability, and troubleshooting.
- Experience with vSAN, preferably vSAN ESA.
- Experience with infrastructure automation, scripting, orchestration, or API-driven workflows.
- Experience managing Windows and Linux VM templates or golden images.
- Experience supporting enterprise server hardware and firmware lifecycle.
- Working knowledge of NSX, virtual networking, routing, segmentation, and load-balancer dependencies.
- VMware Certified Professional or advanced VMware certification.
- VMware Cloud Foundation implementation or operational experience.
- Experience with VCF Operations, Logs, Automation, Lifecycle Manager, and Automation Orchestrator.
- Experience with vSAN ESA.
- Experience with Lenovo vSAN Ready Nodes, xClarity Manager, and xClarity Integrator.
- PowerCLI, PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform, or comparable automation experience.
- Private-cloud integration with Azure.
- Enterprise datacenter modernization or platform transformation experience.
- Working knowledge of NSX, Avi Load Balancer, and vDefend.
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 4,533 open Infrastructure Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Texas median$120–204K/yr155 salary ranges
- US median$48–56/hr111 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 247 open Infrastructure Engineer jobs in Texas and 4,533 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Infrastructure Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (3,489 postings).
- Education
- 1,023 of the 4,533 open Infrastructure Engineer jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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