Hybrid Senior Virtualization Engineer

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About the role

  • Senior Virtualization Engineer managing enterprise VMware environments. Designing and overseeing virtualization solutions while collaborating with various technology teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design, deploy, and manage enterprise VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments hosting Windows and Linux workloads.
  • Implement and maintain vSphere HA, DRS, Site Recovery Manager, and NSX-T for network virtualization and micro-segmentation.
  • Support SAN/NAS (Pure Storage, NetApp, HPE Nimble) solutions across multiple sites and manage HPE servers using HPE OneView.
  • Perform capacity planning, lifecycle management, and both proactive and reactive maintenance of the VMware environment.
  • Develops and maintains monitoring and alerting for compute and storage infrastructure, including VMware ESXi, VMware Aria, and enterprise storage platforms (Pure Storage, HPE Nimble, NetApp), with a focus on automating responses to performance thresholds, capacity trends, and environmental events.
  • Monitor and optimize VM performance using VMware Aria Automation, vCenter tools, and other monitoring applications.
  • Maintain and provision Omnissa Horizon VDI and Azure Virtual Desktop environments.
  • Design hybrid cloud architectures with workload portability between on-premises VCF and public clouds (VMware Cloud on AWS, Azure VMware Solution).
  • Implement cloud automation and orchestration using VMware Aria Automation, Cloud Assembly, and PowerCLI/PowerShell scripting.
  • Apply security hardening standards following VMware and industry best practices (STIG, CIS, HIPAA benchmarks).
  • Conduct regular security assessments and vulnerability patching across VMware infrastructure including ESXi hosts.
  • Manage NSX firewall policies, VM security policies, and network segmentation in collaboration with security and network teams.
  • Implement security logging and alerting through Aria Operations for Logs and SIEM integration.
  • Serve as VMware subject matter expert and technical liaison for cross-functional initiatives.
  • Collaborate with Windows, Linux, and application development teams to ensure platform performance requirements are met.
  • Develop and maintain virtualization standards, procedures, and technical documentation including diagrams.
  • Other duties as required.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, and related VMware technologies.
  • Strong proficiency with Windows Server (2016/2019/2022), Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy in virtualized environments.
  • Experience with vSphere networking (VDS, NSX-T), storage technologies (VMFS, vSAN, SAN, NAS), and shared storage protocols.
  • Experience managing data centers and hardware/software such as HPE servers, HPE OneView, and enterprise storage (Pure, NetApp, HPE Nimble).
  • Proficiency in PowerCLI and PowerShell scripting for automation.
  • Experience with Omnissa Horizon and Azure Virtual Desktop.
  • Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and project management skills.
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Ability to prioritize workloads for projects and operations in fast-paced environments.
  • Core networking knowledge and ability to troubleshoot connectivity issues with network teams.
  • Flexibility for after-hours work and participation in on-call rotation.
  • Must be able to work on-site at Chicago office and/or regional data centers as needed.

Benefits

  • Full benefits package
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • medical, dental, vision
  • 401(k) with match
  • robust EAP
  • wellness program
  • and much more

Job title

Senior Virtualization Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$100,000 - $130,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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