VMware Engineer

VMware Engineer

Charlotte, NC - hybrid

Key Responsibilities

• Configure, administer, and monitor enterprise-wide virtual infrastructure, cloud & on-prem [35%]
• Design and implement virtualization infrastructure including hardware and supporting services, cloud & on-prem [35%]
• R&D – architect, engineer and innovate [30%]

Required Skills / Experiences

• 5-7 years VMware engineering
• Certification(s) a plus
• Extensive knowledge of VMware solutions
• vSphere, vCenter Server, ESXi Hypervisor, vLCM/VUM, Site Recovery Manager, Aria Operations Manager, Aria Automation, NSX, Aria Operations for Logs, vSAN, Skyline, Tanzu, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), VMware HCX
• Design, development, deployment, and support of enterprise scale systems
• Expert level in troubleshooting and support of ESXi, virtual machines, Guest OS, network, and storage
• Experience with Containers
• Kubernetes, Docker, IBM OpenShift
• Experience with capacity planning, configuration management and forecasting growth
• Experience in cloud technologies & services
• IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
• Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP
• VMware Cloud on AWS, Azure VMware Services, Google Cloud VMware Engine
• Extensive knowledge of Converged Infrastructure
• DellEMC VBlock, VxBlock, Cisco UCS (Blade Servers, Rack Servers)
• Extensive knowledge of Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
• DellEMC VxRail, vSAN Ready Nodes, Nutanix
• Experience with design, implementation, and support in a globally dispersed enterprise
• Experience in Guest Operating Systems
• Windows Server (2012, 2016, +), RHEL, SUSE, CentOS, etc.
• Excellent experience in scripting & automation
• Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Aria Orchestrator
• API, PowerShell, PowerCLI, VBScript, Pearl
• Automate repeatable processes and reports
• Source code management / repository
• Excellent experience in backup solutions for virtualized environments
• TSM, TSM/VE, Spectrum Protect, Rubrik and NetBackup
• Experience in EMC storage arrays
• EMC VMAX/PMAX, VNX, VNXe, Unity, XtremeIO, PowerStore, PowerPath
• Experience with Fiber Channel, iSCSI, NFS, SMB protocols
• Develop and document process and procedures
• Runbooks, internal KB articles, technical diagrams
• Excellent knowledge of troubleshooting, triage, and root cause analysis
• Execute standard operating procedures to implement changes to production and non-production environments following change control management protocols
• Engineer, deploy and innovate solutions for the enterprise while maintaining existing technologies
• Experience in Project Management
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook
• Occasional evening & weekend support

Required Abilities

• Act as a catalyst for change
• Drive innovation
• Ability to work under pressure
• Have a creative and analytical style
• Strong customer service skills to deliver quality results in a demanding environment
• Self-Motivator with the ability to work independently and/or as part of a team
• Development, mentoring and training of junior staff
• Manage relationships with partners, vendors and resellers
• Interact extensively with all levels of business, management, and IT in a professional and confident manner