Infrastructure Engineer, VMware (onsite)

14714 – Infrastructure Engineer, VMware (onsite) - Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Miami, FL

Start Date: ASAP
Type: Temporary Project
Estimated Duration:12 months with possible extensions
Work Setting: 100% of the time at the Client’s site. No telecommuting or remote work. This is a non-negotiable requirement from the client OR onsite
Only candidates able to relocate as required should apply to avoid removal from future consideration.

Required:
Availability to work 100% of the time at the Client’s site in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Miami, FL (required);

• Infrastructure engineering experience (10+ years)
• Virtualization engineering experience in enterprise environments. (5+ years)
• Experience with VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, cluster design, host configuration, patching, upgrades, hardening, lifecycle management, and operational support.
• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN, and VMware Operations.
• Experience with Azure Local or similar hyperconverged infrastructure platforms.
• Experience with virtualization performance, resource contention, storage integration, networking integration, availability, host stability, and workload placement.
• PowerCLI and Python scripting experience.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code patterns for virtualization provisioning and configuration using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Git, and CI/CD practices.
• Experience developing and maintaining virtualization platform standards, configuration baselines, operational procedures, and lifecycle roadmaps.
• Experience with virtualization security hardening, vulnerability remediation, configuration compliance, and enterprise security standards.
• Experience with capacity planning, utilization analysis, forecasting, lifecycle planning, and working with FinOps or financial governance teams.
• Experience defining monitoring requirements, alert thresholds, operational metrics, service catalog offerings, knowledge management, CMDB standards, and related ServiceNow processes.

Preferred:

• Experience with VMware NSX.
• Experience with VMware automation tools.
• Experience with VMware Horizon.
• Experience with Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with hybrid cloud or cloud-adjacent virtualization models.
• Experience with enterprise backup, recovery, and disaster recovery patterns for virtualized workloads.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring platforms and observability tools.
• Experience working in regulated or security-focused enterprise environments.
• Relevant virtualization, automation, cloud, security, or infrastructure certifications
• VMware VCP/VCAP, Microsoft Azure, Terraform, Ansible, ITIL, security, or related infrastructure certifications.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, engineering, and implementation of enterprise virtualization infrastructure solutions across VMware vSphere, VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN, and Azure Local.
• Act as the technical product owner for virtualization infrastructure services, including standards, roadmap development, lifecycle planning, and platform improvement opportunities.
• Develop and maintain virtualization platform standards, cluster design patterns, configuration baselines, security standards, and operational support models.
• Define and implement virtualization automation using PowerCLI, Terraform, Ansible, Python, Git, and CI/CD practices.
• Support VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN, and Azure Local as core virtualization platforms.
• Partner with the virtualization architect, project teams, and infrastructure teams to standardize solution designs on enterprise virtualization platforms.
• Define virtualization lifecycle, patching, upgrade, and maintenance standards, including cadence, prioritization, exception handling, and coordination with operations and lifecycle teams.

Why apply?
• Gain experience with one of the world's largest solar and wind energy providers, which last year briefly became the most valued U.S. energy company;
• Work with a great team of professionals and learn newest technologies and approaches;
• Enjoy our Client’s wonderful campus with top-notch facilities for work and recreation;
• Benefit from multiple projects extensions;
• Receive support and advice from Vitaver consultants who are already working at our Client’s site;
• Get extra cash by participating in Vitaver Successful Completion Bonus Program;
• Always get paid in full and on time.