Position: Senior VMware Engineer (VCF 9 Certified)
Location: Sacramento, California (Hybrid 3 Days Onsite / 2 Days Remote)
Employment Type: 6 Months Contract with possible extension
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior VMware Engineer with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 Certification to join our infrastructure team in Sacramento, CA. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in designing, implementing, administering, and optimizing VMware-based enterprise environments, with a strong focus on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), vSphere, NSX, vSAN, automation, and hybrid cloud technologies.
This role will be responsible for supporting mission-critical infrastructure, modernizing datacenter operations, and driving virtualization and cloud transformation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, configure, and maintain VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF 9) environments.
- Administer and support VMware technologies including:
- vSphere
- ESXi
- vCenter Server
- NSX-T
- vSAN
- Aria Suite (Operations, Automation, Logs)
- Perform installation, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management of VMware infrastructure.
- Monitor and optimize virtualization platform performance, availability, and capacity.
- Implement high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), backup, and business continuity solutions.
- Manage software-defined networking using VMware NSX.
- Configure and maintain VMware storage solutions including vSAN.
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and virtualization issues.
- Collaborate with network, security, cloud, and application teams to support enterprise initiatives.
- Develop automation solutions using PowerCLI, PowerShell, Python, or similar scripting tools.
- Document infrastructure designs, operational procedures, and technical standards.
- Provide Level 3 support and act as a VMware subject matter expert (SME).
Required Qualifications
- VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 Certification (Required).
- 7+ years of enterprise VMware administration and engineering experience.
- Extensive hands-on experience with:
- VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
- VMware vSphere
- VMware ESXi
- VMware vCenter
- VMware NSX
- VMware vSAN
- Strong experience with datacenter virtualization, storage, and networking.
- Experience designing highly available and scalable enterprise infrastructure.
- Knowledge of disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity planning.
- Experience with PowerCLI, PowerShell, Python, or infrastructure automation.
- Strong understanding of enterprise security best practices.
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working in large, complex enterprise environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) certification.
- Experience with public cloud platforms such as:
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Experience with VMware HCX and cloud migration projects.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes, Tanzu, and container platforms.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools:
- Familiarity with monitoring tools such as:
- VMware Aria Operations
- SolarWinds
- Splunk
- LogicMonitor
- Experience supporting government, healthcare, or large public-sector environments.
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will be considered.
Key Skills
- VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF 9)
- VMware vSphere
- ESXi Administration
- VMware NSX-T
- vSAN
- Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
- Infrastructure Automation
- PowerCLI / PowerShell
- Disaster Recovery
- Enterprise Data Center Operations
- Cloud Migration
- Performance Tuning & Optimization
Work Arrangement
- Hybrid role based in Sacramento, California.
- Ability to work onsite 2 3 days per week.
- Participation in occasional after-hours maintenance and upgrade activities.