Systems Engineer - Data Center Operations
The Systems Engineer will perform complex analytical and administrative tasks for VMware, Azure, and Terraform, playing a key role in implementing, maintaining, monitoring, and protecting the organization's infrastructure. This position requires the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Build, configure, and maintain VMware vSphere Private Cloud environments, including ESX, NSX, and vCenter across multiple geographically dispersed data centers.
- Manage environments for monitoring and replication, including VROPS, VRM, and SRM, to support disaster recovery operations.
- Provide technical support for engineering and managing Azure cloud infrastructure, ensuring it is scalable, secure, and high-performing, while adhering to organizational standards and processes.
- Proactively monitor the infrastructure to ensure availability and performance.
- Continuously improve infrastructure automation processes with Terraform, including engineering, testing, and maintaining the Terraform environment end to end.
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for environments to ensure clarity and understanding for team members and stakeholders, including validation testing.
- Support the planning and design of VMware environment sizing and architecture.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to engineer and implement hybrid, cloud-native, and on-premises solutions that meet organizational needs.
- Provide final-tier On-Call support.
- Build, configure, and maintain Windows servers.
- Configure, rack, cable, and maintain data center hardware.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Technical Skills:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting VMware environments, Azure cloud infrastructure, and Terraform in both Azure and on-premises environments.
- Expert-level knowledge of VMware VCenter, ESX, NSX, SRM, VRM, VROPS, Azure, and Terraform.
- Strong experience supporting Azure Cloud and Microsoft Windows Server OS.
- Ability to prioritize workloads, troubleshoot problems, and manage tasks effectively while maintaining quality under pressure.
- Strong understanding of networking infrastructure (LAN, WAN, VPN) and protocols (TCP/IP, FCOE).
- In-depth knowledge of enterprise-class storage and hardware protocols and fabrics.
- Experience with formal patch management and change control systems.
- Familiarity with ITIL framework.
- Creative problem-solving skills and the ability to design new infrastructure architecture iterations.
- Willingness to perform On-Call duties and responsibilities.
Required Education:
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology (or a related field) is a plus.
Other Key Qualifications:
- Ability to work independently with minimal oversight.
- Collaborative team player with excellent communication skills.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- VMware VCP-NV certification.
- Azure AZ-104 certification.
- Experience with Linux OS.
(No C2C)
