IT Expert Senior - VMware Infrastructure

Life on the Team

We are looking for a highly skilled VMware Infrastructure professional with 10–14 years of experience in enterprise datacenter environments. The ideal candidate must possess strong hands-on expertise in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), vCenter, vSAN, NSX, infrastructure lifecycle management, automation, backup technologies, and large-scale VMware platform upgrades. The candidate will be responsible for leading VMware infrastructure operations, driving VCF transformation initiatives, and executing upgrades to VCF 9.x while working closely with cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on VMware Infrastructure Lead with extensive experience in VMware Cloud Foundation environments, capable of independently managing complex enterprise datacenters, leading VCF 9.x upgrade programs, driving automation initiatives, and ensuring high availability, security, and operational excellence across the virtualization platform.

What You'll Do

• Lead administration and support of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), vCenter, ESXi, vSAN, and NSX environments.
• Manage VMware infrastructure operations across production, DR, and non-production environments.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute infrastructure lifecycle management activities using SDDC Manager.
• Lead end-to-end upgrades and migrations of: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), VMware vCenter Server, VMware ESXi Hosts, VMware vSAN Clusters,VMware NSX Infrastructure
• Perform and support VCF upgrades to VCF 9.x in enterprise environments.
• Drive platform standardization, optimization, capacity planning, and performance tuning initiatives.
• Manage VMware backup and recovery solutions, including Veeam Backup & Replication and enterprise backup integrations.
• Develop and implement automation solutions using PowerShell, PowerCLI, and VMware APIs.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts for critical infrastructure incidents and conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Collaborate with Network, Storage, Security, Backup, Cloud, Windows, Linux, and Application teams to resolve complex issues.
• Participate in change management, maintenance planning, and infrastructure governance activities.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, upgrade runbooks, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.

What You'll Need

Mandatory Technical Skills

• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
• VMware vCenter Server Administration
• VMware ESXi Administration
• VMware vSAN Administration
• VMware NSX-T
• VMware SDDC Manager
• Lifecycle Manager (LCM)

Mandatory Experience

• 10–14 years of overall IT Infrastructure experience.
• Minimum 5+ years of VMware Cloud Foundation experience.
• Hands-on experience managing enterprise VMware environments with 100+ hosts.
• Proven experience performing production upgrades of: VCF, vCenter, ESXi, vSAN, NSX
• Mandatory experience in planning and executing VCF upgrades to VCF 9.x.
• Experience in infrastructure automation and operational excellence initiatives.
• Strong experience in enterprise change management and upgrade governance.