Infrastructure Virtualization & Storage Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Virtualization & Storage Engineer to design, build, and optimize enterprise virtualization and storage platforms supporting critical business systems. This position is responsible for engineering resilient, scalable infrastructure solutions while driving modernization, automation, and performance improvements across compute and storage environments.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience architecting VMware-based infrastructure, integrating enterprise storage technologies, and delivering highly available solutions for large-scale production environments.

Primary Responsibilities

Infrastructure Engineering

• Design and implement VMware virtualization platforms to support enterprise workloads and business-critical applications.
• Develop infrastructure architectures that maximize availability, scalability, resiliency, and operational efficiency.
• Engineer compute, storage, and virtualization solutions that align with capacity, performance, and business continuity requirements.
• Lead infrastructure lifecycle initiatives, including hardware refreshes, platform upgrades, and technology migrations.

VMware Engineering

• Deploy, configure, and optimize VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter environments.
• Engineer and maintain VMware features including High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), vMotion, Storage vMotion, and Distributed Switches.
• Plan and execute VMware version upgrades, patching strategies, and lifecycle management.
• Perform infrastructure assessments and recommend architectural improvements based on workload analysis and performance metrics.

Enterprise Storage Engineering

• Design and manage enterprise SAN, NAS, and software-defined storage environments.
• Engineer storage provisioning, LUN allocation, datastore configuration, storage replication, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Optimize storage performance through proper tiering, multipathing, caching, and capacity planning.
• Configure Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and NFS connectivity while maintaining storage availability and redundancy.

Automation & Performance

• Develop automation scripts using PowerShell, PowerCLI, or similar tools to streamline infrastructure deployment and administration.
• Analyze system performance across virtualization, compute, storage, and networking layers.
• Identify infrastructure bottlenecks and implement tuning strategies to improve overall system performance.
• Create repeatable deployment standards and infrastructure-as-code practices where applicable.

Operational Excellence

• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues involving virtualization, storage, server hardware, and networking.
• Produce engineering documentation, implementation guides, technical diagrams, and standard operating procedures.
• Participate in infrastructure planning, architecture reviews, and disaster recovery testing.
• Provide Tier III engineering support for production environments and major incident resolution.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of enterprise infrastructure engineering experience.
• Extensive experience designing and supporting VMware vSphere environments.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise storage architecture and administration.
• Experience with Dell EMC, NetApp, Pure Storage, HPE, or comparable enterprise storage platforms.
• Advanced knowledge of Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, SAN architecture, storage replication, and multipathing.
• Experience implementing VMware vSAN or hyperconverged infrastructure solutions.
• Proficiency with PowerShell, PowerCLI, or infrastructure automation tools.
• Strong understanding of Windows Server, Linux, networking fundamentals, and Active Directory.
• Demonstrated experience leading infrastructure deployments, migrations, and modernization initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• VMware Certified Professional (VCP-DCV) or VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP).
• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation, NSX, or hybrid cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with Dell VxRail, Cisco UCS, or HPE Synergy platforms.
• Experience with backup and recovery platforms such as Veeam, Rubrik, or Commvault.
• Knowledge of automation frameworks including Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience working in large enterprise or multi-data center environments.