NSX Administrator

Job Title: NSX Administrator
Contract Duration: 3 months, possible extension
Location: Harrisburg, PA (Only candidates located in Pennsylvania (PA) will be considered for this opportunity.)
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Pay Rate: $68 - $71/hr (W2 ONLY)

Summary
The NSX Administrator is responsible for the design, deployment, configuration, and ongoing management of VMware NSX environments. This role ensures the stability, security, and performance of virtualized network infrastructure while collaborating closely with security, systems, and network teams. The NSX Administrator also provides advanced troubleshooting, develops automation to streamline operations, and supports overall data center modernization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and administer VMware NSX-T environments, including logical routing, switching, load balancing, and distributed firewall policies.
• Manage micro segmentation strategies and enforce network security posture across virtualized workloads.
• Perform regular maintenance, updates, and lifecycle management of NSX components and related VMware platforms.
• Monitor NSX infrastructure health, performance, capacity, and logs using native tools and third-party monitoring systems.
• Troubleshoot complex issues involving network overlays, transport nodes, edge appliances, and integrations with physical networks.
• Collaborate with network, server, and security teams to support architecture designs, platform upgrades, and new deployments.
• Develop and maintain documentation including topology diagrams, standard operating procedures, and configuration records.
• Implement automation and scripting to improve efficiency, consistency, and disaster recovery readiness.
• Support incident response activities related to network virtualization and ensure timely resolution.
• Participate in on-call rotation and provide escalation support for critical infrastructure issues.

• VMware NSX-T administration
• Logical routing and switching
• Load balancing
• Distributed firewall policy management
• Micro segmentation
• Network security posture enforcement
• NSX lifecycle management
• Infrastructure monitoring and performance management
• Log monitoring and analysis
• Troubleshooting network overlays
• Transport node administration
• Edge appliance management
• Physical network integrations
• Architecture support and platform upgrades
• Documentation development and maintenance
• Topology diagrams and configuration records
• Automation and scripting
• Disaster recovery readiness
• Incident response support
• Cross-functional collaboration with network, server, and security teams
• Escalation support for critical infrastructure issues
• On-call support rotation

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