VMware SME

Job Title: VMware SME

Location: Remote

Duration: Contract - 9 months

Pay Range: $41.42/hr $45.42/hr

Job ID: 409816

About BCforward

BCforward is a leading global IT consulting and workforce solutions firm providing services and support to Fortune 500 and government clients. Founded in 1998, BCforward has grown with our customers needs into a full-service business solutions provider. With delivery centers and offices across North America and India, we take pride in building long-term relationships and delivering excellence through innovation, collaboration, and integrity.

Job Description

Client seeks two experienced contract engineers to support the on-prem platform initiative. These roles augment the engineering team delivering, validating, maintaining, and automating deployment of CCP infrastructure and platform services in highly secure, disconnected customer environments. The ideal candidates bring deep hands-on experience with VMware-based infrastructure, Linux administration, cloud management platforms, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, and delivery of software into air-gapped environments.

Responsibilities:

• Deploy, configure, and maintain VMware vSphere/ESXi environments for workloads.
• Package, deliver, install, and manage lifecycle of CCP platform for SilverCreek deployments.
• Support infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and release validation.
• Troubleshoot deployment, integration, and operational issues across platform services.
• Develop and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure automation and Git-driven CI/CD.
• Automate provisioning via Morpheus or equivalent cloud management platforms.
• Create automated validation frameworks, health checks, smoke tests, and infra tests.
• Design and support delivery into air-gapped or restricted environments with private repositories and registries.
• Manage certificates, PKI integrations, and offline dependencies to meet STIG and FIPS standards.
• Operate Linux and Kubernetes platform services, resolving networking, storage, and virtualization issues.
• Collaborate on issue triage, root cause analysis, and operational readiness reviews.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• VMware vSphere/ESXi administration, vCenter, clusters, datastores, HA, DRS, and VM lifecycle.
• Terraform and infrastructure as code with Git-based workflows and CI/CD automation.
• Advanced Linux administration, performance tuning, OS lifecycle, and shell scripting.
• Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting, Helm, container lifecycle, and cluster ops.
• Experience with HPE Morpheus (preferred), VMware Aria/vRealize, CloudBolt, or similar.
• 5+ years of infrastructure or platform engineering experience with strong problem-solving.

Preferred Skills:

• Air-gapped deployments, offline package management, artifact bundling, and private registries.
• Image and VM engineering: golden images, templates, OVF/OVA, cloud-init, Sysprep, Packer.
• Networking and storage: VLANs, vSwitches, DNS, DHCP, NTP, NFS, iSCSI, vSAN.
• Security and compliance: STIG, FIPS, hardening, certificate management, secure deployment.
• Software packaging: container images, Helm chart packaging and vendoring, RPM/DEB repos.
• Validation and testing: Goss, pytest, Ansible validation, infrastructure test automation.

Why BCforward?

At BCforward, we believe in advancing lives and careers. When you join our team, you gain access to:

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Opportunities for growth with global clients.
• A supportive, inclusive culture that values innovation and people.
• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and projects.

About Our Commitment

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

Interested? Apply Now!

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please apply with your most recent resume.