Virtualization Engineer
Posted
Virtualization Engineer
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Work Arrangement: Hybrid - 20% onsite / 80% remote
Schedule: 8 hrs/day, 5 days/wk, 40 hrs/wk
Interview: Virtual
Contract: 07/01/2026 - 12/31/2026. Historically, these roles are extended for an additional year.
Visas Accepted: USC, GC, GC EAD, H1B
Role Overview
The Virtualization Engineer is responsible for the architecture, implementation, optimization, and lifecycle management of the enterprise VMware virtualization environment. This role serves as a subject matter expert across the full VMware ecosystem, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and scalability of virtualized compute, storage, and networking platforms.
Primary Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and maintain VMware vSphere clusters, ESXi hosts, and related core virtualization infrastructure.
- Manage and optimize vCenter Server operations, templates, host profiles, and distributed configurations.
- Implement and support VMware vSAN, including storage policy design, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and capacity planning.
- Architect and maintain VMware NSX-T networking and security components, including micro-segmentation.
- Administer VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and integrated components, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
- Manage lifecycle operations using VMware Lifecycle Manager (vLCM), including upgrades, patching, and compliance management.
- Implement automation and orchestration using tools such as VMware Aria (vRealize) Automation, Orchestrator, and PowerCLI.
- Monitor system performance, conduct root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to ensure optimal environment stability.
- Maintain security compliance across virtualized environments, including access controls, hardening, and auditing.
- Collaborate with storage, networking, security, and application teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Develop and maintain architectural documentation, standard operating procedures, and disaster recovery runbooks.
- Provide mentorship to junior engineers and participate in on-call support rotations.
Required Technical Skills
- Extensive hands on experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter in large scale enterprise environments.
- Strong expertise in one or more advanced VMware components such as vSAN, NSX T, VCF, or VMware Aria Suite
- Proficiency with PowerShell / PowerCLI automation.
- Deep understanding of enterprise compute, storage, and network architectures.
- Experience with capacity planning, performance tuning, and lifecycle management.
