Virtualization & Cloud Automation Engineer

Job Title:-Virtualization & Cloud Automation Engineer

Job Location:- The Woodlands, Texas (Hybrid)

Job Type:-Full time

Target: Someone leveling up from admin engineer

Must have:

• PowerShell + Python
• VMware + Cisco UCS
• Automation mindset (this is key)

Nice to have:

• Containers (basic understanding)
• Private cloud (VCF 9.x)
• Azure (or AWS willing to learn)

Description

Take the next step toward your new career today!

Become a part of the diverse and inclusive team within our nationally recognized award-winning Bank that is one of the strongest in the nation. Woodforest National Bank is privately owned, and our Employee Stock Ownership Plan is the largest shareholder. We focus on building relationships and discovering opportunities to better serve our communities and understand the financial needs of every customer we serve. At Woodforest we care and prove it by volunteering with local charities and foodbanks to give back to the communities we serve. By joining Woodforest you will become a part of one of the largest employee-owned banks in the country!

The Virtualization & Cloud Automation Engineer is responsible for engineering, automating, and supporting the organization's hybrid infrastructure across VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), Microsoft Azure, enterprise container platforms, and Cisco UCS compute environments. This role combines deep technical knowledge of virtualization, cloud services, automation frameworks, and container orchestration with strong security awareness, documentation discipline, and cross-team collaboration.


Key Responsibilities:

Manage and optimize VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.x, including vSphere, vSAN, NSX, and SDDC Manager.
Perform lifecycle operations: patching, upgrades, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
Troubleshoot ESXi hosts, NSX overlays, vCenter services, and distributed virtualization components.
Administer Azure IaaS/PaaS including VMs, VNets, Storage, Key Vault, Azure Monitor, and governance tooling.
Implement Azure governance such as RBAC, Azure Policy, tagging and cost-control practices.
Deploy/manage Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, and Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters.
Maintain container cluster health, networking, storage classes, registries, and workload orchestration.
Develop automation using PowerShell, Python, Terraform, Azure CLI, and Bicep.
Build IaC modules, reusable automation, CI/CD pipelines, and provisioning workflows.
Administer Cisco UCS blades, service profiles, fabric interconnects, and firmware lifecycles.
Participate in on-call rotation to provide after-hours support and incident response.
Other duties as assigned


Serve as a Tier-3 escalation point for virtualization, cloud, automation, and container issues.
Apply zero-trust-aligned configuration principles and secure infrastructure practices.
Monitor health, logs, alerts, risk events, and performance indicators across hybrid-cloud systems.
Support incident response, environment hardening, and infrastructure compliance efforts.
Maintain documentation: runbooks, architecture diagrams, operational standards, and procedures.
Support business continuity, high-availability engineering, and DR validation processes.
Ensure secure lifecycle processes including patching, certificate hygiene, and least-privilege alignment.


Competencies Required:
Lead or support cloud modernization, automation, virtualization engineering, and containerization initiatives.
Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, security, networking, and application teams to deliver integrated solutions.
Engage governance/audit teams to ensure compliance with organizational standards and regulatory requirements.
Provide documentation, training, and operational guidance across technical teams.
Support application/workload onboarding into VCF, Azure, and Kubernetes environments.
Participate in planning and execution of technology roadmaps and cross-functional engineering projects.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work independently and drive initiatives.
Strong collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.
Automation-first mindset with continuous improvement focus.
Advanced troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.
Strong documentation discipline and secure, governance-aligned operational mindset.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications/Experience:
5+ years VMware engineering experience (vSphere, vSAN, NSX, VCF) required
2+ years of VMware Cloud Foundation experience preferred
Cloud engineering background, with hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure preferred.
Proficiency in automation using PowerShell, Python, Terraform, Bicep, and Azure CLI.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, AKS, Docker, or Tanzu Kubernetes Grid.
Strong networking fundamentals (routing, switching, overlays, DNS, load balancing).
Proficiency in administering Windows and RedHat systems.
Experience with GitOps, container security tools, and service mesh technologies.
Familiarity with zero-trust frameworks, audit processes, and compliance tooling.