VMware ESXi Engineer (ONLY W2)

Fremont, CA, US • Posted 16 hours ago • Updated 16 hours ago
Contract W2
No Travel Required
On-site
Depends on Experience
Fitment

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Job Details

Skills

  • VMware ESXi
  • hypervisor
  • Networking
  • PowerShell

Summary

VMware ESXi Engineer

Day to Day duties:

  • Own VMware ESXi hypervisor platform
  • Provision, support, and lifecycle-manage virtual machines
  • Handle:
    • Resource changes (CPU/memory/disk)
    • Performance troubleshooting
    • Platform health, upgrades, expansion
  • Understand and manage impact of:
    • Network layer
    • Host / physical infrastructure
    • Application performance
  • Participate in on-call rotation (after ramp-up)
  • Automate repetitive infra tasks (PowerShell / CLI)
  • Follow strict processes; no shortcuts
  • Serve as single point of contact during on-call windows

 

TOP Requirements:

 

    • 5–6+ years working with ESXi
  • Deep, hands‑on VMware ESXi expertise
    • “The candidate should know in and out of VMware”
    • Must be the primary hypervisor they work on today
  • Recent and continuous VMware experience
    • 5–6+ years working with ESXi
    • No long gaps or “used it years ago”
  • Enterprise / large‑scale environment experience
    • Experience supporting large, complex infrastructure
    • Comfortable supporting critical platforms with high impact
  • Full‑stack infrastructure understanding (infra, not dev)
    • Hypervisor layer
    • Networking layer
    • Host / physical infrastructure
    • How infra impacts application performance
  • Automation mindset
    • PowerShell is a must
    • CLI usage
    • Mindset of automating repetitive work
      “Do it once, do it twice, third time you should automate it”

 

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  • Dice Id: 10196450
  • Position Id: SVMA65
  • Posted 16 hours ago
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