VMware Engineer

Position: Senior VMware Engineer (VCF 9 Certified)
Location: Sacramento, California (Hybrid - 3 Days Onsite / 2 Days Remote)
Employment Type: 6 Months Contract with possible extension

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior VMware Engineer with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 Certification to join our infrastructure team in Sacramento, CA. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in designing, implementing, administering, and optimizing VMware-based enterprise environments, with a strong focus on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), vSphere, NSX, vSAN, automation, and hybrid cloud technologies.

This role will be responsible for supporting mission-critical infrastructure, modernizing datacenter operations, and driving virtualization and cloud transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF 9) environments.
• Administer and support VMware technologies including:
  • vSphere
  • ESXi
  • vCenter Server
  • NSX-T
  • vSAN
  • Aria Suite (Operations, Automation, Logs)
• Perform installation, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management of VMware infrastructure.
• Monitor and optimize virtualization platform performance, availability, and capacity.
• Implement high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), backup, and business continuity solutions.
• Manage software-defined networking using VMware NSX.
• Configure and maintain VMware storage solutions including vSAN.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and virtualization issues.
• Collaborate with network, security, cloud, and application teams to support enterprise initiatives.
• Develop automation solutions using PowerCLI, PowerShell, Python, or similar scripting tools.
• Document infrastructure designs, operational procedures, and technical standards.
• Provide Level 3 support and act as a VMware subject matter expert (SME).

Required Qualifications

• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 Certification (Required).
• 7+ years of enterprise VMware administration and engineering experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience with:
  • VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
  • VMware vSphere
  • VMware ESXi
  • VMware vCenter
  • VMware NSX
  • VMware vSAN
• Strong experience with datacenter virtualization, storage, and networking.
• Experience designing highly available and scalable enterprise infrastructure.
• Knowledge of disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity planning.
• Experience with PowerCLI, PowerShell, Python, or infrastructure automation.
• Strong understanding of enterprise security best practices.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in large, complex enterprise environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) certification.
• Experience with public cloud platforms such as:
  • AWS
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)
• Experience with VMware HCX and cloud migration projects.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Tanzu, and container platforms.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools:
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as:
  • VMware Aria Operations
  • SolarWinds
  • Splunk
  • LogicMonitor
• Experience supporting government, healthcare, or large public-sector environments.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will be considered.

Key Skills

• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF 9)
• VMware vSphere
• ESXi Administration
• VMware NSX-T
• vSAN
• Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
• Infrastructure Automation
• PowerCLI / PowerShell
• Disaster Recovery
• Enterprise Data Center Operations
• Cloud Migration
• Performance Tuning & Optimization

Work Arrangement

• Hybrid role based in Sacramento, California.
• Ability to work onsite 2-3 days per week.
• Participation in occasional after-hours maintenance and upgrade activities.