Virtualization Engineer

About the Role:

In this role, you’ll be responsible for designing, managing, and optimizing enterprise virtualization infrastructure. You’ll be a technical leader, driving architecture improvements and mentoring junior staff. This is a great opportunity for a proactive problem-solver who excels at capacity planning, incident resolution, and automation.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, implement, and support large-scale virtualization environments using VMware, Hyper-V, and KVM.
• Manage and monitor vCenter servers, clusters, and hypervisors to ensure optimal health and performance.
• Lead virtualization upgrades, patching, disaster recovery, and compliance initiatives.
• Oversee the provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management of virtual machines (VMs).
• Collaborate with storage and network teams to ensure seamless infrastructure integration.
• Automate VM management tasks using scripts and infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Work with stakeholders on capacity planning and resource optimization.
• Maintain detailed documentation on architecture, configurations, and operational procedures.
• Troubleshoot escalated incidents and perform root cause analysis (RCA) on major outages.
• Mentor junior engineers and standardize operating procedures for the team.

Requirements:

• Extensive hands-on experience with VMware vSphere/ESXi, vCenter, vMotion, and DRS/HA.
• Proficiency in Hyper-V and Linux-based KVM virtualization platforms.
• Strong understanding of storage systems (SAN, NAS, vSAN) and their integration with hypervisors.
• Familiarity with network virtualization concepts, including vSwitches, DVS, VLANs, and VXLAN.
• Experience with VM automation tools like PowerCLI, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Expert troubleshooting skills using tools such as vROps, esxtop, and VM logs.
• Experience with VM backup and disaster recovery solutions (Veeam, Commvault, Zerto).

Preferred Skills:

• Exposure to cloud-based virtualization platforms (VMware Cloud on AWS, Azure Stack HCI).
• Understanding of containers and hybrid virtualization solutions (OpenShift, Proxmox).
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (Nagios, Zabbix, vRealize).
• Knowledge of security hardening best practices for hypervisors and guest operating systems.
• Familiarity with ITIL practices and service management tools (ServiceNow, Remedy).
• Preferred certifications: VMware VCP, Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate, or RHCE.

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CTC: up to 10 LPA
Experience: 4-6 years