VMWare Infrastructure Engineer

Client

State of Maryland

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 7+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering
• 5+ years of hands‑on VMware experience (vSphere, vCenter, ESXi) in large‑scale environments

• VMware vSphere, vCenter, and ESXi administration
• HA/DR architectures (SRM, replication, backup platforms)
• Enterprise storage systems (SAN/NAS, vSAN, replication technologies)

• DNS, DHCP, IPAM
• TCP/IP networking, VLANs, and segmentation
• Windows Server and Linux operating systems

• Backup and recovery tools (e.g., vRanger, Azure Backup or similar)
• Monitoring and performance tuning tools

• VMware certifications (VCP, VCAP, or equivalent)
• Experience supporting state/local government or regulated environments

• Net App or enterprise storage platforms
• Cloud integration (AWS, Azure hybrid environments)
• ITIL or comparable operational framework certification

Administer and manage large-scale VMware environments, including VMware vSphere and VMware vCenter Server.

Design, configure, and maintain ESXi hosts, clusters, and resource pools.

Optimize virtual infrastructure performance, capacity, and scalability.

Implement high-availability (HA) and disaster‑recovery (DR) solutions aligned to RPO/RTO requirements.

Configure and manage disaster recovery technologies (replication, failover, failback).

Execute DR testing, failover scenarios, and recovery validation.

Ensure business continuity across critical applications and infrastructure platforms.

Integrate VMware platforms with enterprise storage (SAN/NAS, vSAN).

Manage storage provisioning, replication strategies, and performance tuning.

Collaborate with storage teams supporting Net App, Infinidat, or similar platforms.

• Support dependencies including DNS, DHCP, IPAM; TCP/IP networking and segmentation strategies; align virtual infrastructure with enterprise network architecture

• Implement security hardening across hypervisors (ESXi) and management planes (vCenter, admin tools); east‑west traffic controls within virtual environments; support vulnerability remediation and compliance requirements (e.g., SOC-driven scans); maintain adherence to state and enterprise security policies

• Provide Tier 3 support for production‑impacting incidents
• Perform root cause analysis and implement long‑term corrective actions
• Participate in on‑call rotations and after‑hours support for critical outages
• Maintain operational documentation and standard operating procedures

• Execute infrastructure changes in accordance with enterprise change management processes
• Document design decisions, configurations, and implementation steps
• Participate in CAB reviews and ensure minimal risk to production systems
• Support audit requests and regulatory compliance requirements