Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location :
Mumbai/ Navi Mumbai
Years of experience : 9+
ROLE
PURPOSE:
Lead the VMware virtualization and private-cloud operations function, ensuring availability, performance, capacity, security, compliance, lifecycle health and service continuity across Production, Disaster Recovery, UAT and other managed environments. The role combines hands-on technical depth with people leadership, operational governance and platform modernization. Critical success profile: A hands-on leader who can independently diagnose complex cross-domain issues across compute, storage, networking, backup, operating systems and platform integrations, while guiding the team through restoration and permanent resolution.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
VMware Platform Operations:
Own day-to-day operations of enterprise VMware environments comprising ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, clusters and virtual machines.
Ensure platform availability, reliability, performance, capacity, resiliency and compliance across Production, DR and non-production environments.
Lead installation, configuration, hardening, patching, upgrades, lifecycle management, technology refresh and decommissioning activities.
Perform proactive health checks, trend analysis, capacity reviews and performance optimization; translate findings into prioritized remediation plans.
Act as the senior technical escalation point for critical incidents and coordinate timely service restoration.
Troubleshooting & Problem Management :
Demonstrate strong hands-on troubleshooting across VMware compute, memory, storage, networking, guest operating systems, backup and hardware layers.
Use logs, metrics, events and dependency analysis to isolate root cause, validate hypotheses and implement sustainable fixes.
Lead major-incident technical bridges, root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, and knowledge transfer.
Troubleshoot complex cross-domain issues without depending solely on OEM or vendor support.
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF):
Operate and support VMware Cloud Foundation, including SDDC Manager, vSphere, vCenter, NSX, vSAN and relevant VMware Aria components.
Manage VCF workload domains, platform health, certificate/password lifecycle, patching, upgrades and configuration compliance.
Contribute to private-cloud standardization, modernization and operational-readiness initiatives.
Virtualization Networking:
Operate and troubleshoot vSphere Distributed Switches (vDS), port groups, uplinks, teaming, VLANs and virtual network policies.
Apply working knowledge of NSX concepts including segments, gateways, routing, distributed firewall, micro-segmentation, overlay/underlay networking and service connectivity.
Understand and support NSX VPC concepts, tenant isolation and policy-driven networking where deployed.
Coordinate with network and security teams for end-to-end connectivity, firewall and performance troubleshooting.
Automation & Platform Engineering:
Identify repetitive operational activities and convert them into controlled, reusable automation.
Use or guide automation through PowerCLI, Power Shell, Python, REST APIs, VMware Aria Automation, Aria Orchestrator and relevant Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
Promote automated provisioning, Day-2 operations, compliance validation, reporting and evidence generation.
Apply version control, peer review, testing, rollback and documentation practices to production automation.
Storage, Backup & Disaster Recovery:
Work with storage teams on SAN, NAS, vSAN, datastore performance, multipathing, capacity and storage-policy issues.
Operate or support integration with enterprise VM backup and recovery tool like Veeam or equivale
Participate in recovery validation, DR drills, runbook maintenance and closure of identified gaps.
Team Leadership & Service Management:
Lead, mentor and develop VMware administrators and engineers; allocate work and strengthen technical depth within the team.
Govern Incident, Problem, Change, Request, Capacity, Availability and Configuration Management processes in line with defined SLAs/OLAs.
Coordinate with application, network, security, storage, database, backup, monitoring, hardware and project teams.
Manage OEM/vendor escalations and ensure clear ownership, evidence, follow-up and closure.
Documentation, Risk & Compliance:
Create, review and maintain SOPs, runbooks, support matrices, architecture diagrams, build standards, troubleshooting guides and knowledge articles.
Ensure changes, approvals, technical evidence and operational records remain traceable and audit-ready.
Support security hardening, vulnerability remediation, access review, audit requests and policy compliance.
Identify platform risks, lifecycle constraints, capacity concerns and single points of failure; drive treatment plans to closure.
MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS &
EXPERIENCE:
10+ years of hands-on experience working in VMware-based enterprise virtualization environments.
Minimum 4 years of experience managing or technically leading a VMware administration/operations…
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