Senior Virtualization Engineer

Senior Virtualization Engineer Job#: 3056328

Job Description:

Senior Virtualization Engineer This position is designated as a hybrid telework role. The expectation is to average 3+ days a week onsite at a downtown Richmond office. The teleworking ability and schedule are determined by the reporting manager. TRAVEL:
Local travel to data center may be necessary on occasion. POSITION SUMMARY Everforth Apex Systems is seeking a highly skilled Senior Virtualization Engineer to support and advance the Virginia Judiciaries enterprise virtualization environment. This contingent worker position will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and security of critical systems and infrastructure. The selected candidate will report to the Manager of the Systems and Operations Management team and will collaborate closely with technical staff to design, implement, and maintain virtualization solutions that meet organizational needs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES In addition to other occasional tasks, the candidate’s key responsibilities will be the following:
• Design, deploy, and maintain VMware vSphere environments, including ESXi hosts and vCenter Server.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and resource optimization across virtual infrastructures.
• Manage virtual networking (vSwitches, distributed switches) and storage configurations (VMFS, NFS, vSAN).
• Implement and maintain high‑availability, fault‑tolerance, clustering, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Oversee patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management for VMware components and related hardware.
• Troubleshoot complex virtualization issues involving compute, storage, and networking layers.
• Create and enforce VM standards, policies, templates, and provisioning strategies.
• Monitor infrastructure health.
• Ensure security compliance by managing roles, permissions, certificates, and hardening VMware environments.
• Automate administrative tasks when possible.
• Collaborate with systems, network, and security teams on cross‑functional infrastructure initiatives.
• Document architecture, configurations, procedures, and change management activities.
• Provide advanced support for production issues and mentor junior team members.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• 8+ years of hands‑on experience administering VMware vSphere environments and Windows Server operating systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a closely related field; equivalent technical certification accepted.
• Strong proficiency with ESXi, vCenter Server, and virtual networking concepts.
• Experience with VMware clustering, HA/DRS, snapshots, templates, and VM lifecycle management.
• Solid understanding of storage technologies such as SAN, NAS, iSCSI, NFS, and/or vSAN.
• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals as they apply to virtualization: VLANs, trunking, LACP, jumbo frames, and network segmentation.
• Familiarity with Windows and/or Linux server administration in enterprise environments.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across compute, storage, and network layers.
• Experience with Ansible, PowerCLI, Terraform, or similar scripting languages for automation.
• Working knowledge of backup and disaster recovery solutions for virtual environments.
• An Understanding of security best practices, RBAC, certificates, and VMware hardening guidelines. Hands‑on experience administering enterprise server hardware platforms (Dell, Cisco UCS, HPE, etc.).
• Some data center experience or the willingness to learn.
• Strong documentation, communication, and change-management skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATION
• 12+ years of hands‑on experience administering VMware vSphere environments and Windows Server operating systems.
• Master’s…