Private Cloud Engineer III

US

This is asenior-level cloud administration role responsible for daily operational services and driving improvements across storage and virtualization infrastructure. This role will be focused on deep technical expertise, demonstrateownership of complex systems, and actively mentoring junior team members. Regular interaction with internal teams and clients is expected, with an emphasis on solution design,technical leadership, and continuous improvement.

• Support, manage, maintain, monitor, and optimize cloud, virtualization, and storage infrastructure to ensure high levels of performance, availability, scalability, and security.
• Serve as a senior technical authority for storage, virtualization, and cloud platforms, providing advanced troubleshooting, performance tuning, root cause analysis, and incident resolution.
• Act as an escalation point for complex customer and operational issues, leading major incident response, post-mortem reviews, and cross-functional problem resolution efforts.
• Lead, mentor, and train engineers across operational teams, promoting technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and effective troubleshooting methodologies.
• Manage and complete complex infrastructure projects, collaborating with Architecture, Engineering, Product, and Operations teams to implement strategic initiatives and emerging technologies.
• Develop, document, and promote best practices, standards, policies, and operational procedures related to cloud, virtualization, and storage environments.
• Partner with customers, peers, and leadership to identify recurring issues, recommend strategic solutions, and drive continuous service improvement.
• Monitor and respond to alerts, escalations, service requests, and major incidents while maintaining ownership and effective communication through resolution.
• Manage ticket queues and provide clear, professional, and timely communication to internal and external customers.
• Participate in on-call rotations and provide after-hours support as required.
• Drive automation and process improvement initiatives to increase operational efficiency, consistency, and service quality.
• Maintain a deep understanding of current and emerging virtualization, cloud, and storage technologies and evaluate their applicability to business objectives.
• Exercise sound judgment, professionalism, and confidentiality while operating in high-pressure and sensitive environments.
• Consistently deliver exceptional internal and external customer service aligned with Company values and operational standards.
• Support departmental objectives, strategic initiatives, and other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting VMware-based infrastructure, with expert-level proficiency in virtualization technologies.
• 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure administration and technical leadership or management roles.
• Strong experience with VMware technologies, including vSphere, vSAN, High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), and disaster recovery solutions.
• Experience with enterprise storage platforms, including Pure Storage, SAN, NAS, and high-performance SSD-based storage arrays.
• Experience with disaster recovery and business continuity technologies, including VMware Site Recovery solutions and Zerto.
• 3+ years of experience developing automation and operational efficiencies through scripting and programming languages such as Power Shell, PowerCLI, Python, Terraform, or similar technologies.
• Advanced knowledge of infrastructure troubleshooting, performance analysis, root cause analysis, and…