[Remote] VMware Cloud Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Carrera Agency is seeking a VMware Cloud Engineer to join an Infrastructure Engineering team developing a hybrid-first, enterprise-grade Lakehouse platform for enterprise data warehousing, AI, and analytics. The role focuses on designing and maintaining on-premises VMware and KVM infrastructure, virtualization security and best practices, testing, automation, troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Work within a team of skilled engineers to perform software engineering duties including problem analysis, code review, design, development, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and support
• Conduct end-to-end testing to validate functionality, stability, and integration across the platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to continuously improve test strategies and processes
• Detect early signals of at-risk features and applications within the platform
• Work with the DevOps team to build and develop test tools and automation
• Perform root cause analysis of customer-reported issues
• Contribute to product documentation and manuals
• Design, implement, and maintain the on-premises platform infrastructure
• Evaluate, improve, and maintain information security throughout the virtualized infrastructure
• Drive virtualization best practices across customer enterprise environments
• Optimize network hardware and software to enable virtualization integration
• Coordinate cross-functional processes to deliver on customer needs
• Collaborate closely with teams outside of infrastructure engineering to address new features and applications

Skills

• • 7+ years of experience with a BS, 5+ with an MS, or 2+ with a PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
• • Expert knowledge of virtualization technology, including hypervisors and network virtualization
• • Expert knowledge of KVM and Harvester
• • Expert knowledge of vSphere, vSAN, vMotion, vCenter, and/or vRA
• • Expert knowledge of VMware deployment best practices in enterprise environments
• • Familiarity with VMware alternatives such as KVM/Nutanix and RedHat/OpenShift
• • Experience automating VMware environments using PowerCLI, Python, or Go
• • Experience using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform to deploy VMware components
• • Experience debugging issues within vSphere clusters, including tools such as pktcap-uw, esxtop, and esxcli
• • Knowledge of L2 and L3 network protocols
• • Strong understanding of cloud technologies including AWS, Azure, and GCP
• • Knowledge of programming and scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, or JavaScript
• • VMware Certified Advanced Professional certification
• • Broad understanding of technology and systems with the ability to investigate and solve complex problems
• • Strong communication skills with the ability to tailor reporting and updates for varied audiences, including executives, customers, and team members
• • Excellent analytical and judgment skills, drawing on factual and qualitative information from multiple sources
• • A collaborative mindset and openness to learning new technologies and approaches
• • A consistent track record of delivering commitments on time and with high quality
• • Intellectual curiosity, a habit of asking questions, and a drive to continuously learn and improve

Benefits

• Benefits provided with W2 employment

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