Summary
Designs, implements, and maintains virtualization and storage infrastructure to ensure high availability, performance, and scalability across on-premises and cloud environments.
Key responsibilities
• Architect, deploy, and manage VMware and Horizon virtualization platforms
• Design, install, and maintain storage systems (SAN, NAS, SDS) including arrays from vendors such as Dell EMC and NetApp
• Build and manage host/storage connectivity: iSCSI, FC, NFS, SMB; configure multipathing and zoning.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, provisioning, and lifecycle management for compute and storage.
• Manage backup, replication, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions using Veeam and Rubrik.
• Create and maintain automation and IaC for deployments and operations (PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform).
• Monitor health and capacity; troubleshoot incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain security hardening, patching, and compliance for virtualization and storage layers.
• Collaborate with application, network, and cloud teams to integrate platforms and support migrations to cloud or hybrid models.
• Produce runbooks, architecture diagrams, and technical documentation; provide on-call support and escalate as needed.
• Evaluate new technologies and provide recommendations for platform improvements and cost optimization.
Requirements
Required qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years experience managing virtualization and enterprise storage environments.
• Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere/vCenter (design & troubleshooting).
• Experience with SAN/NAS architectures, storage provisioning, and data services.
• Strong Linux and Windows server administration skills.
• Scripting/automation experience (PowerShell, Python, Ansible, or Terraform).
• Familiarity with backup/DR solutions and storage replication technologies.
• Good understanding of networking fundamentals (VLANs, routing, TCP/IP, MTU, LACP).
Preferred qualifications
• Certifications: VCP, VMware VCAP, NetApp NCDA/NS0-xxxx, Dell EMC Proven Professional, or equivalent.
• Experience with cloud virtualization and storage (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid architectures.
• Knowledge of software-defined storage (vSAN, Ceph, Portworx) and hyperconverged infrastructure.
• Experience with observability tools and capacity forecasting.
Skills & attributes
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Process-driven with attention to documentation and change control.
• Ability to work under on-call rotation and handle high-pressure incidents.
Typical metrics / KPIs
• VM uptime and availability
• Storage utilization and growth rate
• Mean time to detect/resolve incidents (MTTD/MTTR)
• Backup success rate and recovery time objectives (RPO/RTO)
• Automation coverage (percentage of repeatable tasks automated)
