Senior Systems Virtualization Engineer (Kochi)

Senior Systems Virtualization Engineer (Kochi)

07 Nov
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Nuventure
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Kochi

07 Nov

Nuventure

Kochi

Job Title: Systems Virtualization Engineer

Experience: 10+ Years

Work Mode: Remote

Location: Remote

Employment Type: Full-Time

Company Overview

Nuventure Connect is an ISO 27001:2022 and SOC 2 certified technology services company that leverages deep technology expertise to solve complex business problems and empower clients worldwide. Our commitment to state-of-the-art solutions spans the entire product value chain, delivering next-generation software, end-to-end IoT solutions, cloud infrastructure management, and managed IT support services.

About the Role

Nuventure Connect is looking for an experienced and highly motivated Virtualization Engineer to join our Engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, deploying, managing, securing, and optimizing enterprise virtualization platforms across multiple customer environments.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in VMware technologies, enterprise backup solutions, storage infrastructure, virtualization lifecycle management, disaster recovery, and infrastructure troubleshooting. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable virtualization services while maintaining high operational standards.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, implement, document, maintain, secure, and continuously improve virtualization infrastructure across multiple sites and customer environments.
- Administer VMware vSphere and related virtualization platforms, including clusters, hosts, virtual machines, templates, host profiles, vMotion, resource allocation, lifecycle management, and platform licensing.
- Install, configure, test, patch, upgrade, and maintain operating systems, platform software, and systems management tools in accordance with approved standards and change-control processes.
- Monitor platform health, performance, capacity, and availability; identify trends and remediate risks before they affect customers or service commitments.
- Provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 support for escalated incidents, service requests, problems, and projects involving managed infrastructure and technologies; perform root-cause analysis and drive issues through resolution.
- Design and execute migration and onboarding strategies for customer workloads and internal platforms, including discovery, dependency validation, testing, cutover, rollback planning, and post-migration stabilization.
- Evaluate and implement storage, backup, replication,



and disaster-recovery solutions aligned with customer requirements, recovery objectives, security controls, and operational standards.
- Collaborate professionally with customers, vendors, Engineering, Support, Network, Security, and leadership to design, implement, and support reliable services.
- Develop and maintain accurate architecture diagrams, standards, runbooks, knowledge articles, configuration records, ticket updates, and shift-handoff documentation.
- Provide technical leadership, coaching, and knowledge transfer to colleagues on virtualization technologies, operational practices, and troubleshooting methods.
- Meet assigned service, quality, project, and operational performance objectives; maintain relevant technical knowledge and certifications; and participate in the Engineering team’s rotating on-call schedule within a standard 40-hour workweek.

Required Education and Experience
- Five or more years of professional experience administering complex, multi-site enterprise VMware environments, including vSphere clusters, ESXi hosts, vCenter, host profiles, templates and customization, vMotion, deployment, configuration, upgrades, and ongoing maintenance.
- Hands-on experience building, deploying, supporting, and maintaining virtual machines and the underlying compute, storage, and network integrations.
- Practical experience administering multi-tenant Veeam environments, including Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Cloud Connect, backup and restore operations, monitoring, troubleshooting, and recovery validation.
- Experience supporting data protection, replication, or recovery technologies such as Zerto and OpenText, or comparable enterprise platforms.
- Working knowledge of enterprise storage technologies, including NAS, SAN, and iSCSI, and their integration with virtualized environments.
- Working knowledge of core networking concepts, including VLANs, firewalls, load balancers, NAT, DNS, and LAN/WAN connectivity.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues methodically, assess risk,



exercise sound judgment, and communicate technical findings clearly.
- Solid written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create operational documentation and work effectively with customers and cross-functional teams in a remote environment.
- Proven ability to organize and prioritize concurrent operational issues, escalations, and project commitments while maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines.

Preferred Skills
- Administration of additional virtualization or cloud platforms, including Proxmox VE, Microsoft Hyper-V, or Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.
- VMware Horizon or hosted desktop-as-a-service environments.
- VMware NSX-T or comparable software-defined networking technologies; legacy NSX-V experience is also valuable.
- Technical leadership of virtualization, storage, migration, or infrastructure modernization projects.
- Hyperconverged infrastructure technologies and enterprise capacity planning.
- Infrastructure security, hardening, vulnerability remediation, backup immutability, and recovery testing.
- Experience supporting multiple customer environments within a managed services provider.

Desired Competencies
- Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) or equivalent advanced Veeam certification.
- VMware Certified Professional, Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV), or higher.
- ITIL Foundation or higher.
- Alignment with Nuventure Values
- At Nuventure, how we work is as important as what we deliver. Team members are expected to demonstrate Nuventure's core values:
- Customer Focus: Place customers at the center of decisions and service delivery.
- Will-Do Attitude: Approach challenges with initiative, accountability, and a focus on creating customer value.
- Collaboration: Work responsively and constructively with others toward shared outcomes.

Core Competencies
- Customer focus and professional service delivery.
- Ownership and accountability from initial identification through verified resolution.
- Analytical thinking, disciplined troubleshooting, and practical problem-solving.
- Attention to detail, sound organization, and consistent follow-through.
- Calm, clear communication during complex incidents and customer-impacting events.
- Collaboration, receptiveness to direction and feedback, and willingness to share knowledge.
- Continuous learning and adaptability as platforms, standards, and business requirements evolve.

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