Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced VMware L3 Engineer responsible for administration, troubleshooting, optimization, and lifecycle management of large-scale VMware environments. The role requires robust hands-on expertise in VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, HA, DRS, vMotion, distributed networking, storage integration, patching, upgrades, and performance troubleshooting. The engineer will act as an L3 escalation point, drive complex incident resolution, perform root-cause analysis, support infrastructure changes, and contribute to automation and platform modernization initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities VMware Administration Manage and support enterprise VMware environments consisting of vCenter Server and ESXi hosts. Perform installation, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of VMware infrastructure. Manage VM provisioning, cloning, snapshots, templates, resource pools, clusters, and permissions. Configure and troubleshoot vMotion, Storage vMotion, HA, DRS, and VMware Distributed Switches. Manage VMware Tools and virtual hardware upgrades. L3 Troubleshooting & Incident Management Act as the L3/SME escalation point for complex virtualization incidents. Troubleshoot ESXi host failures, VM performance issues, HA events, vMotion failures, datastore connectivity, network issues, and cluster problems. Analyze CPU, memory, storage latency, network, and resource contention issues. Perform detailed Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for critical and recurring incidents. Engage VMware/Broadcom and hardware/storage/network vendors for complex technical issues. Lifecycle & Patch Management Perform ESXi and vCenter patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management. Plan and execute firmware/driver compatibility validation using the relevant compatibility matrix. Support VMware infrastructure refresh and migration activities. Conduct pre-checks, post-validation, rollback planning,



and risk assessment for production changes. Storage & Networking Troubleshoot VMware storage connectivity involving SAN, NAS/NFS and Fibre Channel/iSCSI environments. Work with storage teams on datastore capacity, latency, path failures, multipathing, and performance. Configure and troubleshoot Standard vSwitches, Distributed vSwitches, VLANs, NIC teaming, uplinks, and VMkernel networking. Work closely with network, storage, backup, Windows, Linux, and security teams. Backup, DR & Business Continuity Support VMware-integrated enterprise backup solutions such as Veeam, Rubrik, Commvault, or equivalent platforms. Troubleshoot VM backup, snapshot, and restore issues. Support disaster recovery exercises and VM recovery validation. Experience with VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) or equivalent DR technologies is desirable. Performance & Capacity Management Monitor cluster and VM resource utilization. Identify CPU ready, memory contention, datastore latency, resource overcommitment, and capacity risks. Recommend VM rightsizing and cluster capacity improvements. Support infrastructure capacity planning and performance optimization. Automation Develop and maintain automation using VMware PowerCLI and PowerShell. Automate repetitive administrative activities, health checks, reporting, and provisioning wherever feasible. Experience with Ansible, Terraform, REST APIs, or enterprise automation platforms is advantageous.

Skill Requirements

Required Technical Skills Area Required Expertise VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter Clustering HA, DRS, resource pools Migration vMotion,



Storage vMotion Networking vSwitch, VDS, VLAN, VMkernel Storage SAN, NFS, FC/iSCSI, multipathing Lifecycle ESXi/vCenter patching and upgrades Troubleshooting VMware logs, performance and cluster troubleshooting Automation PowerCLI, PowerShell OS Working knowledge of Windows and Linux ITSM Incident, Problem, Change Management Monitoring VMware monitoring/performance tools Preferred Skills VMware NSX exposure. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) exposure. Hyperconverged infrastructure such as vSAN. Experience with Dell, HPE, Cisco UCS, NetApp or similar enterprise infrastructure. Exposure to public cloud and hybrid-cloud environments. Experience supporting VMware-to-cloud or alternate virtualization platform migrations. Knowledge of ServiceNow-based Incident, Problem and Change Management. Understanding of ITIL processes.

Must Have Skill

VMware Aria Operations,VMware SRM,VMware vSAN,Vmware vSphere & vCenter

Good to Have Skill

Other Requirements

Certification Preferred certifications include: VMware Certified Professional or equivalent VMware/Broadcom certification. ITIL Foundation. Relevant cloud certification such as AWS or Microsoft Azure is an advantage. Key L3 Competencies The candidate should be capable of independently handling: P1/P2 virtualization incidents and technical escalations. ESXi PSOD and host crash investigation. HA/DRS and cluster-level troubleshooting. vCenter service and connectivity failures. Storage latency and APD/PDL conditions. VM performance and resource contention analysis. vMotion/Storage vMotion failures. ESXi/vCenter upgrades and patching. Complex infrastructure changes with rollback planning. RCA preparation and permanent corrective actions. Automation of recurring VMware operational activities. Technical coordination across server, storage, network, backup and application teams.

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