Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced VMware L3 Engineer responsible for administration, engineering, troubleshooting, lifecycle management, and optimization of large-scale VMware environments. The role requires strong hands-on expertise across VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter Server, clustering, HA, DRS, vMotion, storage, networking, upgrades, patching, performance management, and incident resolution. The engineer will act as an L3 escalation point, drive complex problem resolution and RCA, implement infrastructure changes, support upgrades and migrations, and contribute to automation and service improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities 1. VMware vSphere & ESXi Administration Administer and support enterprise VMware vSphere and ESXi environments. Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain ESXi hosts. Manage ESXi clusters, resource pools, datastores, templates, and virtual machines. Perform VM provisioning, cloning, migration, decommissioning, and lifecycle management. Manage VMware Tools and virtual hardware upgrades. Perform capacity and resource optimization across VMware clusters. The internal VMware reference identifies ESXi as the hypervisor and vCenter Server as the centralized management layer, with vMotion, DRS and HA among the major platform capabilities. 2. VMware vCenter Administration Install, configure, administer, troubleshoot, patch, and upgrade VMware vCenter Server. Manage Datacenters, Clusters, Hosts, VMs, permissions and RBAC. Troubleshoot vCenter services and connectivity issues. Manage certificates and platform-related configuration. Perform vCenter health monitoring and capacity/performance analysis. 3. High Availability & Resource Management Configure and troubleshoot: VMware HA DRS vMotion Storage vMotion Fault Tolerance where applicable Troubleshoot host isolation, VM restart, migration, resource contention and cluster-related issues. Optimize CPU, memory, storage and VM resource allocation. These are core capabilities documented for the enterprise vSphere platform. 4. VMware Networking & Storage Configure and troubleshoot VMware Standard and Distributed Virtual Switches. Manage VLAN, NIC teaming, uplinks, port groups and VM networking. Troubleshoot connectivity across VM, ESXi and physical network layers. Manage and troubleshoot VMware datastores and VMFS. Work with SAN/NAS/storage teams for storage provisioning and performance troubleshooting. Analyze datastore latency, capacity, path and storage-related VM performance issues.



5. L3 Troubleshooting & Incident Management Serve as the escalation point for complex VMware infrastructure issues. Troubleshoot performance issues across hypervisor, VM and storage layers, consistent with the internal L3/L3+ role requirement. Diagnose PSOD, host disconnect, VM unresponsiveness, vMotion failures, storage/network issues and resource contention. Perform detailed technical troubleshooting using VMware logs and diagnostic information. Lead technical resolution for P1/P2 or major incidents involving VMware infrastructure. Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement preventive/corrective actions. Coordinate with server, network, storage, backup, security and application teams during major incidents. 6. Patch, Upgrade & Lifecycle Management Plan and execute ESXi and vCenter upgrades. Perform VMware patching and security remediation. Manage VMware Tools and VM hardware compatibility upgrades. Perform pre/post validation and rollback planning. Support hardware/firmware lifecycle activities in coordination with compute teams. Ensure VMware infrastructure remains compliant with agreed security and operational standards. The internal L3 requirement specifically includes VMware upgrades covering ESXi, vCenter, VMware Tools and virtual hardware versions. 7. Migration & Transformation Support and lead: P2V migrations V2V migrations VMware infrastructure refresh/migration Datacenter consolidation On-premises to cloud/hybrid-cloud migration Perform workload planning and migration validation. Identify opportunities for infrastructure modernization. 8. Monitoring & Performance Management Monitor VMware infrastructure health, capacity, availability and performance. Analyze CPU Ready, memory contention, datastore/storage latency and resource utilization. Perform proactive capacity and performance analysis. Experience with technologies such as VMware Aria Operations/vROps is desirable. This is particularly relevant in your setting because internal VMware operations discussions describe the L3 team's scope as extending beyond core virtualization to integrated platforms including v





Skill Requirements

vROps and NSX-T. 9. Automation & Service Improvement Identify repetitive VMware administration activities suitable for automation. Experience with PowerCLI/PowerShell for operational automation is preferred. Develop scripts for provisioning, reporting, health checks and routine operational activities. Develop SOPs, troubleshooting guides and knowledge articles to enable shift-left to operations teams. 10. Governance & Documentation Work within ITIL processes covering Incident, Problem, Change and Service Request Management. Maintain architecture diagrams, SOPs, operational documents and configuration records. Participate in change reviews and technical governance. Maintain operational and audit compliance. Mentor L1/L2 engineers and enable knowledge transfer.

Mandatory Technical Skills VMware vSphere VMware ESXi VMware vCenter Server VMware HA & DRS vMotion & Storage vMotion VMware cluster administration VM provisioning and lifecycle management VMware Standard/Distributed Switches VMFS and VMware storage concepts ESXi/vCenter patching and upgrades Performance troubleshooting VMware networking and storage troubleshooting VMware Tools and virtual hardware RCA and Major Incident troubleshooting ITIL Incident/Problem/Change Management Good-to-Have Skills VMware Aria Operations / vROps VMware NSX / NSX-T VMware vSAN VMware Site Recovery Manager / replication PowerCLI / PowerShell SAN/NAS technologies Enterprise backup integration Disaster Recovery Azure/AWS/hybrid-cloud exposure Infrastructure automation

Must Have Skill

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

Good to Have Skill

Other Requirements

Mandatory Technical Skills VMware vSphere VMware ESXi VMware vCenter Server VMware HA & DRS vMotion & Storage vMotion VMware cluster administration VM provisioning and lifecycle management VMware Standard/Distributed Switches VMFS and VMware storage concepts ESXi/vCenter patching and upgrades Performance troubleshooting VMware networking and storage troubleshooting VMware Tools and virtual hardware RCA and Major Incident troubleshooting ITIL Incident/Problem/Change Management Good-to-Have Skills VMware Aria Operations / vROps VMware NSX / NSX-T VMware vSAN VMware Site Recovery Manager / replication PowerCLI / PowerShell SAN/NAS technologies Enterprise backup integration Disaster Recovery Azure/AWS/hybrid-cloud exposure Infrastructure automation

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