Senior VMware Infrastructure Engineer (vSphere / VxRail / PowerStore)

Experience: 8 12 Years

Work Mode: 5 Days WFO

Shift: Flexible working hours Night and weekend maintenance windows (US &

- European sites)

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Senior VMware Infrastructure Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in VMware vSphere, Dell VxRail, PowerEdge servers, and PowerStore storage.

The candidate will be responsible for building and validating new PowerEdge and PowerStore clusters on VMware vSphere 9.x, migrating workloads from existing VxRail environments, executing production cutovers, and performing rolling host upgrades.

The role involves end-to-end infrastructure deployment, VMware administration, storage integration, workload migration, backup validation, and execution of Installation Qualification (IQ) and Operational Qualification (OQ) protocols with proper documentation and evidence collection.

Key Responsibilities

Required Technical Skills Valuable to Have Skills

- Infrastructure Deployment &
- Site Readiness
- Perform current-state infrastructure discovery and site readiness assessments.
- Validate rack, power, cabling, VLAN/IP, DNS, NTP, Active Directory, certificates, and PowerStore connectivity prerequisites.
- Prepare infrastructure prerequisite documents and coordinate change requests.
- Build and configure new Dell PowerEdge and PowerStore environments following Dell handover.
- VMware vSphere Administration
- Build or join VMware clusters under vCenter 9.x.
- Configure VMware HA, DRS, EVC, Host Profiles, Distributed Switches, and VMkernel networking.
- Configure PowerStore volumes and present datastores to ESXi hosts.
- Perform multipathing configuration and verification.
- Troubleshoot VMware infrastructure and cluster-related issues.




- Dell VxRail &
- Storage Management
- Perform Dell VxRail operations using VxRail Manager and Lifecycle Management (LCM).
- Work with Dell PowerEdge servers and PowerStore storage.
- Manage external block/file storage provisioning and ESXi datastore integration.
- Perform logical decommissioning of retired VxRail clusters.
- Backup &
- Recovery Management
- Re-register virtual machines in Dell Avamar and Veeam backup environments.
- Work with Dell Data Domain backup infrastructure.
- Validate backup retention policies and mapping.
- Perform restore verification to ensure backup and recovery readiness.
- Workload Migration &
- Production Cutover
- Prepare workload migration matrices and migration plans.
- Execute vMotion, Storage vMotion, Cross-vCenter migration, and Cold Migration.
- Perform production workload cutovers within approved maintenance windows.
- Validate workloads and infrastructure after migration.
- Provide post-migration support and hypercare.
- Troubleshoot migration failures and related compatibility issues, including EVC considerations.
- VMware Host Upgrades
- Perform rolling ESXi host upgrades from vSphere 8.0 U3 to vSphere 9.x.
- Execute upgrades using VxRail Manager or VMware Lifecycle Manager (vLCM).
- Perform standalone host upgrades with coordinated virtual machine shutdowns.
- Conduct post-upgrade validation and ensure cluster stability.




- IQ/OQ Validation &
- Documentation
- Execute approved Installation Qualification (IQ) and Operational Qualification (OQ) protocols.
- Capture configuration exports, screenshots, logs, and validation results.
- Prepare and maintain qualification documentation packages.
- Update infrastructure as-built documents, technical documentation, and operational runbooks.
- 8 12 years of hands-on experience in VMware vSphere administration and engineering.
- Strong production experience with VMware vSphere 7.x and 8.x.
- Exposure to VMware vSphere 9.x or VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.
- Strong experience with Dell VxRail, VxRail Manager, and Lifecycle Management (LCM).
- Hands-on experience with Dell PowerEdge servers.
- Experience with Dell PowerStore or comparable external storage solutions.
- Strong knowledge of vCenter, ESXi, HA, DRS, EVC, Host Profiles, and Distributed Switches.
- Experience with vMotion, Storage vMotion, Cross-vCenter migration, and Cold Migration.
- Experience in production workload migrations and infrastructure cutovers.
- Knowledge of VMware storage, datastores, multipathing, and VMkernel networking.
- Experience with Veeam, Dell Avamar, and Data Domain backup solutions.
- Hands-on experience executing IQ/OQ or equivalent infrastructure validation protocols.
- VMware VCP-DCV certification (2023/2024 or later).
- Veeam VMCE certification or Dell Avamar administration experience.
- PowerShell and PowerCLI scripting for VMware automation and build validation.
- Previous experience working in Pharma, Healthcare, or GxP-regulated environments.
- Knowledge of infrastructure compliance, qualification, and validation documentation.

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