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# Lead VMWare Engineer

- **Company:** Computer Enterprises, Inc.
- **Location:** Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,200.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** JIRA, Bash Shell, Linux, Perl (Programming Language), VMware ESX Servers, Python (Programming Language), Log Analysis, Performance Tuning, Windows PowerShell, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Smartsuite, Storage Virtualization, VCloud, VMware Infrastructure, Scripting, Vcenter, RSA Archer Platform, Restful APIs, Servicenow, Vmware
- **Published:** July 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=36aa8ed38c0f61eb

## About the Role

* 5+ years of VMware Aria Operations administration in large-scale, multi-datacenter environments.
 * 3+ years of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) experience.
 * Strong VMware infrastructure expertise (vCenter, ESXi, clusters, networking).
 * Experience with VMware Aria Suite products and automation tools.
 * Hands-on Ansible automation experience.
 * Linux (RHEL preferred) administration and troubleshooting skills.
 * Working knowledge of basic commands-line operations, log analysis, service management, and scripting.
 * Experience with VCF SDDC Manager operations, lifecycle management, upgrades, and patching.
 * Knowledge of VMware NSX and vSAN administration.
 * Experience with VMware Aria Suite components: Aria Operations, Aria Operations for Logs, Aria Operations for Networks, Aria Automation, Aria Lifecycle.
 * Scripting experience in PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Perl.
 * Familiarity with REST APIs and automation integrations.
 * Experience supporting environments with strict security and compliance requirements.
 * Understanding of monitoring, observability, and alert management best practices.
 * Experience working in enterprise ITSM environments using ServiceNow (SNOW) and Jira.
 * Familiarity with Archer or similar GRC platforms.

Flex Skills

 * VCF SDDC Manager, NSX, and vSAN experience.
 * Platform lifecycle management, monitoring, and performance tuning.
 * Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python, Perl) and REST API integration.
 * Experience in secure, compliance-driven enterprise environments.
 * ServiceNow, Jira, and Archer (or similar GRC tools).

## Description

* Provide operational support for enterprise VMware Aria and VCF Foundation platforms.
 * Perform incident, problem, and change management activities.
 * Lead troubleshooting efforts for platform outages, performance issues, and integration failures.
 * Execute platform upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management activities.
 * Develop and maintain automation solutions to improve operational efficiency.
 * Participate in capacity planning, health assessments, and architecture reviews.
 * Create and maintain operational documentation, procedures, and runbooks.
 * Partner with infrastructure, security, application, and engineering teams to support platform initiatives.


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