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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Engineer - **Company:** CareerCircle - **Location:** Pleasanton, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $156,000.0 - $189,280.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Access, Microsoft Windows, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, User Authentication, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Event Logging, Failover Clustering, Hyper-V, Identity and Access Management, Integrated Development Environments, Microsoft Office, Windows Servers, Network Virtualization, Windows PowerShell, Power BI, Azure Active Directory, Runbook, System Center Virtual Machine Management, Microsoft SharePoint, Software Deployment, Systems Architecture, Virtualization Technology, Scripting, Network Storage, Microsoft Power Automate, System Availability, Microsoft InTune, Information Technology, Windows Clustering, Vmware - **Published:** July 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careercircle.com/jobs/all/all/usa/ca/pleasanton/10cc1454-cc71-48ee-bb2b-882b34bbd0ab ## About the Role Planning Operations HPE Storage Communication Virtualization Live Migration Windows Servers Network Storage Medical Telemetry Migration Testing Windows PowerShell Knowledge Transfer Business Valuation Root Cause Analysis Systems Engineering Dependency Analysis Failover Clustering, Extensive enterprise infrastructure engineering experience, typically 8-10+ years. - Deep, recent, hands-on ownership of Microsoft Hyper-V in a large production environment. - Expert-level Windows Server Failover Clustering experience. - Strong hands-on SCVMM administration experience. - Direct experience migrating production workloads from VMware to Hyper-V. - Advanced Windows Server engineering and troubleshooting experience. - Strong understanding of enterprise SAN/NAS storage and virtualization dependencies. - Experience identifying whether an issue originates in compute, storage, networking, Windows, SCVMM, or the virtualization layer. - Experience supporting business-critical, highly available production environments. - Experience participating in on-call rotations and after-hours change windows. - Strong PowerShell skills are preferred. - HPE Synergy and HPE storage experience are strongly preferred. - Healthcare or similarly regulated enterprise experience is preferred. - Strong documentation, communication, and knowledge-transfer skills. ## Description Artificial Intelligence Technical Documentation Development Environment Business Transformation Physical Security Operations Cutover Planning And Management Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) Offshore Geotechnical Engineering System Center Virtual Machine Management This role is STARs-friendly: Skilled Through Alternative Routes. 35% STARs in role. Description: Schedule: Hybrid; 2 days onsite per week - Required onsite day: Tuesday - Typical second onsite day: Monday or Thursday, This company is seeking a senior-level systems engineer to support a major virtualization modernization initiative involving the migration of approximately 50% of its applicable workload from VMware to Microsoft Hyper-V., The engineer will help plan and execute the migration while providing ongoing engineering and operational support for the Hyper-V environment. This is not a general VMware or infrastructure engineering role with occasional Hyper-V exposure. The organization needs a Microsoft virtualization specialist who has directly owned production Hyper-V clusters and can independently troubleshoot complex clustering, compute, networking, and storage issues., Engineer, administer, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise Microsoft Hyper-V environments. - Build, configure, validate, upgrade, and support Windows Server Failover Clusters. - Manage Hyper-V hosts and clusters through SCVMM. - Plan and execute production workload migrations from VMware to Hyper-V. - Perform workload discovery, dependency analysis, migration testing, cutover planning, rollback planning, and post-migration validation. - Evaluate workload readiness and identify migration risks or technical dependencies. - Configure and support cluster quorum, witnesses, Cluster Shared Volumes, Live Migration, Storage Migration, virtual networking, and high availability. - Troubleshoot complex Hyper-V, Windows clustering, storage, networking, performance, and availability issues. - Analyze cluster logs, Windows event logs, SCVMM jobs, PowerShell output, and platform telemetry to identify root causes. - Support the integration of Microsoft virtualization with HPE Synergy compute and HPE storage. - Participate in infrastructure incidents, root-cause analysis, and post-incident improvement activities. - Participate in occasional after-hours production changes and on-call support. - Develop and maintain operating procedures, technical documentation, architecture diagrams, runbooks, and knowledge-transfer materials. - Collaborate with architecture, network, storage, security, operations, vendor, and offshore engineering teams. - Mentor other engineers and provide senior-level technical direction when needed. - Ensure migrated workloads meet TPMG requirements for stability, availability, security, performance, and operational supportability., Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools. 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