Remote VM Engineer

Insight Global
Washington, DC, United States
28 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
7 years minimum
Compensation
$114,400.0 - $124,800.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Microsoft Windows Active Directory Systems Engineering Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Linux Monitoring of Systems System Center Configuration Manager Windows Servers Performance Tuning Windows PowerShell Red Hat Enterprise Linux
+7 more
Systems Integration VMware VSphere Computer Networking Systems Office365 System Availability Data Management Vmware

Job description

In this role, you will provide day-to-day engineering and operational support for a complex enterprise infrastructure environment, including VMware, Windows, Linux, storage, and networking systems. Responsibilities include managing and maintaining VMware technologies such as vSphere/vCenter 8.x, VMware Aria, Horizon, SRM, and vCloud Suite while ensuring optimal system performance, availability, and reliability. You will monitor infrastructure health, troubleshoot issues, perform patching and upgrades, execute backup and recovery operations, and respond to system alerts to maintain operational compliance. The position also supports SAN storage integrations, enterprise networking, and data management initiatives. Working closely with infrastructure teams, you will contribute to architecture planning, system migrations, and modernization efforts focused on cloud readiness. Additional responsibilities include developing PowerShell automation solutions, conducting security hardening and audit activities, optimizing system performance, decommissioning outdated resources, and recommending continuous improvements to the overall infrastructure environment.

Requirements

  • 7 years of experience designing and architecting VMware

  • Have an active clearance and willing to get a high risk Public Trust

  • Provide engineering, administration, and operational support for VMware, Windows, Linux, storage, and core enterprise infrastructure environments.

  • Manage and maintain VMware technologies including vSphere/vCenter 8.x, Aria, Horizon, SRM, and vCloud Suite, ensuring high availability and performance.

  • Perform system monitoring, troubleshooting, patching, upgrades, backup/recovery, health checks, and remediation of infrastructure issues and alerts.

  • Support enterprise networking, SAN storage, Active Directory, Windows Server, RHEL, MECM, O365, Azure, and related platform services.

  • Lead infrastructure modernization efforts, including architecture planning, system migrations, cloud readiness initiatives, and automation through PowerShell scripting.

  • Apply expertise gained from 7+ years of virtualization and systems engineering experience to optimize, secure, harden, and enhance enterprise-scale environments in regulated settings.

Benefits & conditions

$55/hr to $60/hr.

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

Employees in this role will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package starting on day one of employment, including options for medical, dental, and vision insurance. Eligibility to enroll in the 401(k) retirement plan begins after 90 days of employment. Additionally, employees in this role will have access to paid sick leave and other paid time off benefits as required under the applicable law of the worksite location.

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