VMware SME / Senior VMware Infrastructure Engineer

• Provide technical support for mission-critical enterprise VMware environments and maintain SLAs.
• Administer and manage large-scale VMware environments including VCF, VMware vSphere and Disaster Recovery Solutions
• Design, configure, and maintain ESXi hosts, clusters, and resource pools.
• Lifecycle Management of DELL/HPE ESXi hardware’s.
• Plan and execute VM migrations using VMware HCX (vMotion, Bulk Migration, Cold Migration, Replication Assisted vMotion)
• Optimize virtual infrastructure performance, capacity, and scalability
• Implement high-availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions eg: Zerto aligned to RPO/RTO requirements
• Configure and manage disaster recovery technologies (replication, failover, failback)
• Execute DR testing, failover scenarios, and recovery validation
• Ensure business continuity across critical applications and infrastructure platforms
• Storage Integration & Optimization
• Integrate VMware platforms with enterprise storage (SAN/NAS, vSAN)
• Manage storage provisioning, replication strategies, and performance tuning
• Ensure alignment of virtual infrastructure with enterprise network architecture
• Support vulnerability remediation and compliance requirements (e.g., SOC-driven scans)
• Maintain adherence to enterprise security policies
• Produce and maintain definitive technical blueprints, architecture diagrams, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Participate in on-call rotation and provide 24x7 production support.
• Proficient with Aria Ops for monitoring, capacity planning, and performance tuning.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, PowerCLI) to automate provisioning, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement long-term corrective actions
• Maintain operational documentation and standard operating procedures
• Change Management & Governance
• Execute infrastructure changes in accordance with enterprise change management processes
• Document design decisions, configurations, and implementation steps
• Participate in CAB reviews and ensure minimal risk to production systems
• Support audit requests and regulatory compliance requirements

VMware Subject Matter Expert (SME) with strong L3 administration and engineering expertise across vSphere suite and hardware devices of DELL & HPE. Advanced knowledge of VMware components like HCX/HA/DRS/vMotion/Distributed Switches, failover mechanisms and disaster recovery replication topologies of Zerto. Automation: Hands-on experience building ESXI infrastructure workflows and day to day operation tasks using PowerCLI, Ansible etc. Cloud Integration: Practical working knowledge of cloud fundamentals, focusing on hybrid infrastructure. Proven track record of cross-functional teamwork with network, compute, and application stakeholders.