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# Virtualization Engineer

- **Company:** Translucent Services
- **Location:** Houston, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $180,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** System Configuration, Data Centers, Linux, Virtualization Technology, Private Cloud Environment, Software Troubleshooting, Containerization, Kubernetes, Vmware
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=805d649c48e72c99

## About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Virtulaziation Engineer for our customer in Houston, TX., * Expert Linux skills

 * Strong background and experience with VMWare
 * Strong knowledge of container platforms (Kubernetes)
 * Working knowledge of networking
 * Working knowledge of storage
 * Experience with at least one public cloud provider preferred
 * 70% Travel, all travel-related costs covered by customer outside of the standard site., * Virtualization engineer: 5 years (Preferred)

## Description

The Deployment Engineer will be responsible for the start-up and integration of proprietary and 3rd party products and services at classified datacenter environments. The ideal candidate will have a broad range of experience with industry-standard virtualization tools for compute, networking, and storage. The candidate must have an expert understanding of Linux, a strong background with virtualization, knowledge of datacenter networking, and knowledge of datacenter storage. Experience with start-up and integration tasks in a classified environment is required. The candidate should have experience building infrastructure including OS Image lifecycle, STIG processes, and troubleshooting and debugging issues., * Install, patch, and configure software and virtualization products on top of customers hardware.

 * Integrate identity and security across multi-vendor products.
 * Plan for and execute adding new tools to the private cloud environment as needed for adding capabilities.
 * Remediate security vulnerabilities.

Equal Employment OpportunityTranslucent Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Translucent Services participates in E-Verify.


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