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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # VMWare Engineer - **Company:** Everforth Apex - **Location:** Linthicum Heights, MD, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Active Directory, Computing Platforms, Backup Devices, Digital Libraries, Disaster Recovery, VMware ESX Servers, Windows Servers, Network Virtualization, Public Key Infrastructure, PowerCLI, Windows PowerShell, VMware Infrastructure, Virtualization Technology, VMware Horizon View, VMware VSphere, Backup and Restore, Data Logging, High Performance Computing, Build Management, Deployment Automation, Vcenter, Data Management, Cisco, Vmware - **Published:** October 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/14161ae6-b6ec-4756-9f8f-e6729541f273 ## About the Role 8+ years of VMware engineering, including design and build of production vSphere environments. 5+ years of hands-on Horizon (7 or 8) design and administration, including connection servers, instant clones, golden images, and profile management. Experience supporting VDI at scale, ideally hundreds to thousands of users, including thin or zero clients. Strong PowerCLI and PowerShell scripting. Working knowledge of storage, backup, Windows Server, Active Directory, and virtual networking. Experience in isolated, air-gapped, CUI, or other restricted environments, including offline patching. U.S. person, due to export-controlled data in the environment. Preferred Qualifications GPU or vGPU VDI for engineering and CAD workloads. Experience with VMware NSX, Aria Operations (vRealize), or Site Recovery Manager. Experience with VMware migrations or platform evaluations, including licensing changes and alternative hypervisors. Experience applying DISA STIGs to ESXi, vCenter, and Horizon. VCP-DCV and VCP-DTM (Desktop/Horizon), VCAP, or VCDX certifications. What Will Make You Successful Ownership of the platform end to end, from build through stable operations. A teaching mindset, since part of success is leaving the client team stronger in VMware. Calm, methodical troubleshooting during migration waves when users are watching. ## Description Every part of this environment runs on virtual infrastructure, and VMware expertise is the client's biggest gap. The Senior VMware / Horizon Engineer owns the design, build, and stabilization of the vSphere and Horizon 8 platforms that roughly 800 users, including engineers on specialized lab endpoints, will depend on. The role also advises on platform lifecycle and licensing decisions as current licenses and hardware approach renewal in 2027., vSphere Platform Design and build vSphere clusters on transferred Dell and HPE hardware, including ESXi, vCenter, HA, DRS, vMotion, resource pools, and distributed switching. Plan capacity for up to 800 users with headroom, using pilot-wave measurements to refine host, storage, and VDI density. Integrate storage and backup, validate restores before migration, and build templates and content libraries for repeatable server builds. Harden ESXi and vCenter using VMware security configuration guidance and DISA STIGs; implement role-based access and central logging. Manage patching and upgrades through offline depots and the controlled ingress process, since the environment has no direct internet access. Horizon 8 VDI Design and build the Horizon 8 environment, including paired connection servers, desktop pools, instant clones, and App Volumes or Dynamic Environment Manager as appropriate. Build and maintain golden images, and tune them for engineering and CAD-type workloads, including GPU or vGPU where needed. Re-point thin and zero clients to the new environment, migrate user profiles, and validate engineering applications and license-server access with each migration wave. Monitor session performance and user experience, and resolve logon, display protocol, and application issues during hypercare. Lifecycle, Automation, and Advisory Automate provisioning and configuration with PowerCLI, templates, and version-controlled scripts. Assess platform health, end-of-life timelines, and licensing ahead of the 2027 renewal, and provide options and cost inputs for platform and refresh decisions. Produce as-builts, runbooks, SOPs, and Horizon recommendations on architecture, scaling, and future management. Mentor systems administrators and client staff to build in-house virtualization skills before the move to managed operations. Technical Environment Category Environment Virtualization VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, HA, DRS, vMotion, distributed switching, content libraries. VDI VMware Horizon 8 (now Omnissa Horizon), instant clones, golden images, thin and zero clients, specialized lab endpoints. Infrastructure Dell servers, HP/HPE high-performance computing, enterprise storage, backup and recovery, Cisco network fabric. Identity Active Directory, PKI, tiered administrative access. Security No direct internet access, offline update depots, hardened baselines, centralized logging, NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3.