Manager- Hybrid Cloud & Virtualization (VMware)

• Seeking a hands-on Hybrid Cloud & Virtualization Manager to lead enterprise compute across Azure, AWS, and on-prem VMware environments
• Role focused on secure, compliant, and cost-optimized infrastructure supporting payer-grade workloads (highly regulated, business-critical systems)
• Owns hybrid cloud operations, VMware virtualization, and enterprise FinOps / consumption governance
• Ideal for environments balancing legacy on-prem investments with modern data/cloud platforms (including Databricks)
• Structured as a contract-to-hire with long-term leadership potential

What You’ll Do

• Lead operations across hybrid infrastructure (Azure, AWS + VMware-based on-prem environments)
• Manage and optimize VMware environments (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, clusters, storage, networking)
• Ensure availability, performance, and resilience of enterprise compute platforms
• Oversee infrastructure spanning on-prem, private cloud, and public cloud environments
• Establish and enforce compute governance, standards, and controls across cloud and on-prem
• Drive security, compliance, and audit readiness aligned to regulated payer environments (PHI, HIPAA-type controls)
• Oversee identity, access, and secure compute posture across hybrid environments
• Own end-to-end FinOps and consumption management across:
• Azure and AWS cloud usage
• Databricks / data & analytics workloads
• VMware on-prem compute (cost per VM, cluster, application, or business unit)
• Leverage tools such as Finout (and native cloud tooling) to:
• Drive cost visibility and allocation (showback / chargeback)
• Identify optimization opportunities (right-sizing, workload placement)
• Partner with finance on budget tracking and forecasting
• Support hybrid cloud strategy, balancing workloads across environments for cost, compliance, and performance
• Lead initiatives for automation, monitoring, and infrastructure standardization
• Partner with application, data, and security teams on platform reliability and modernization initiatives
• Manage and mentor infrastructure and virtualization engineering teams

Do you have experience in vCenter?, * 8 12+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, and virtualization leadership roles

• Deep expertise in VMware (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter)
• Strong experience across hybrid cloud environments (Azure and/or AWS)
• Proven experience managing enterprise compute across on-prem and cloud platforms
• Hands-on experience with:
• Cloud cost management / FinOps practices
• Managing consumption for data platforms (Databricks or similar)
• Building cost attribution models across infra and application layers
• Strong understanding of:
• Virtualization, compute, storage, and networking
• Infrastructure security and access controls
• Backup, disaster recovery, and high availability
• Experience in regulated industries (healthcare / payer preferred)
• Proven ability to lead teams and work cross-functionally with engineering, security, and finance

Nice to Have

• VMware certifications (VCP, VCAP)
• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure)
• Experience in payer organizations or large healthcare enterprises
• Exposure to automation (Terraform, scripting, DevOps tooling)
• Familiarity with enterprise cost governance platforms (Finout, Apptio, CloudHealth, etc.)