The Opportunity: We are seeking a VMware Engineer to support the administration, optimization, and ongoing evolution of enterprise virtualization environments. This role is responsible for maintaining VMware infrastructure, ensuring platform stability and performance, and supporting critical business applications across production environments.
The ideal candidate has strong experience with VMware vSphere technologies, virtualization best practices, and infrastructure operations, along with the ability to collaborate across server, storage, and networking teams to deliver reliable and scalable solutions.
Role: VMware Engineer
Experience: 6+ Years
Work Location: Phoenix, AZ
Project Duration: 12+ Month Contract
Responsibilities
Install, configure, and maintain VMware ESXi hosts and vCenter Server environments
Manage virtual machines, templates, snapshots, and resource allocation across enterprise environments
Monitor and optimize VMware infrastructure performance, availability, and capacity
Configure and support VMware technologies including:
High Availability (HA)
Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
vMotion
Lifecycle Manager
Perform capacity planning and resource optimization to support business growth and operational requirements
Implement and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions
Apply patches, upgrades, and security updates to VMware environments
Collaborate with server, storage, and networking teams to support infrastructure integration and operational excellence
Troubleshoot and resolve virtualization-related incidents and performance issues
Support infrastructure modernization, migration, and virtualization initiatives
Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and environment standards
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)
6+ years of experience administering VMware enterprise environments
Strong expertise with:
VMware vSphere
ESXi
vCenter Server
vMotion
HA and DRS
VMware Lifecycle Manager
Experience supporting SAN and NAS storage technologies
Strong understanding of Windows and Linux server administration
Knowledge of networking fundamentals including:
TCP/IP
VLANs
DNS
DHCP
Experience with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions
Strong technical foundation in virtualization and infrastructure operations
Ability to troubleshoot complex issues in production environments
Collaborative mindset with excellent communication skills
Strong attention to detail and operational discipline
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced enterprise environment
Technologent is an Equal Opportunity Employer -- EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled -- for reasonable accommodations, please contact us at hr@technologent.com
Technologent is a Global Provider of Edge-to-Edge℠ Information Technology Solutions and Services for Fortune 1000 and SMB companies. We offer a unique blend of business practices that are aligned to solve for top CIO concerns. Our core competencies focus on data center infrastructure, business continuity, data protection, service automation and orchestration, continuous intelligence, monitoring, connectivity, collaboration and cybersecurity. These practices are supported by our professional services, digital transformation services and financial services offerings. By providing custom solutions and services designed to fit your business needs, we enable your organization to be more agile, responsive and competitive. Technologent empowers your company to ascend to the next level in IT.
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