Senior Infrastructure Engineer – Virtualization, Storage & Automation (Vice President)

Overview

In this role you will own and operate a global, hybrid multi-cloud infrastructure spanning data centers, delivering highly available, scalable platforms through infrastructure-as-code. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to design and optimize VMware, storage, and data-protection stacks, driving automation to reduce toil. The position combines hands-on engineering with a focus on reliability, security, and performance across regions. This is a chance to shape enterprise infrastructure in a regulated financial services environment and support 24×7 global operations.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and operate the global VMware virtualization platform and related components
• Manage VMware HA, DRS, vMotion, storage vMotion, and ESXi multipathing across production environments
• Define virtualization strategies across on-prem, hybrid, and public cloud (VMC on AWS/Azure/GCP, HCX)
• Capacity planning, patching, upgrades, security hardening, and performance troubleshooting
• Manage and optimize enterprise storage platforms (NetApp, Pure Storage, Nimble/Alletra, FC SAN); provisioning and performance tuning
• Troubleshoot storage and datastore performance issues
• Own and operate backup and data protection platforms (Commvault, Cohesity); design DR replication strategies (SRM, Zerto, or equivalent)
• Ensure backup SLAs, conduct recovery testing, and maintain DR runbooks
• Build and maintain automation frameworks (Terraform, Ansible, Python, PowerCLI, PowerShell)
• Develop IaC pipelines for provisioning and configuration management
• Automate routine tasks to improve efficiency and consistency
• Collaborate with global teams (Network, Cloud, Desktop, Data Center) to ensure platform stability
• Maintain documentation, SOPs, engineering designs, and runbooks
• Participate in weekly on-call rotation supporting a 24×7 global environment

Key requirements

• VMware certification (VCP/VCAP)
• 5–8 years hands-on experience with vCenter and vSphere/ESXi 6.x–8.x
• Deep VMware expertise (HA, DRS, vMotion, multipathing)
• 5+ years managing enterprise storage platforms (NetApp, Pure Storage, Nimble/Alletra, or FC SAN)
• 3+ years operating backup/data protection tools (Commvault, Cohesity, or equivalent)
• 5+ years automation and IaC experience: Terraform; Ansible; Python; PowerCLI; PowerShell
• 5+ years supporting large, globally distributed systems
• 5+ years supporting VMware SRM or equivalent DR replication technology
• Knowledge of NSX-T, vRNI, Log Insight; experience with VMC on AWS/Azure/GCP and HCX
• Strong TCP/IP and DNS understanding
• Experience in a financial services or regulated environment

• own your domain end-to-end and surface issues proactively
• clear and effective communication
• excellent troubleshooting instincts
• VMware (vCenter, vSphere/ESXi, NSX-T, vRNI, Log Insight)
• Enterprise storage (NetApp, Pure Storage, Nimble/Alletra, FC SAN)
• Backup/data protection (Commvault, Cohesity)

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