Position Details

Salary $60 – $65 USD / year

Type Contract

Experience senior

Exp. Years 10–13 Years

Education Not specified

Category Cloud & Infrastructure

About this role

Sr. Infrastructure Engineer (VMware) focused on datacenter migrations, virtualization optimization, storage, and DR strategies. This is a remote contract role requiring deep VMware expertise and automation skills.

Key Responsibilities

Design scalable datacenter infrastructure
Lead datacenter-to-datacenter migrations
Manage virtualization environments
Oversee storage, backup, and DR
Apply SRE principles for reliability

Technical Overview

VMware stack (vSphere/ESXi/vCenter), storage technologies, SRE mindset, automation via Terraform/Ansible; datacenter-to-datacenter migrations; networking basics and PKI management.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior infrastructure engineer with 10+ years of hands-on VMware experience, datacenter-to-datacenter migration expertise, and strong automation skills (Terraform, Ansible). They should be proficient in storage, backup, DR, and SRE principles, with the ability to operate in a remote contract role.

Must-Have Skills

Strong experience with VMware (vSphereESXivCenter)Datacenter-to-datacenter migration experienceAutomation tools (TerraformAnsible or similar)Storage (SANNASBackupDisaster Recovery) expertiseSRE principles

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience with F5Cisco ISEArmisCloud technologies (AWSAzureOCI)

Tools & Platforms

TerraformAnsibleVMware vSphereVMware ESXiVMware vCenterSAN/NASBackupDisaster Recovery

Required Skills

VMware vSphere ESXi vCenterDatacenter migrationStorage SAN NAS Backup Disaster RecoverySRETerraformAnsibleAutomationTCP/IPLoad BalancingFirewallsPKI

Hard Skills

VMwarevSphereESXivCenterStorage technologies (SANNASBackupDisaster Recovery)Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)TerraformAnsibleAutomationNetworking concepts (TCP/IPLoad BalancingFirewalls)TroubleshootingDatacenter-to-datacenter migrationPublic Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Soft Skills

problem-solvinganalytical thinkingdocumentationcross-functional collaboration

Industry & Role

Industry Engineering (Non-Software)

Job Function Senior infrastructure engineer specializing in VMware virtualization, datacenter migrations, and automation.

Role Subtype Systems Administrator

Tech Domains VMware, Storage, Backup, Disaster Recovery, Networking / TCP-IP

Keywords for Your Resume

vmwarevcentervsphereesxidatacenter migrationstorage san nasbackupdisaster recoverysreterraformansibleautomationtcp/ipload balancerfirewalldatacenter-to-datacenter migrationPKIlinuxwindowsVMwarevSphereESXivCenterDatacenter migrationTerraformAnsibleStorageBackupDisaster Recovery

Deal Breakers

Contract role only, 10+ years of VMware and datacenter experience, Remote work eligibility

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