Senior Virtualization / Automation Engineer

Computer World Services

. Serve as senior engineering owner for the SDDC platform, establishing architecture, configuration standards, operational procedures, and engineering roadmaps .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeNorth Chicago • Illinois • United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in virtualization and infrastructure automation, with a strong focus on VMware technologies, including vSphere, ESXi, and vSAN. Proficient in developing and maintaining automated solutions while ensuring compliance with security standards and best practices.

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VMware vSphereInfrastructure AutomationDisaster RecoveryTerraformAnsible

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Hard Skills

Virtualization ClustersESXi ManagementVCenter AdministrationVSAN EngineeringNSX ConfigurationSRM Protection GroupsCapacity ManagementRoot-Cause AnalysisInfrastructure as CodeCI/CD Workflows

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsTechnical Problem-SolvingWritten CommunicationVerbal Communication

Tools & Technologies

PowerCLIPowerShellPythonREST APIsVMware Cloud FoundationVMware Aria

Certifications & Qualifications

VMware Certified ProfessionalVMware Certified Advanced ProfessionalHashiCorp Certified: Terraform AssociateRed Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible AutomationITIL 4 Foundation

Industry Keywords

DISA STIGsRMF ControlsVulnerability RemediationFederal Virtualization EnvironmentsDoD Migrations

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleCloudPythonTerraformVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as senior engineering owner for the SDDC platform, establishing architecture, configuration standards, operational procedures, and engineering roadmaps
Build, configure, and optimize virtualization clusters, including vSphere HA, DRS, resource pools, hosts, datastores, and distributed switches
Manage ESXi and vCenter patching, upgrades, and certificates
Monitor platform capacity, availability, performance, and compliance, and recommend scaling, balancing, or remediation actions
Engineer vSAN clusters, storage policies, and fault domains, and troubleshoot vSAN performance, resynchronization, and policy-compliance issues
Engineer NSX segments, transport zones, gateways, routing, and distributed security controls
Administer SRM protection groups and recovery plans; develop and maintain automated failover and failback procedures
Support quarterly COOP exercises and continuity events
Design and implement infrastructure automation using Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI, or APIs, with version control, peer review, testing, rollback, secrets protection, and drift detection
Coordinate with workload owners on resource requirements, placement, templates, and snapshots
Provide Tier 4 engineering support for cross-platform incidents, isolate platform faults during outages, conduct root-cause analyses, and develop corrective actions
Maintain platform configuration backups, apply DISA STIGs and security baselines, and support RMF evidence, vulnerability remediation, and vendor-advisory reviews
Support technology refreshes and modernization; develop platform roadmaps, technical options, and rough-order cost estimates
Support DISA-hosting transitions through discovery, dependency documentation, readiness assessment, migration waves, test and rollback plans, cutover, and post-migration stabilization
Maintain architecture diagrams, as-built documentation, SOPs, and recovery procedures
Provide platform metrics and modernization status for program reporting

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience where permitted by the labor category
Minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience in virtualization, systems engineering, data-center infrastructure, platform engineering, or infrastructure automation
Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter and with vSAN, NSX, SRM, or comparable software-defined storage, network-virtualization, and disaster-recovery technologies
Experience developing or maintaining infrastructure-automation solutions and troubleshooting complex issues across compute, storage, network, virtualization, and automation layers
Knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery, backup and restoration, capacity management, and lifecycle practices
Strong written, verbal, analytical, and technical problem-solving skills
Active Secret clearance or higher is required
Preferred: Formal Terraform and Ansible training
Preferred: Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation or VMware Aria, and PowerCLI, PowerShell, Python, or REST APIs
Preferred: Experience supporting federal or DoD virtualization environments and migrations to DISA enterprise-hosting platforms
Preferred: Experience with DISA STIGs, RMF controls, vulnerability remediation, and configuration compliance
Preferred: Experience developing Infrastructure as Code within CI/CD and Git workflows with automated testing and code scanning
Preferred certifications: VMware Certified Professional, VMware Certified Advanced Professional, HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation, ITIL 4 Foundation, or relevant cloud, security, storage, or network certification

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote position
Occasional on-site support, after-hours maintenance, disaster-recovery exercises, incident response, and travel may be required