Position Title Azure Cloud VMware Engineer

Location: Washington, DC

Complete Description:

Seeking an experienced VMware VCF & SRM Engineer to design, implement, and manage VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and Site Recovery Manager (SRM) solutions. The ideal candidate will have expertise in software-defined data centers (SDDC), disaster recovery planning, and VMware automation tools. This role requires hands-on experience in deploying, configuring, and maintaining VCF environments while ensuring business continuity through effective disaster recovery solutions with SRM.

Responsibilities:
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF):

• Design, deploy, and manage VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments.
• Configure and optimize vSphere, vSAN, NSX, and vRealize Suite within SDDC.
• Implement lifecycle management, upgrades, and patches using VMware SDDC Manager.
• Automate deployment and management tasks using PowerCLI, vRealize Automation, Terraform, or Ansible.
• Troubleshoot performance and operational issues within the VCF stack.
• Ensure security best practices and compliance across virtualized environments.

VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM):

• Design and implement disaster recovery (DR) solutions using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
• Configure and manage vSphere Replication and storage-based replication.
• Develop and maintain DR runbooks and failover/failback procedures.
• Conduct periodic disaster recovery testing and validation.
• Optimize SRM configurations for high availability and minimal downtime.
• Integrate SRM with cloud-based DR solutions (VMware Cloud on AWS, Azure Site Recovery).
• Monitor and troubleshoot SRM-related issues, ensuring DR readiness.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with VMware technologies, including vSphere, NSX, vSAN, SRM, and vRealize Suite.
• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and SDDC.
• Strong understanding of software-defined networking (SDN) and storage (SDS) concepts.
• Expertise in disaster recovery planning, SRM, and replication technologies.
• Proficiency with automation tools (PowerCLI, Ansible, Terraform, vRA).
• Experience with cloud integration (AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus.
• VMware certifications (VCP, VCAP, VCF-related, or SRM-related) preferred.
• Excellent problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.

Skill Assessment: (Please include the years of experience last used and brief description on skills below, information is to be submitted along with the resume)