Datacenter & Virtualization Engineer (VMware ESX)

Location: Newyork

Total Experience: 10 years plus

Education Details Mandatory

Start Date: Feb 20 2026

Visa: H1 , GC, US Citizen

Term: Long Term

Resumes to: ITJOBS@TEKVANA.COM

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Datacenter & Virtualization Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience in managing enterprise datacenter infrastructure and VMware ESXi environments. The candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining large-scale virtualization and datacenter solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, implement, and manage VMware ESXi, vCenter, clusters, HA, and DRS environments

Lead datacenter infrastructure operations including compute, storage, and virtualization

Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and infrastructure optimization

Manage host upgrades, patching, lifecycle management, and hardware refresh

Configure and manage enterprise storage (SAN/NAS) integration

Oversee backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions

Handle complex troubleshooting across virtualization, storage, and server hardware

Ensure security hardening and compliance within the virtual infrastructure

Work closely with network, security, and application teams

Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers

Mandatory Skills:

10+ years of experience in Datacenter Operations & Virtualization

Strong hands-on expertise in VMware ESXi & vCenter (enterprise scale)

Experience with HA, DRS, vMotion, SRM

Experience with enterprise storage technologies (EMC, NetApp, Pure, etc.)

Strong understanding of server hardware (Dell, HPE, Cisco UCS)

Experience in disaster recovery planning and implementation

Knowledge of backup tools (Veeam, Commvault, etc.)

Flexible work from home options available.