Senior VMware VCF Engineer

Weekday AI · Hyderabad, India · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-17

Salary: INR 700,000–1,500,000

Workplace: on_site

Department: Weekday's Client via platform

Description

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗥𝘀 𝟳𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 - 𝗥𝘀 𝟭𝟱𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 (𝗶𝗲 𝗜𝗡𝗥 𝟳-𝟭𝟱 𝗟𝗣𝗔)

Experience: 7+ yrs

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Job Type: Full-time

We are looking for an experienced Senior VMware (VCF) Engineer to design, implement, operate, and optimize enterprise-scale virtualization and Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) environments. The role requires strong hands-on expertise across VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), vSphere, vSAN, NSX-T, and enterprise infrastructure platforms.

The ideal candidate will have deep experience managing complex VMware environments, with strong capabilities in platform engineering, lifecycle management, networking, security, disaster recovery, capacity planning, and troubleshooting. You will work closely with architecture, networking, security, infrastructure, and operations teams to deliver highly available, secure, scalable, and reliable virtualization platforms.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, operate, and support enterprise VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments.
• Manage and troubleshoot vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, vSAN, NSX-T, and SDDC components.
• Perform VCF lifecycle management, upgrades, patching, configuration, and workload domain operations.
• Implement and maintain enterprise virtualization standards, architecture, security hardening, and operational procedures.
• Configure and manage vSAN clusters, storage policies, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Design and administer NSX-T distributed networking, security policies, micro-segmentation, and related network services.
• Monitor platform health, capacity, availability, and performance and proactively identify optimization opportunities.
• Troubleshoot complex virtualization, networking, storage, compute, and platform-level issues.
• Implement and support disaster recovery, business continuity, and infrastructure resilience requirements.
• Coordinate integrations between VCF and adjacent platforms, including HCI, hardware infrastructure, automation tools, and cloud services.
• Collaborate with architecture, networking, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure solutions meet business, technical, security, and compliance requirements.
• Support enterprise Windows and Linux environments that integrate with the VMware platform.
• Maintain and troubleshoot infrastructure services including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, MFA, and Group Policy.
• Contribute to automation and orchestration initiatives using PowerShell, PowerCLI, Bash, Python, or similar technologies.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, architecture standards, and troubleshooting guides.
• Mentor junior engineers on VMware architecture, VCF operations, troubleshooting, and infrastructure best practices.
• Participate in technology evaluations and stay current with VMware product roadmaps, licensing changes, and emerging virtualization technologies.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 7+ years of experience in VMware infrastructure engineering, virtualization, systems engineering, or related enterprise infrastructure roles.
• Strong enterprise-scale experience with VMware vSphere, including vCenter, ESXi, cluster administration, lifecycle management, and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), including lifecycle management and workload domain operations.
• Strong expertise in NSX-T, including distributed networking, security policies, micro-segmentation, and network troubleshooting.
• Strong experience with vSAN, storage policies, HCI architecture, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Good understanding of enterprise SDDC architecture, virtualization, compute, storage, networking, and security.
• Experience administering and supporting Windows and/or Linux environments.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise identity and infrastructure services, including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, MFA, and Group Policy.
• Experience with virtualization automation and scripting using PowerShell, PowerCLI, Bash, and/or Python is highly desirable.
• VMware certifications such as VCP-DCV, VCAP-DCV, VCP-NV, or VCF Specialist are an advantage.
• Experience with hybrid-cloud VMware platforms such as VMware Cloud on AWS, Azure VMware Solution, or Google Cloud VMware Engine is preferred.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes platforms such as Tanzu, AKS, or EKS within VMware or hybrid-cloud environments is advantageous.
• Experience with enterprise hardware platforms such as Dell VxRail, HPE Synergy, or Cisco UCS is a plus.
• Exposure to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, XenApp/XenDesktop, Proxmox VE, or similar virtualization platforms is an advantage.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional infrastructure, architecture, networking, security, and operations teams.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to mentor engineers and explain complex infrastructure concepts clearly.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

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