Senior System Engineer (VMware)

Are you a Senior System Engineer who would like to have a positive impact for millions of people? If so, we may have an opportunity for you!

TISTA associates enjoy above Industry Healthcare Benefits, Remote Working Options, Paid Time Off, Training/Certification opportunities, Healthcare Savings Account & Flexible Savings Account, Paid Life Insurance, Short-term & Long-term Disability, 401K Match, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, Paid Holidays, Military Leave, and much more!

• A Senior VMware vSphere Administrator is responsible for architecting, deploying, securing, and optimizing enterprise virtualization environments. This role supports mission-critical systems, ensures high availability, and leads modernization initiatives across VMware, storage, compute, and hybrid-cloud integrations.
• Design, deploy, and maintain VMware vSphere environments, including ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, clusters, and virtual networking.
• Lead capacity planning, performance tuning, and lifecycle management for VMware infrastructure.
• Implement and manage VMware technologies such as VMware Aria Suite/vSphere Foundation (as applicable)
• Ensure platform reliability through proactive monitoring, patching, upgrades, and configuration hardening.
• Develop and maintain automation workflows using PowerCLI, PowerShell, or similar tooling.
• Support disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity strategies using SRM or related solutions.
• Integrate virtualization platforms with storage arrays, backup systems, and enterprise security controls.
• Troubleshoot complex virtualization, compute, and storage issues across multi-site environments.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and architecture guidance to engineering and operations teams.
• Produce documentation, diagrams, SOPs, and change-controlled configuration updates.

• 10+ years of experience administering VMware vSphere environments in enterprise settings.
• Strong expertise with ESXi, vCenter, DRS/HA, vMotion, VMFS, and virtual networking concepts.
• Experience with VMware Updates Manager/Lifecycle Manager.
• Experience with Ansible, OpenShift Virtualization, and Kubernetes
• Skilled in scripting/automation with PowerCLI or PowerShell.
• Strong understanding of SAN, NAS, iSCSI, and storage architecture.
• Experience with Windows and/or Linux server administration.
• Knowledge of security hardening standards (STIGs, CIS benchmarks, or equivalents).
• Ability to lead complex projects and work independently in a senior/SME role.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and architecture planning skills.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and lead senior-level technical discussions.

Preferred Qualifications

• VMware certifications (VCP-DCV, VCAP, or VCIX).
• Experience with Aria Automation Orchestration
• Experience in hybrid cloud environments (AWS, Azure, VMware Cloud).
• Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or CI/CD automation pipelines
• Background in enterprise backup tools (Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik, etc.).

Education:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or equivalent PLUS 10 Years of experience
• Ten (10) years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education

Clearance:

• The ability to pass a Tier 4/HIGH Background Investigation

Location:

• Remote, USA
• Monday - Friday (9:00 AM - 5:30 PM CST)

Pay Range:

• The pay for this position ranges from $85,730 to $101,500
• The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location
• Also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of compensation, such as bonuses
• TISTA associates are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits plan! More information can be found here: https://tistatech.com/working-at-tista/