What are the responsibilities and job description for the Azure Cloud VMware Engineer position at Global Data Consultants?
Overview
GDC IT Solutions is currently seeking a hyrbid Azure Cloud VMware Engineer in the Washington, DC area.
Position Overview
As an Azure Cloud VMware Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and Site Recovery Manager (SRM) solutions within an Azure cloud environment. Your focus will be on optimizing software-defined data centers (SDDC) and ensuring business continuity through disaster recovery planning and automation. You will manage VCF environments while ensuring seamless integration with Azure-based disaster recovery solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and manage VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments in Azure.
- 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.
- 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, failover, and failback procedures.
- Conduct disaster recovery testing and validation periodically.
- 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 to ensure DR readiness.
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Experience
What We Do :
Working for GDC means you will be at the forefront of the technological world. We are a full-service staffing and Information Technology service company striving to make a difference in our communities by finding, developing, and deploying solutions.
Why Work for GDC?
Equal Opportunity Workplace :
GDC is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all diverse backgrounds to apply. Our goal as an organization is to empower our teams to achieve their personal best and foster their professional growth regardless of race, ancestry, religion, sex, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, physical ability or disability, or veteran status.
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