Principal Cloud Virtualization Engineer/ Cloud Engineer

Role: Principal Cloud Virtualization Engineer /Devops Engineer/ Cloud Engineer/ SRE with Wind River , VMWare, Telco.
Location : Plano, Texas and Denver, Colorado
Remote work Not Allowed
Year of experience : 10 years

Job Duties and Responsibilities

A Principal Cloud Virtualization Engineer will directly contribute to building and managing scalable, robust, and efficient virtualized environments. This role involves architecting, deploying, and optimizing private cloud infrastructures utilizing VMware and Wind River technologies. The position emphasizes virtualization technologies as the backbone of our 5G network, leveraging tools like Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, GitLab, Jenkins, and more to ensure reliability and automation across the infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and manage scalable, fault-tolerant virtual environments using VMware, OpenStack, and Wind River.

Implement zero-touch provisioning and automated recovery with Ansible, Terraform, and Jenkins.

Ensure seamless integration with Kubernetes and cloud-native services while mentoring junior engineers.

Monitor performance, optimize resources, and implement automated incident responses.

Establish backup, recovery, and failover mechanisms to ensure data integrity and uptime.

Define best practices, maintain virtualization frameworks, and produce detailed documentation.

Skills, Experience And Requirements

Education and Experience:

Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical degree; ten years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience

10 or more years of professional experience in virtualization technologies, including VMware services and tools, OpenStack, and Bare-Metal Kubernetes

10 or more years of programming experience in one or more of the following: Java, C , Perl, Python, Ruby, or advanced Shell scripting

Skills And Qualifications

Demonstrable expertise in bare-metal and virtualized deployments of VMware, Wind River, OpenStack, and/or OpenShift infrastructures

Hands-on experience in managing virtual environments across multiple remote locations and data centers

Advanced knowledge of cluster management, resource allocation, and virtual networking within highly dynamic infrastructures

Preferred Additional Experience

Advanced experience with VMware on Cloud (VMC) on AWS and hybrid cloud virtualization strategies

Deep understanding of Kubernetes and its integration with virtualized platforms for containerized workloads

Proficiency in Wind River, OpenStack, and Kubernetes for telecom-grade virtualization and orchestration

Expertise in producing, maintaining, and versioning detailed virtualization and system documentation

Experience with virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and software-defined networking (SDN) within virtualized ecosystems

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