Virtualization Engineer

We are seeking a highly motivated Virtualization Engineer to support the administration, optimization, and ongoing maintenance of enterprise virtualization platforms. This role is responsible for ensuring the reliability, performance, scalability, and security of virtualized infrastructure across compute, storage, and networking environments. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with VMware technologies, infrastructure operations, troubleshooting, automation, backup and disaster recovery processes, and system lifecycle management. The Virtualization Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to support business-critical systems and continuously improve operational efficiency. Administer and maintain virtualization infrastructure, including virtual machines, hosts, clusters, storage, and networking components to ensure high availability and optimal performance. Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents related to virtualization platforms, operating systems, storage, networking, and infrastructure services. Perform capacity planning, resource optimization, and workload balancing to maintain platform scalability and meet business requirements. Support backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes, including recovery testing, restore validation, and business continuity initiatives. Implement and maintain automation solutions for VM provisioning, monitoring, patching, reporting, and operational processes while supporting upgrades, lifecycle management, and technical refresh activities. Strong hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, clusters, and virtual machine administration. Solid knowledge of virtualized storage and networking concepts, including SAN, NAS, VLANs, and virtual switching. Experience with performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident resolution in enterprise virtualization environments. Knowledge of backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity processes for virtual infrastructure. Experience with automation and scripting for infrastructure administration, provisioning, and operational efficiency. Experience with AWS cloud services and integration of virtualized environments with cloud infrastructure. Experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure and hybrid cloud architectures. Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, as well as monitoring and automation platforms. Mexico Infrastructure & Technology Hybrid Professional Multiple Cities (0390) IBM de Mexico Comercializacion y Servicios