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Mid-level role in metro with broad infra skillset and standard brand increases competition.
Specialized data-center, VMware, hardware lifecycle, and SOC2 expertise limits cross-industry transferability.
Multiple explicit years, mandatory platform experience, and SOC2/compliance demands make screening strict.
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Own and maintain physical and virtual infrastructure for internal lab and test environments, including VMware vSphere, KVM, and Proxmox hypervisors.
Develop and manage infrastructure automation pipelines for provisioning, patching, and compliance using tools like Ansible, Terraform, PowerCLI, Python, and Bash under infrastructure-as-code principles.
Manage data center physical hardware lifecycle, server OS patching/security, capacity planning, and collaborate with engineering, security, and IT teams to improve reliability and efficiency.
4–6+ years experience in data center operations, lab infrastructure, or systems engineering.
3+ years hands-on VMware vSphere administration experience (ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, NSX).
3+ years scripting and automation experience with PowerShell/PowerCLI, Python, Bash, or Ansible; plus 2+ years with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.
Experience with physical data center operations including rack and stack, structured cabling, hardware lifecycle management, and managing Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu) and Windows Server environments.
Experienced in managing multi-hypervisor lab environments with strong proficiency in VMware and automation.
Comfortable operating in SOC 2 compliance environments with knowledge of security hardening and audit processes.
Skilled in integrating infrastructure-as-code with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure monitoring for efficient lab and data center operations.