IT Infrastructure Specialist (VMware Virtualization)

Quick Facts

Core focus: VMware vSphere virtualization infrastructure. The role covers administration, automation, incident troubleshooting, disaster recovery support, and maintaining architecture/operational documentation.

Description

You will manage and maintain production virtualization environments based on VMware vSphere (vCenter, ESXi). The position emphasizes automating routine maintenance tasks, participating in Disaster Recovery procedures (SDR/SRM), and ensuring security for ESXi hosts and virtual machines. You will also create and maintain virtualization architecture documentation, operational procedures, and configuration standards.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, patch, monitor, optimize performance, and troubleshoot incidents in corporate VMware vSphere environments (vCenter, ESXi).
• Automate maintenance processes by creating and improving scripts and procedures for virtual environments (Infrastructure as Code, PowerCLI, Ansible, routine automation).
• Diagnose and resolve outages (troubleshooting); participate in Disaster Recovery procedures (SDR/SRM) and support high security for ESXi hosts and VMs.
• Create and update virtualization architecture documentation, operational procedures, and configuration standards.

Requirements

• Advanced experience operating and maintaining production VMware vSphere virtualization environments.
• Very good knowledge of VMware vSphere architecture and operations: VMware vSphere, vCenter Server, ESXi, HA, DRS, vMotion.
• Good knowledge of Linux (RHEL/CentOS) and Microsoft Windows Server fundamentals in the virtualization integration context.
• Knowledge of networking topics: vSphere Distributed Switch, VLAN, LACP, load balancing, network segmentation.
• Knowledge of automation fundamentals and tools in VMware environments: PowerCLI, PowerShell, Ansible, Python or Bash.
• Advanced diagnostic and troubleshooting ability for complex technical problems in virtual and hardware environments.
• Ability to write scripts automating daily maintenance operations.
• English knowledge at a level allowing free use of technical documentation.

Benefits

• Base salary range: 8,400 – 12,700 PLN gross.
• Annual bonus and quarterly bonuses.
• Hybrid work model (partly from home and partly from the office, when organization allows).
• Private medical care (Enel-Med) with unlimited access to doctors in multiple specialties.
• Access to Helping Hand psychological support platform (3 free consultations per year).
• Co-financing for a sports card.
• Opportunity to join group insurance via PZUD.
• Additional benefits via ZFŚS (including preferential loans).
• Annual co-financing for vacation (also for employees’ children).
• Additional day off and cash benefit for Energy Day.
• Volunteer initiatives for employees.
• Access to an e-learning platform for training anywhere and anytime.