Senior VMware Engineer - Performance + Automation

Perficient is a global digital consulting leader seeking a Senior VMware Engineer to lead high-performance optimization and automation initiatives across virtualized environments. The role involves designing and optimizing VMware vSphere environments, conducting performance analysis, and developing automation scripts to enhance operational efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Design, configure, and optimize VMware vSphere environments for high-performance application workloads handling large-scale transaction processing
• Utilize vRealize Operations (vROps) for proactive performance monitoring, capacity planning, and fine-tuning resource utilization across enterprise clusters
• Conduct performance benchmarking, root cause analysis, and workload characterization to ensure sub-millisecond response times for transaction-heavy applications
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and frameworks in Python to streamline provisioning, monitoring, and performance tuning processes
• Collaborate with application architects, SREs, and DevOps teams to define performance KPIs and implement scalable, resilient infrastructure solutions
• Implement, analyze, and optimize VMware DRS, HA policies, storage I/O control, and network I/O optimization for mission-critical workloads
• Integrate per-VM and per-application performance metrics into observability tools and dashboards to deliver end-to-end visibility
• Drive adoption of performance automation practices, including anomaly detection, auto-remediation, and predictive scaling models
• Prepare detailed performance reports and improvement recommendations for executive and technical stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with organizational security and performance SLAs

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
• 7+ years of experience in VMware vSphere administration, including ESXi, vCenter, and distributed resource management
• Proven experience in vRealize Operations (vROps) for end-to-end performance analysis and capacity planning
• Demonstrated success in transaction-heavy environments with measurable performance gains
• Strong proficiency in Python scripting for automation, data collection, performance testing, and infrastructure orchestration
• Experience with performance profiling tools, log analytics (e.g., Splunk, ELK), and infrastructure monitoring solutions
• Familiarity with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or VMware vRealize Automation (vRA)
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills
• Good communication skills for collaboration with multidisciplinary teams
• Understanding of ITIL processes, performance SLAs, and DevOps pipelines
• VMware certifications (VCP, VCIX, or VCAP) are a plus