VMWare Cloud Engineer -- MEHDC5762678

Compunnel Inc. is seeking a VMWare Cloud Engineer to design and implement automation frameworks for Azure and VMware environments. The role involves developing Infrastructure-as-Code modules, automating Azure resource deployment, and ensuring compliance and security across hybrid platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement automation frameworks for Azure and VMware environments
• Build reusable Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) modules and Ansible playbooks to standardize provisioning
• Establish automation standards, guardrails, and policies across hybrid platforms
• Enable secure self-service infrastructure capabilities
• Automate deployment of Azure resources: Virtual Networks, Subnets, NSGs, Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure App Services, Azure Storage, SQL, and other PaaS services
• Develop and maintain Azure Landing Zones
• Implement Azure Policy and governance guardrails
• Integrate Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Defender for Cloud
• Monitor Azure resource health, performance, and availability
• Perform routine maintenance activities including: VM patching (via Azure Update Management), Backup validation and restore testing, Capacity monitoring and scaling adjustments, Cost monitoring and optimization reviews
• Troubleshoot production incidents impacting Azure workloads
• Respond to Azure service advisories and implement mitigations
• Manage subscription hygiene (resource cleanup, tagging compliance)
• Ensure disaster recovery configurations (Azure Site Recovery, backup policies)
• Conduct monthly cloud operational health reviews
• Support audit evidence collection for SOX/SOC2 compliance
• Maintain documentation of architecture, runbooks, and support procedures
• Automate provisioning and lifecycle management of: vSphere VMs, vCenter, ESXi hosts, vSAN and NSX
• Standardize VM templates and golden images
• Automate patching and lifecycle management for on-prem resources
• Develop IaC using: Terraform, Bicep / ARM Templates, PowerShell, Python
• Build CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
• Implement GitOps and automated validation
• Maintain version-controlled infrastructure repositories
• Implement policy-as-code and compliance automation
• Enforce security baselines across Azure and VMware
• Partner with Security and Enterprise Architecture teams
• Ensure adherence to enterprise availability and resilience standards

Requirements:

• Design and implement automation frameworks for Azure and VMware environments
• Build reusable Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) modules and Ansible playbooks to standardize provisioning
• Establish automation standards, guardrails, and policies across hybrid platforms
• Enable secure self-service infrastructure capabilities
• Automate deployment of Azure resources: Virtual Networks, Subnets, NSGs, Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure App Services, Azure Storage, SQL, and other PaaS services
• Develop and maintain Azure Landing Zones
• Implement Azure Policy and governance guardrails
• Integrate Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Defender for Cloud
• Monitor Azure resource health, performance, and availability
• Perform routine maintenance activities including: VM patching (via Azure Update Management), Backup validation and restore testing, Capacity monitoring and scaling adjustments, Cost monitoring and optimization reviews
• Troubleshoot production incidents impacting Azure workloads
• Respond to Azure service advisories and implement mitigations
• Manage subscription hygiene (resource cleanup, tagging compliance)
• Ensure disaster recovery configurations (Azure Site Recovery, backup policies)
• Conduct monthly cloud operational health reviews
• Support audit evidence collection for SOX/SOC2 compliance
• Maintain documentation of architecture, runbooks, and support procedures
• Automate provisioning and lifecycle management of: vSphere VMs, vCenter, ESXi hosts, vSAN and NSX
• Standardize VM templates and golden images
• Automate patching and lifecycle management for on-prem resources
• Develop IaC using: Terraform, Bicep / ARM Templates, PowerShell, Python
• Build CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
• Implement GitOps and automated validation
• Maintain version-controlled infrastructure repositories
• Implement policy-as-code and compliance automation
• Enforce security baselines across Azure and VMware
• Partner with Security and Enterprise Architecture teams
• Ensure adherence to enterprise availability and resilience standards