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