Perficient · 5 hours ago
Senior VMware Engineer - Performance + Automation
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$65K/yr - $150K/yr
7+ years expPerficient 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.
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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
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
Understanding of ITIL processes, performance SLAs, and DevOps pipelines
VMware certifications (VCP, VCIX, or VCAP) are a plus
Company
Perficient
Perficient is an IT consulting firm that helps companies adapt their systems to third party software products that use internet.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$65.3M2024-05-05Acquired
2024-01-17Post Ipo Equity· $4.44M
2022-10-17Post Ipo Equity· $5.18M
Leadership Team
Hari Madamalla
Vice President
Alex Harris
Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) Director
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