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As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?\nWatch Our Story:' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'\nEach and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.\nThis position is not eligible for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future, including F-1, OPT, CPT, H-1B, or other employment-based visa sponsorship.\nIn the role of VCF Platform Engineer I, we'll count on you to:\nPerform day-to-day operational support for the VCF private cloud platform under established procedures and guidance.\nSupport administration of SDDC Manager, workload domains, and vSphere cluster operations.\nExecute routine platform tasks such as host adds/removals, cluster maintenance, certificate updates, and health checks.\nAssist with VCF lifecycle operations including patching, upgrades, and remediation activities.\nProvision infrastructure resources and support deployment of workload domains and virtual machine hosting environments.\nMonitor platform health, utilization, and capacity; escalate risks, threshold concerns, and recurring issues to senior engineers or the Platform Manager.\nParticipate in incident response as a first responder for infrastructure and platform issues.\nSupport maintenance of infrastructure-as-code templates, standard builds, and golden VM images.\nCross-train across compute, storage, and networking components within VCF.\nMaintain operational documentation, runbooks, and support knowledge articles.\nPreferred Qualifications\nVMware certification such as VCP-VCF or VCP-DCV.\nExposure to SDDC Manager operations.\nFamiliarity with vSAN and NSX concepts.\nExposure to enterprise monitoring and alerting platforms.\nExperience supporting standardized virtual server hosting environments. \nSchedule & Presence: This on-site role supports 24/7 operations through real-time collaboration, standard shifts occur within a 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM window, Monday through Friday. Additionally, this position requires scheduled on-call flexibility and the ability to remain reasonably reachable during off-hours for critical business continuity.\nRequired Qualifications\nA minimum of 3 years of experience in infrastructure operations, virtualization, or systems administration.\nHands-on experience with VMware vSphere administration.\nExperience managing ESXi hosts, clusters, and virtual machines.\nFamiliarity with infrastructure-as-code concepts and repeatable deployment methods.\nWorking knowledge of Linux and Windows Server administration.\nExperience with at least one scripting or automation tool such as PowerCLI, Python, or Ansible.\nUnderstanding of core datacenter concepts including compute, storage, networking, patching, and monitoring.\nAbility to support operational tasks in a production environment with attention to change control and service stability. \nWhat We Believe\nHDR is our company. 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