Hyper-V Engineer

TEKsystems•Jersey City, NJ

1d•$85 - $140•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled Infrastructure Engineer with deep expertise in Hyper-V virtualization and enterprise infrastructure engineering. This is a true engineering-focused role centered on designing, building, and optimizing large-scale virtualization platforms rather than providing day-to-day production support. The ideal candidate will possess strong infrastructure fundamentals across virtualization, storage, networking, automation, and Windows Server technologies. You will help design platform standards, architect scalable solutions, and drive infrastructure modernization initiatives across enterprise environments.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, systems engineering, or enterprise platform engineering.
Extensive hands-on experience with Microsoft Hyper-V in enterprise environments.
Strong knowledge of: Windows Server Administration, Hyper-V Failover Clustering, Live Migration, Virtual Networking, Storage Technologies and Performance Optimization, Enterprise Networking Concepts
Experience with infrastructure automation using PowerShell and related tools.
Strong understanding of cloud and hybrid infrastructure design patterns.
Experience with configuration management and automation frameworks.
Ability to evaluate infrastructure performance and architect scalable solutions.
Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with: PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC), SCCM, Ansible, or similar automation platforms, Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC), Storage Spaces Direct (S2D), Microsoft System Center technologies
Working knowledge of C# and .NET.
Experience with additional virtualization platforms such as VMware or KVM.
Familiarity with enterprise storage benchmarking and performance testing tools.
Knowledge of security compliance, vulnerability remediation, and infrastructure governance.
Experience supporting large-scale data center environments.

Responsibilities

Design and maintain enterprise-scale Hyper-V cluster architectures.
Develop reference architectures, standards, and best practices for virtualization platforms.
Evaluate infrastructure performance across compute, storage, networking, and virtualization layers.
Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and engineering decision records.
Assess hardware configurations and infrastructure designs to ensure optimal platform performance and scalability.
Engineer and support highly available Hyper-V environments, including failover clustering and live migration.
Optimize virtual infrastructure performance, capacity, and resiliency.
Plan and execute platform upgrades, patching strategies, and infrastructure lifecycle initiatives.
Implement storage and networking solutions that support large-scale virtualized workloads.
Develop automation solutions for provisioning, configuration management, compliance, patching, and decommissioning.
Create and maintain PowerShell-based automation tools and workflows.
Drive infrastructure-as-code and configuration management best practices.
Support CI/CD processes for infrastructure automation and platform deployments.
Analyze system performance and identify opportunities for optimization.
Perform capacity planning and infrastructure benchmarking.
Troubleshoot complex issues across virtualization, storage, networking, and Windows Server environments.
Contribute to service reliability, scalability, and operational excellence initiatives.
Provide technical mentorship, design reviews, and engineering guidance.
Partner with infrastructure, security, operations, and architecture teams.
Contribute to technical standards, engineering documentation, and platform strategy.
Promote automation, innovation, and continuous improvement across engineering teams.