Principal Systems Engineer - VMware Cloud Foundation (Remote)

First Citizens Bank•Raleigh, NC

1d•Remote

About The Position

This is a remote role open for multiple markets across the United States. Serves as the senior technical leader for VMware Cloud Foundation. Responsible for architecture, engineering, automation, lifecycle management, operational excellence, and adoption of the enterprise private cloud platform. Provides strategic direction for vSphere, vSAN, NSX, Aria Suite, SDDC operations, infrastructure automation, resiliency, and platform modernization.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience in Technical Hands-On Leader of Cloud Teams OR High School Diploma or GED and 14 years of experience in Technical Hands-On Leader of Cloud Teams
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
vSphere
vSAN
NSX
Aria Suite
Software Defined Data Center (SDDC)
Infrastructure as Code
Automation
Private Cloud Architecture
Disaster Recovery
Capacity Planning
Performance Engineering
Enterprise Storage and Networking
Lifecycle Manager
workload domains
cluster design
private cloud service delivery
self-service infrastructure
platform monitoring
platform upgrades
operational resilience
integration with enterprise ITSM, security, and observability ecosystems

Nice To Haves

5+ years leading enterprise virtualization or private cloud initiatives
experience with VMware Cloud Foundation, software-defined data centers, infrastructure automation, disaster recovery, and operational governance
Hybrid Cloud Platforms
Kubernetes
Public Cloud Integration
Policy-as-Code
AIOps
Platform Observability
Financial Services Infrastructure
Security & Compliance Frameworks