Senior Systems Engineer - VDI

Zoox•Foster City, CA

4h•$206,000 - $247,000

About The Position

Zoox is hiring a Senior VDI & VMware Platform Engineer with deep subject matter expertise in VMware technologies, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), Active Directory and Horizon/VDI architectures. You will serve as the technical authority for Zoox’s VMware-based Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) and enterprise virtual desktop platforms. This role owns the architecture, scalability, performance, and operational excellence of our VMware ecosystem — enabling secure, high-performance virtual environments that support engineers, AI/ML workloads, and business operations globally.

Requirements

Extensive hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, Horizon, vSAN, and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
Demonstrated experience designing and operating enterprise SDDC platforms at scale
Strong understanding of lifecycle management, cluster design, resource allocation, and high-availability strategies within VMware environments
Proven success designing and scaling VMware Horizon environments for enterprise organizations
Expertise in desktop image optimization, application delivery, user profile management, and performance tuning
Demonstrated proficiency managing and troubleshooting Active Directory architectures and Windows servers fleets

Nice To Haves

Experience with scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python), and orchestration tools (e.g. Aria Automation / Orchestrator, Ansible, Terraform)
Ability to communicate architectural strategy clearly to technical teams and executive stakeholders
Experience leading cross-functional infrastructure initiatives

Responsibilities

Act as the Subject Matter Expert for VMware vSphere, vSAN, VCF, Active Directory and Horizon
Design and evolve Zoox's on-prem and hybrid cloud VMware SDDC
Lead architecture, implementation and lifecycle of scalable Horizon based VDI infrastructure, including GPU workloads, for thousands of users
Architect and operate enterprise VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments (workload domains, lifecycle, capacity, HA and DR)
Own the health, patching, and lifecycle of the VMware stack
Establish best practices for image management, profile handling, application layering, UX optimization, and secure remote access
Lead VMware/Horizon automation using PowerCLI, scripting, IaC, and orchestration
Develop repeatable SDDC/VDI deployment patterns
Implement observability, monitoring, and proactive capacity modeling to reduce operational friction
Author technical standards, diagrams, and operational runbooks
Serve as complex issue escalation point and lead post-incident reviews
Mentor engineers on VMware and Horizon