Virtualization Engineer

Stefanini Group•Dearborn, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Stefanini Group is hiring! Stefanini is looking for a Virtualization Platform Engineer in Dearborn, MI. This role owns the full technology lifecycle, drives automation and observability, manages capacity and performance, and provides advanced troubleshooting and platform consulting for enterprise applications. The engineer will design, deploy, administer, secure, and support global virtualization platforms using VMware and OpenShift Virtualization (OSV).

Requirements

10+ years of experience in IT
8+ years of experience in development
Understanding of VMware and Kubernetes concepts
Experience with Linux administration and networking fundamentals
Proficiency in scripting languages for automation
Experience with monitoring tools and logging solutions
Understanding of virtualization concepts and technologies, such as KVM and VMware
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues across multiple layers of the technology stack
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies

Nice To Haves

Ansible
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Dynatrace
PowerShell
Access controls
Python
Information security
Automation
Artificial intelligence and expert systems

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, administer, secure, and manage the full lifecycle of global VMware and OpenShift Virtualization (OSV) platforms.
Design and support large-scale virtualization environments, including HPE Synergy/ProLiant iLO and firmware testing.
Develop and maintain operating procedures, monitoring and logging standards, disaster recovery processes, and security guidelines.
Plan and forecast compute, VM, memory, storage, and network capacity.
Analyze utilization trends and recommend scaling, consolidation, and optimization strategies.
Automate VMware/OSV configuration, VM management, auditing, remediation, and ticketing workflows using scripts and playbooks.
Apply SRE practices to improve platform reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
Manage RBAC, namespaces, and CPU, disk, and storage quotas.
Implement end-to-end monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting using Dynatrace, RHACM, Prometheus, and Grafana.
Monitor VM health, performance, resource utilization, and potential security anomalies.
Lead root cause analysis and resolve complex issues across the global compute environment.
Consult with application teams and design custom OSV clusters and VM solutions for critical or specialized workloads.
Maintain technical documentation and customer-facing self-service content.
Provide L1–L3 support for Operations teams.
Participate in monthly after-hours and weekend support.