Compute / IaaS SME - Lifecycle Management (ID: 4121)

Compute / IaaS SME – Lifecycle Management (ID: 4121)

As a Compute / IaaS SME – Lifecycle Management, you will

• Design, deploy, and configure greenfield Cisco UCS domains, including Fabric Interconnects, chassis, blade servers, X-Series nodes, VICs, service profiles, pools, and policies using UCS Manager and Cisco Intersight.
• Build, standardize, and upgrade VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments, including ESXi, vCenter, vSphere Distributed Switches (vDS), vSAN, and enterprise storage solutions.
• Create and maintain standardized ESXi golden images, driver and firmware bundles, custom ISOs, host profiles, and cluster configuration baselines.
• Execute workload migrations using vMotion and Storage vMotion, coordinating with Site Recovery Manager (SRM) or HCX where applicable.
• Configure and upgrade Cisco MDS storage switches and manage firmware lifecycle activities.
• Lead firmware, driver, ESXi, vCenter, and VMware Cloud Foundation upgrades while ensuring compatibility, availability, and business continuity.
• Validate hardware compatibility and interoperability across firmware, drivers, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, and NSX before executing changes.
• Perform rolling upgrades, cluster compliance remediation, security patching, post-upgrade validation, and performance checks.
• Automate infrastructure builds, upgrades, health checks, and compliance reporting using PowerCLI, Python, Ansible, and REST APIs.
• Maintain Infrastructure-as-Code configurations and version-controlled infrastructure baselines using Git.
• Enforce infrastructure security standards, vulnerability remediation, access controls, certificate management, and ITIL-based change, incident, and problem management.
• Prepare technical documentation, including as-built documents, runbooks, method of procedure (MOP), test plans, rollback procedures, and architecture diagrams.

What You Bring to the Table

• 6–8 years of hands-on experience with Cisco UCS and VMware vSphere in large enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in Cisco UCS architecture, including Fabric Interconnects (63xx/64xx/65xx series), B-Series M5/M6 blade servers, X-Series M8 systems, VICs, service profiles, pools, and policies.
• Practical experience with Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco Intersight for infrastructure deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management.
• Deep knowledge of VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), and cluster administration.
• Experience with vSAN, iSCSI, Fibre Channel (FC), NFS storage, multipathing, and enterprise storage connectivity.
• Strong understanding of VLANs, vSphere Distributed Switches, LACP, MTU, and virtualized infrastructure networking.
• Experience managing ESXi images, firmware and driver compatibility, host profiles, cluster configurations, and infrastructure upgrades.
• Hands-on experience with vMotion, Storage vMotion, and workload migration with minimal service disruption.
• Experience configuring and upgrading Cisco MDS storage switches.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across UCS fabrics, VICs, boot issues, PCI passthrough, vDS, vSAN disk groups, and ESXi PSOD incidents.
• Knowledge of infrastructure security, VMware hardening guidelines, CVE patching, role-based access control, and audit compliance.

You should possess the ability to

• Lead end-to-end infrastructure deployment, upgrades, and lifecycle management activities independently.
• Validate hardware and software compatibility and assess risks before implementing infrastructure changes.
• Plan and execute maintenance windows, rolling upgrades, migrations, and rollback procedures while maintaining business continuity.
• Automate repetitive infrastructure tasks using PowerCLI, Python, Ansible, Cisco Intersight APIs, and vCenter REST APIs.
• Develop and maintain reusable infrastructure configurations, golden builds, compliance scripts, and operational dashboards.
• Produce clear technical documentation, operational procedures, and architecture diagrams.
• Collaborate effectively with infrastructure, networking, storage, security, and operations teams.

What we bring to the table

• An opportunity to work on enterprise-scale Cisco UCS and VMware infrastructure.
• Exposure to advanced virtualization platforms, VMware Cloud Foundation, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Opportunities to contribute to infrastructure automation, standardization, and operational excellence.
• A collaborative technical environment focused on reliability, security, and continuous improvement.