VMware NSX admin

An experienced NSX VMware Virtualization L3 Engineer to design deploy manage and troubleshoot VMware NSX and virtualization environments. The role requires strong expertise in network virtualization VMware vSphere NSX-T/NSX routing switching security policies and enterprise-level troubleshooting. The candidate will act as an escalation point for complex technical issues and support implementation operations and continuous improvement of virtualized network infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities

• Design deploy configure and support VMware NSX-T/NSX network virtualization solutions.
• Manage NSX components including NSX Managers Tier-0/Tier-1 gateways logical switches segments distributed firewalls and edge nodes.
• Provide L3-level troubleshooting for complex issues related to overlay and underlay networking routing switching MTU BGP OSPF VLANs VXLAN/Geneve and connectivity.
• Integrate NSX with VMware vSphere ESXi hosts vCenter and physical network infrastructure such as ToR switches routers firewalls and load balancers.
• Implement and maintain micro-segmentation distributed firewall rules security groups and traffic policies.
• Monitor performance availability and capacity of VMware virtualization and NSX environments.
• Perform root cause analysis for recurring incidents and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Support change management patching upgrades migrations and lifecycle management of VMware and NSX platforms.
• Create and maintain technical documentation network diagrams deployment guides standard operating procedures and as-built documents.
• Collaborate with architecture security network storage compute and application teams for project delivery and incident resolution.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with VMware NSX-T/NSX deployment operations and troubleshooting.
• Good understanding of VMware vSphere vCenter ESXi distributed switches clusters HA DRS and virtual networking.
• Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP VLAN trunking routing switching NAT DNS DHCP firewalling and load balancing.
• Experience with dynamic routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF.
• Understanding of overlay networking concepts including VXLAN/Geneve tunnel endpoints edge transport nodes and transport zones.
• Hands-on experience with distributed firewall micro-segmentation security policies and traffic flow analysis.
• Ability to troubleshoot performance packet flow routing connectivity and security-related issues in enterprise environments.
• Experience with monitoring alerting backup recovery and capacity planning tools for VMware environments.

Desired Skills

• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation vRealize/Aria Operations vRealize/Aria Automation or similar VMware ecosystem tools.
• Exposure to automation or scripting using PowerCLI Ansible Python or REST APIs.
• Experience in multi-site NSX deployments stretched clusters disaster recovery and hybrid cloud environments.
• Knowledge of security compliance audit requirements and infrastructure hardening practices.
• Certifications such as VCP-NV VCP-DCV CCNA CCNP or equivalent are preferred.

Experience

• 7 years of experience in VMware virtualization and enterprise network infrastructure support.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with VMware NSX/NSX-T administration or deployment.
• Experience working in enterprise data center managed services or customer-facing infrastructure support environments.

Professional Attributes

• Strong analytical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently as an L3 escalation engineer and take ownership of critical incidents.
• Good communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams and external vendors.
• Flexible to support planned changes maintenance windows escalations and project deployments as required.

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1