Job Title: VCF Automation Engineer

Company Name: Gridiron IT Solutions LLC

Job Url: https://www.simplyhired.com/job/K07n31Ek9fRgHkpQXz0d29t7bINg0u04yaoeiJK_vRik5tF_ssymoQ

Job Description: 
VCF Automation Engineer
Gridiron IT Solutions LLC
Remote

Job Details
Full-time | Contract
$120,000 - $220,000 a year
3 days ago
Benefits
Health savings account
AD&D insurance
Disability insurance
Health insurance
Dental insurance
401(k)
Flexible spending account
Vision insurance
Pet insurance
Qualifications
Performance dashboard reports
Version control
SSO
Dashboard development
Cloud identity and access management (IAM)
Network design
Stakeholder engagement
Network troubleshooting
Data storage
Kubernetes
Ansible
5 years
TS/SCI
IT system monitoring
Application deployment
Automating deployment processes
Infrastructure architecture design
Client services experience within consulting industry
Machine learning
Terraform
Continuous integration
LDAP
Cloud networking
Server virtualization
GitHub
APIs
ServiceNow
Network performance optimization
Cloud Architecture Design (Architecture design skills)
Technical troubleshooting support
Network infrastructure management
Senior level
Cloud monitoring
Log analysis
GitLab
Python
VMware Certified Professional
Virtual Private Clouds
Consulting firm experience
vCenter
Identity & access management
Stakeholder management
System performance monitoring
Full Job Description
About the Role

Gridiron IT is seeking a consultant that you’ll build, automate, and operate VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 private cloud environments for enterprise and government clients. You’ll work across both VCF Automation and VCF Operations, delivering self-service private cloud platforms with robust monitoring, policy-driven management, and proactive health diagnostics.

We are seeking an engineer with hands-on experience across the full VCF Automation and Operations stack. You will configure provider infrastructure and networking, build multi-tenant organizations with VPC-based isolation, design blueprint-driven self-service catalogs, and operate the environment using VCF Operations for visibility, performance optimization, and troubleshooting. You’ll work with stakeholders, developers, security, and operations teams in both commercial and air-gapped environments.

VCF 9 unifies automation and operations into a single platform for building and managing private clouds at scale. You’ll help clients stand up complete private cloud environments, from fleet deployment through ongoing operations, with full observability and policy-driven governance.

What You’ll DoVCF Automation

Provider Infrastructure Management: Configure and manage VCF Automation provider portals, discover VCF entities (vCenter, NSX Manager), manage certificates, and onboard infrastructure resources into regions with VM classes, storage classes, and quotas
Identity & Access Management: Integrate identity providers (LDAP, SAML, OpenID Connect) with VCF Single Sign-On and VCF Identity Broker, manage custom roles and rights bundles, configure service accounts and API tokens for programmatic access
Provider Networking: Configure IP spaces, NSX Edge clusters, provider gateways (Tier-0), and regional networking stacks to enable organization connectivity
Organization Networking with VPC: Design and implement multi-tenant Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) architectures with subnet isolation, NAT policies, and connectivity profiles for organization workloads
Organization & Project Management: Create and configure organizations (All Apps, VM Apps, Provider Consumption), set up projects with namespace classes (VM and storage class assignments), and manage organization-level identity and access
Content & Catalog Management: Build and manage provider and organization content libraries, design VCF Automation blueprints using the Template Designer, publish catalog items (blueprints, VM images, Orchestrator workflows), and configure approval and lease policies
Orchestrator Workflows: Build and manage Orchestrator workflows within the Provider Consumption Organization (PCO), connect to vCenter systems, publish workflows as catalog items, and automate complex multi-step provisioning tasks
Modern App Deployment: Deploy workloads through IaaS self-service (projects, namespaces) and catalog-based options, leverage vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS), VM Service, and cloud services including data services, secret store, and object store
VCF Operations

Monitoring & Observability: Navigate the VCF Operations console, build custom views for VM configuration details, create custom report templates for daily and weekly status updates, and design dashboards with interactive widgets for NOC teams
Policy-Driven Management: Create and assign VCF Operations policies for workload automation, capacity settings, alert thresholds, and provider pricing, with policy inheritance across object hierarchies
Symptoms & Alerts: Define custom symptom definitions (static, dynamic, and compare thresholds), create alert definitions with conditions and recommendations, configure outbound alert plug-ins (log file, email), and build notification rules
Health & Diagnostics: Monitor VCF health status using the Health Dashboard, review diagnostic findings (active and historical), use the Troubleshooting Workbench to investigate issues, and leverage Log Assist for diagnostic bundle collection
Log Management: Configure VCF Operations for Logs appliance, set up log collection, analyze logs using queries and machine learning, and use log-based alerts for proactive issue detection
Storage Operations: Monitor vSAN cluster health and performance using VCF Operations, run performance diagnostics, benchmark and optimize storage, and troubleshoot production cluster issues
Network Operations: Monitor network health using VCF Operations for Networks, analyze traffic flows for vCenter and NSX, review NSX health widgets, and identify network performance issues
Service Discovery & Application Monitoring: Configure service discovery for automatic detection of running services, install and manage Telegraf agents, activate application monitoring with cloud proxies, and set up custom remote checks
Required Qualifications

Strong candidates will meet most (not necessarily all) of the following requirements.

5+ years of experience in VMware administration, private cloud operations, or infrastructure automation roles
Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, vSAN, and NSX administration
Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) components, including SDDC Manager and workload domain management
Familiarity with VCF Automation concepts: organizations, regions, blueprints, catalogs, and self-service provisioning (formerly VMware Aria Automation / vRealize Automation)
Familiarity with VCF Operations concepts: dashboards, policies, alerts, and health monitoring (formerly VMware Aria Operations / vRealize Operations)
Understanding of multi-tenant networking: VPCs, IP spaces, NSX Edge clusters, and provider gateways
Remote-friendly with travel to client sites as needed
Preferred Qualifications

These are nice-to-haves that strengthen your candidacy. You don’t need all of them.

Consulting or professional services background with client-facing delivery experience
VMware Certified Professional - VCF Administrator (VCP-VCF Administrator)
Completion of VMware Cloud Foundation: Automate and Operate [V9.0] (VCFAOP9) or equivalent experience
Experience with VCF Orchestrator workflow development and catalog publishing
Experience with identity federation (LDAP, SAML, OIDC) in VMware environments
Proficiency with automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, PowerCLI, Python) for VCF lifecycle management
Experience building custom VCF Operations dashboards, super metrics, and alert definitions
Experience with VCF Operations for Logs, including log collection configuration and query-based analysis
Familiarity with vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) and VM Service for modern app deployments
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for apps
Experience working with Git, GitHub/Gitlab for source control and leveraging a GitOps model for app / infra CI/CD
Experience working with artifact and container image repositories like Artifactory, Nexus, Docker Hub, GCR, ECR, ACR, etc.
Nice to Have

Active security clearance (TS/SCI preferred for government engagements)
Experience working in federal or defense environments
Experience with air-gapped or disconnected environment deployments
Experience with VCF fleet management across multiple VCF instances
Experience integrating with ServiceNow or other self-service portals
Compensation and Benefits:
Salary Range: $120.00 hourly (Compensation is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, skills, education, certifications, seniority, and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.)

Benefits: Gridiron offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), disability & ADD insurance, life and pet insurance to eligible employees. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 30 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Gridiron’s benefits programs.

Gridiron IT Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability status.

Gridiron IT is a Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area that supports our clients' missions throughout the United States. Gridiron IT specializes in providing comprehensive IT services tailored to meet the needs of federal agencies. Our capabilities include IT Infrastructure & Cloud Services, Cyber Security, Software Integration & Development, Data Solution & AI, and Enterprise Applications. These capabilities are backed by Gridiron IT's experienced workforce and our commitment to ensuring we meet and exceed our clients' expectations. No fields configured

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Job DescriptionAbout the RoleGridiron IT is seeking a consultant that you’ll build, automate, and operate VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 private cloud environments for enterprise and government clients. You’ll work across both VCF Automation and VCF Operations, delivering self-service private cloud platforms with robust monitoring, policy-driven management, and proactive health diagnostics.We are seeking an engineer with hands-on experience across the full VCF Automation and Operations stack. You will configure provider infrastructure and networking, build multi-tenant organizations with VPC-based isolation, design blueprint-driven self-service catalogs, and operate the environment using VCF Operations for visibility, performance optimization, and troubleshooting. You’ll work with stakeholders, developers, security, and operations teams in both commercial and air-gapped environments.VCF 9 unifies automation and operations into a single platform for building and managing private clouds at scale. You’ll help clients stand up complete private cloud environments, from fleet deployment through ongoing operations, with full observability and policy-driven governance.What You’ll DoVCF AutomationVCF OperationsRequired QualificationsStrong candidates will meet most (not necessarily all) of the following requirements.Preferred QualificationsThese are nice-to-haves that strengthen your candidacy. You don’t need all of them.Nice to Have
Compensation and Benefits:
Salary Range:
$60.00 - $120.00 hourly (Compensation is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, skills, education, certifications, seniority, and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.)

Benefits: Gridiron offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), disability & ADD insurance, life and pet insurance to eligible employees. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 30 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Gridiron’s benefits programs.

Gridiron IT Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability status.

Gridiron IT is a Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area that supports our clients' missions throughout the United States. Gridiron IT specializes in providing comprehensive IT services tailored to meet the needs of federal agencies. Our capabilities include IT Infrastructure & Cloud Services, Cyber Security, Software Integration & Development, Data Solution & AI, and Enterprise Applications. These capabilities are backed by Gridiron IT's experienced workforce and our commitment to ensuring we meet and exceed our clients' expectations.

Provider Infrastructure Management: Configure and manage VCF Automation provider portals, discover VCF entities (vCenter, NSX Manager), manage certificates, and onboard infrastructure resources into regions with VM classes, storage classes, and quotas
Identity & Access Management: Integrate identity providers (LDAP, SAML, OpenID Connect) with VCF Single Sign-On and VCF Identity Broker, manage custom roles and rights bundles, configure service accounts and API tokens for programmatic access
Provider Networking: Configure IP spaces, NSX Edge clusters, provider gateways (Tier-0), and regional networking stacks to enable organization connectivity
Organization Networking with VPC: Design and implement multi-tenant Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) architectures with subnet isolation, NAT policies, and connectivity profiles for organization workloads
Organization & Project Management: Create and configure organizations (All Apps, VM Apps, Provider Consumption), set up projects with namespace classes (VM and storage class assignments), and manage organization-level identity and access
Content & Catalog Management: Build and manage provider and organization content libraries, design VCF Automation blueprints using the Template Designer, publish catalog items (blueprints, VM images, Orchestrator workflows), and configure approval and lease policies
Orchestrator Workflows: Build and manage Orchestrator workflows within the Provider Consumption Organization (PCO), connect to vCenter systems, publish workflows as catalog items, and automate complex multi-step provisioning tasks
Modern App Deployment: Deploy workloads through IaaS self-service (projects, namespaces) and catalog-based options, leverage vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS), VM Service, and cloud services including data services, secret store, and object store
Monitoring & Observability: Navigate the VCF Operations console, build custom views for VM configuration details, create custom report templates for daily and weekly status updates, and design dashboards with interactive widgets for NOC teams
Policy-Driven Management: Create and assign VCF Operations policies for workload automation, capacity settings, alert thresholds, and provider pricing, with policy inheritance across object hierarchies
Symptoms & Alerts: Define custom symptom definitions (static, dynamic, and compare thresholds), create alert definitions with conditions and recommendations, configure outbound alert plug-ins (log file, email), and build notification rules
Health & Diagnostics: Monitor VCF health status using the Health Dashboard, review diagnostic findings (active and historical), use the Troubleshooting Workbench to investigate issues, and leverage Log Assist for diagnostic bundle collection
Log Management: Configure VCF Operations for Logs appliance, set up log collection, analyze logs using queries and machine learning, and use log-based alerts for proactive issue detection
Storage Operations: Monitor vSAN cluster health and performance using VCF Operations, run performance diagnostics, benchmark and optimize storage, and troubleshoot production cluster issues
Network Operations: Monitor network health using VCF Operations for Networks, analyze traffic flows for vCenter and NSX, review NSX health widgets, and identify network performance issues
Service Discovery & Application Monitoring: Configure service discovery for automatic detection of running services, install and manage Telegraf agents, activate application monitoring with cloud proxies, and set up custom remote checks
5+ years of experience in VMware administration, private cloud operations, or infrastructure automation roles
Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, vSAN, and NSX administration
Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) components, including SDDC Manager and workload domain management
Familiarity with VCF Automation concepts: organizations, regions, blueprints, catalogs, and self-service provisioning (formerly VMware Aria Automation / vRealize Automation)
Familiarity with VCF Operations concepts: dashboards, policies, alerts, and health monitoring (formerly VMware Aria Operations / vRealize Operations)
Understanding of multi-tenant networking: VPCs, IP spaces, NSX Edge clusters, and provider gateways
Remote-friendly with travel to client sites as needed
Consulting or professional services background with client-facing delivery experience
VMware Certified Professional - VCF Administrator (VCP-VCF Administrator)
Completion of VMware Cloud Foundation: Automate and Operate [V9.0] (VCFAOP9) or equivalent experience
Experience with VCF Orchestrator workflow development and catalog publishing
Experience with identity federation (LDAP, SAML, OIDC) in VMware environments
Proficiency with automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, PowerCLI, Python) for VCF lifecycle management
Experience building custom VCF Operations dashboards, super metrics, and alert definitions
Experience with VCF Operations for Logs, including log collection configuration and query-based analysis
Familiarity with vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) and VM Service for modern app deployments
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for apps
Experience working with Git, GitHub/Gitlab for source control and leveraging a GitOps model for app / infra CI/CD
Experience working with artifact and container image repositories like Artifactory, Nexus, Docker Hub, GCR, ECR, ACR, etc.
Active security clearance (TS/SCI preferred for government engagements)
Experience working in federal or defense environments
Experience with air-gapped or disconnected environment deployments
Experience with VCF fleet management across multiple VCF instances
Experience integrating with ServiceNow or other self-service portals
Pay: $120,000.00 - $220,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k)
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Vision insurance
Work Location: Remote