Senior Platform Operations Engineer

This role is onsite in Indianapolis, 6 month Contract-To-Hire.

Expected shift hours are 11:30 AM to 8:30 PM Eastern Standard Time and 12:30 PM to 9:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Shift rotations include Monday through Friday and Thursday through Monday schedules.

Position Overview:

Our client is seeking multiple Server Virtualization Platform Operations Engineers with experience supporting and managing enterprise VMware ESX-based Infrastructure as a Service capabilities both on-premises and in Microsoft Azure.

The ideal candidate will play a critical role in maintaining system stability, automating operational tasks, and ensuring high availability for critical workloads. This role will leverage modern AI automation tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or similar technologies to improve efficiency and streamline engineering workflows.

This position is responsible for supporting mission-critical infrastructure operating across multiple datacenters and enterprise environments. The engineer will help improve platform availability, reliability, observability, and automation while supporting large-scale virtualization services and infrastructure operations. The role will also provide mentorship and technical direction to global operations teams and infrastructure subject matter experts.

Responsibilities :

• Support and manage enterprise VMware ESX-based Infrastructure as a Service environments across on-premises and Microsoft Azure platforms.
• Maintain system stability, availability, and performance of virtualized infrastructure services.
• Drive infrastructure automation initiatives using AI Operations, event-driven automation, and observability solutions.
• Improve infrastructure resiliency through repeatable operational patterns and architectural enhancements.
• Support multi-datacenter virtualization environments including replication and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Lead operational improvements that reduce recurring incidents and enhance platform reliability.
• Collaborate with global engineering and operations teams to deliver enterprise infrastructure services.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and knowledge sharing across infrastructure teams.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions using scripting and infrastructure as code methodologies.
• Implement proactive monitoring, predictive analytics, and observability capabilities.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience as a VMware ESX or Platform Engineer.
• Strong experience managing enterprise scale VMware vSphere environments.
• Demonstrated experience with automated infrastructure availability and resiliency solutions.
• Experience supporting virtualized Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Experience leveraging AI enabled automation tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or similar platforms to streamline engineering workflows and improve operational efficiencies.
• Experience providing technical leadership in enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with global and diverse teams.
• Deep understanding of networking concepts including VLANs and trunking.
• Experience configuring and managing VMware networking components including Distributed Switches.
• Experience leading operations within large scale global VMware infrastructure environments.