Senior VMware Engineer - Performance + Automation

We currently have a career opportunity for a Senior VMware Engineer to join our team. While our headquarters are located in St. Louis, MO, this roles is remote and can be located anywhere in the United States.

We are seeking a Senior VMware Performance and Automation Engineer to lead high-performance optimization and automation initiatives across virtualized environments managing enterprise-scale transaction systems. The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in VMware vSphere and vOperations (vROps), possess strong analytical skills for diagnosing complex performance bottlenecks, and demonstrate proficient automation capabilities using Python for operational efficiency and continuous improvement.

Perficient is always looking for the best and brightest talent and we need you! We’re a quickly-growing, global digital consulting leader, and we’re transforming the world’s largest enterprises and biggest brands. You’ll work with the latest technologies, expand your skills, and become a part of our global community of talented, diverse, and knowledgeable colleagues.

• Design, configure, and optimize VMware vSphere environments for high-performance application workloads handling large-scale transaction processing.
• Utilize vRealize Operations (vROps) for proactive performance monitoring, capacity planning, and fine-tuning resource utilization across enterprise clusters.
• Conduct performance benchmarking, root cause analysis, and workload characterization to ensure sub-millisecond response times for transaction-heavy applications.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and frameworks in Python to streamline provisioning, monitoring, and performance tuning processes.
• Collaborate with application architects, SREs, and DevOps teams to define performance KPIs and implement scalable, resilient infrastructure solutions.
• Implement, analyze, and optimize VMware DRS, HA policies, storage I/O control, and network I/O optimization for mission-critical workloads.
• Integrate per-VM and per-application performance metrics into observability tools and dashboards to deliver end-to-end visibility.
• Drive adoption of performance automation practices, including anomaly detection, auto-remediation, and predictive scaling models.
• Prepare detailed performance reports and improvement recommendations for executive and technical stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security and performance SLAs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in VMware vSphere administration, including ESXi, vCenter, and distributed resource management.
• Proven experience in vRealize Operations (vROps) for end-to-end performance analysis and capacity planning.
• Demonstrated success in transaction-heavy environments with measurable performance gains.
• Strong proficiency in Python scripting for automation, data collection, performance testing, and infrastructure orchestration.
• Experience with performance profiling tools, log analytics (e.g., Splunk, ELK), and infrastructure monitoring solutions.
• Familiarity with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or VMware vRealize Automation (vRA).
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills.
• Good communication skills for collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of ITIL processes, performance SLAs, and DevOps pipelines
• VMware certifications (VCP, VCIX, or VCAP) are a plus.

ROLE IMPACT

This role will directly influence the performance, scalability, and reliability of mission-critical enterprise systems, ensuring peak throughput for transaction-intensive services while driving automation-driven operational efficiency.
 

ABOUT THE TEAM

Our Cloud Infrastructure & API Management team helps the world’s leading brands modernize infrastructure, applications, and integrations to thrive in today’s digital economy. We deliver cloud-native development, app modernization, API management, and DevOps solutions, enabling clients to maximize cloud investments, streamline processes, and drive innovation across the enterprise. Join a team that’s harnessing the power of AI to build intelligent, self-optimizing cloud environments—leveraging predictive analytics, generative tools, and automation to create smarter, more resilient digital ecosystems.  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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