Virtualization Administrator (Remote)

About the role

Pragmatike is hiring a Virtualization Administrator to provide dedicated operational support for a customer's enterprise virtualization infrastructure, as part of a long-term project. The role sits under the supervision of the IT Infrastructure Team Lead and covers VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), with support for other platforms such as Nutanix, Hyper-V and KVM. It is a 6-month contract, with possible extension depending on performance, and can be done on-site in Valencia or Brindisi, or fully remote within Southern and Eastern Europe (up to 5 days of teleworking per week).

Key responsibilities

• Install, configure and maintain VMware vSphere and VCF environments, and support Nutanix, Hyper-V and KVM as required.
• Perform lifecycle patching, host updates and approved configuration changes, and apply security best practices.
• Monitor VM and host health and performance, tune environments and resolve incidents with minimal service disruption.
• Maintain scripts and tools for administration, provisioning, configuration management and monitoring.
• Keep documentation, report on platform health and capacity, and provide on-call/standby support on a rotating basis.
• Work with storage, backup, network, security, OS, application and service-management teams, and guide junior colleagues.

Required profile

• 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting enterprise virtualization infrastructure in production.
• Proven experience with VMware vSphere and VCF, including VCF Operations and VCF Automation.
• Secondary school education or equivalent, supplemented by specialized IT training.
• Professional English, spoken and written; Spanish is a plus.

Required skills

• Strong scripting and automation with Python, PowerShell, Terraform or Ansible.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform for vSphere resources.
• Command-line tools for managing virtualized systems.
• Nice to have: Docker, Kubernetes, CDP solutions, and VMware or HashiCorp certifications.

What we offer

• Flexible setup: on-site in Valencia or Brindisi, or fully remote within Southern and Eastern Europe, up to 5 days of teleworking per week.
• On-call one week per month; overtime must be pre-approved by the client team leader.
• Overtime pay of 125% Mon-Sat and 150% on Sundays and public holidays, or time off if agreed.
• Opportunities to grow through certifications, on-the-job learning and knowledge sharing.