Virtualization Engineer, Blue Ash, Ohio, United States

About Cognizant

Cognizant is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, helping organizations modernize infrastructure, optimize operations, and support secure, resilient enterprise platforms. Cognizant delivers scalable and reliable technology solutions across complex and regulated environments.

Role Summary

The Virtualization Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, operation, and optimization of enterprise virtualization platforms. This role focuses on building and maintaining highly available virtualization environments, improving system performance, and supporting infrastructure reliability through automation, monitoring, and best‑practice operational standards.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain enterprise virtualization platforms with a primary focus on Nutanix and Microsoft Hyper‑V.
Administer and operate virtualization clusters, including upgrades, health checks, capacity monitoring, and lifecycle planning.
Own virtualization storage operations, including performance troubleshooting, capacity optimization, and data protection integration.
Define and enforce virtualization standards related to host builds, virtual machine templates, naming conventions, and resource sizing.
Plan and execute platform upgrades, maintenance, and expansions through formal change management processes.
Troubleshoot complex issues across compute, storage, and virtualization networking components.
Partner with network and security teams to ensure proper segmentation and secure access to virtualization infrastructure.
Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting for virtualization performance, health, and capacity.
Support disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities, including replication and recovery testing.
Automate repeatable tasks using scripting and infrastructure tooling.
Provide escalation support, root cause analysis, documentation, and operational runbooks.
Participate in after‑hours support for critical incidents as required.

Required Qualifications

Minimum of 5 years of experience as a systems administrator or systems engineer.
Strong hands‑on experience administering enterprise virtualization platforms.
Knowledge of storage technologies, performance troubleshooting, and capacity planning.
Understanding of virtualization networking concepts, including VLANs and host networking.
Experience supporting backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions.
Proficiency with scripting and automation, with PowerShell preferred.
Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
Familiarity with secure configuration practices and supporting compliance‑driven environments.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with hyperconverged infrastructure platforms.
Experience producing operational standards, diagrams, and runbooks.
Familiarity with IT service design and infrastructure best practices.

Work Model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in our office in Blue Ash, Ohio. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.

Legal & Work Authorization

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Due to the nature of the work, U.S. citizenship or permanent residence may be required, along with eligibility to obtain a U.S. government security clearance.

About us
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.

Additional employment information
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.