SME Compute & Virtualization -VMware
About the Role
As a Compute & Virtualization SME, you will play a critical role in maintaining and optimizing enterprise virtualization platforms across VMware and Microsoft ecosystems. You will be responsible for diagnosing complex infrastructure issues, ensuring high availability, and maintaining performance across virtualized environments.
Working within Cognizant’s infrastructure and cloud services teams, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver stable, scalable, and resilient virtualization platforms that support business-critical workloads.
In This Role, You Will:
- Resolve host and cluster failures across VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V environments
- Troubleshoot and fix HA and DRS issues, including failed failovers and VM placement problems
- Diagnose CPU, memory, and storage performance bottlenecks affecting virtual machines
- Roll back or remediate hypervisor patches when incidents or instability occur
- Investigate and resolve datastore connectivity issues, including APD, PDL, and SCSI errors
- Monitor and enforce capacity limits and resource allocation across clusters and resource pools
- Define and implement minimal operations agreements for degraded or failure scenarios
- Ensure platform stability, resilience, and adherence to operational best practices
- Collaborate with storage, network, and cloud teams to resolve cross-domain infrastructure issues
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. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programmes.
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.
What You Need to Have to Be Considered
- 5+ years of experience in enterprise virtualization environments
- Strong expertise in VMware vSphere (ESXi, vCenter) including HA, DRS, vMotion, and troubleshooting
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Hyper-V, including failover clustering, Live Migration, and SCVMM
- Proficiency with performance monitoring and troubleshooting tools such as esxtop, vRealize/Aria Operations, and Windows Perfmon
- Solid understanding of storage technologies including VMFS, NFS, iSCSI, and Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
- Experience with PowerCLI and/or PowerShell scripting for automation and operational efficiency
- Strong troubleshooting mindset with the ability to resolve complex infrastructure issues under pressure
- Understanding of enterprise infrastructure dependencies across compute, storage, and networking
These Will Help You Stand Out
- Experience working in large-scale, multi-cluster enterprise environments
- Exposure to hybrid cloud or cloud-integrated virtualization platforms
- Familiarity with automation and infrastructure-as-code practices
- Experience in incident management and root cause analysis (RCA) in production environments
- Knowledge of ITIL processes and service management frameworks
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.
What We Offer (Netherlands)
At Cognizant Netherlands, we provide an environment that supports both your professional and personal growth:
- Competitive salary
- NS business card
- Technology-driven and innovative work environment
- Open and collaborative team culture
- International and diverse workplace
Contact the Recruiter
Megha Nagpal
[email protected]
+31 6 2715 5643
Sobre a Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) é uma construtora de IA e fornecedora de serviços de tecnologia, criando a ponte entre o investimento em IA e o valor para as empresas por meio do desenvolvimento de soluções de IA completas para nossos clientes. Nossa profunda experiência em setores, processos e engenharia nos permite incorporar o contexto único de cada organização em sistemas tecnológicos que potencializam a capacidade humana, geram resultados tangíveis e mantêm empresas globais à frente em um mundo em rápida transformação. Saiba mais em cognizant.ai ou @cognizant.
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A Cognizant é uma empregadora que investe em equidade. Sua candidatura não será pautada em raça, cor, gênero, sexualidade, credo, origem, deficiência, gravidez ou qualquer outra característica protegida pelas leis brasileiras.
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