Virtual Infrastructure - Senior Systems Engineer

Overview

Senior Systems Engineer on FactSet's Virtualization Team, managing the VMware vSphere estate and building and operating the Kubernetes-native virtualization platform (KubeVirt and Rancher Harvester) that underpins the internal developer platform.

What you'll do

• Administer and evolve the KubeVirt and Rancher Harvester hyperconverged infrastructure as part of the internal developer platform
• Design, deploy, and operate vSphere environments across data centers, offices, global POPs, and remote client locations
• Manage VM lifecycle across traditional and Kubernetes-native virtualization platforms, including live migration, capacity planning, and cluster maintenance
• Collaborate with platform and application teams to define and implement virtualization requirements for new and existing workloads
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve performance and stability issues across vSphere, KubeVirt, and Harvester environments
• Design and maintain distributed storage systems (VSAN, Longhorn) supporting VM and container workloads
• Automate infrastructure lifecycle management using PowerShell, PowerCLI, and Kubernetes-native tooling (Terraform, GitOps/ArgoCD/Flux)
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate automation development, improve runbooks, and enhance incident response workflows
• Create and maintain process documentation to ensure operational efficiency and availability
• Plan and execute capacity expansions across both legacy and cloud-native virtualization stacks

What you'll need

• 5+ years of experience with VMware vSphere/ESXi administration
• Foundational understanding of Kubernetes concepts and cluster operations, or strong motivation to develop this expertise
• Experience with PowerShell and PowerCLI scripting and automation
• Strong technical, analytical, and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize appropriately
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Nice to have

• Knowledge of AWS/GCP public cloud services and hybrid infrastructure patterns
• Experience with container platforms and container runtimes (containerd, Docker)
• Familiarity with observability tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, and log aggregation platforms
• Knowledge of TCP/IP networking, DNS, LAN/WAN, load balancers, and firewalls
• Experience with non-vSphere hypervisors (KVM, Xen) beyond KubeVirt contexts

Details

• Participate in a periodic 24x7 on-call rotation; global follow-the-sun strategy minimizes non-work hours interruptions
• Location: Hyderabad, India (DVS, SEZ-1 – Orion B4; FL 7, 8, 9, 11, Divyasree 3)