IT Cloud Engineer | Remote, USA

About this role

Optiv is hiring an IT Cloud Engineer. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in VMware technologies (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, NSX, vSAN) and the ability to integrate those environments with modern cloud services. This position plays a key role in building scalable, secure, and cost-effective hybrid solutions while improving automation, monitoring, and operational efficiency.
This individual will work closely with infrastructure, security, and application teams to ensure a smooth migration process, maintain compliance standards, and support ongoing optimization of both VMware and cloud environments.

How you'll make an impact

• Design, deployment, and optimization of enterprise VMware environments (vSphere, vCenter, ESXi) supporting hybrid and cloud migration strategies
• Assess existing on-prem VMware workloads and develop migration strategies to AWS, Azure, or GCP (e.g., VMware Cloud on AWS, Azure VMware Solution, GCVE)
• Design and implement highly available, scalable, and secure hybrid cloud architectures leveraging VMware and native cloud services
• Deploy and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates for both VMware and cloud-native environments
• Manage and optimize core VMware components including clusters, storage (vSAN), networking (NSX), and disaster recovery solutions
• Support and optimize IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS integrations as part of cloud migration and modernization initiatives
• Ensure seamless connectivity and workload mobility between on-prem VMware environments and cloud platforms
• Lead end-to-end VMware workload migrations to the cloud, including discovery, assessment, planning, execution, and post-migration optimization
• Define migration patterns (rehost, refactor, re-platform) based on application dependencies and business requirements
• Coordinate with application, network, and security teams to ensure successful migration outcomes
• Troubleshoot complex hybrid environment issues across...