We’re seeking a hands-on Datacenter Lab & Infrastructure Engineer with strong experience in VMware administration to build, maintain, and optimize our on-prem lab environments. You’ll manage ESXi hosts, v. Center, virtual networking/storage configurations, and ensure reliable operation of lab workloads—while also supporting and troubleshooting local hardware (servers, storage, and network devices). Administer and maintain VMware v. Sphere (v. Center, ESXi hosts), including cluster configuration, resource pools, DRS/ HA, VM lifecycle management, and performance tuning. Configure VMware virtual networking (v. Switches, Distributed v. Switches, port groups, VLA - Ns) and virtual storage (datastores, VMFS/ NFS/i. SCSI). Deploy, snapshot, clone, and migrate V - Ms; maintain templates, baselines, and patch compliance. Monitor capacity, performance, and health across compute, storage, and virtualization layers; remediate issues proactively. Support local hardware: rack/stack servers, cable management, disk/ SSD replacements, NIC/ HBA swaps, RMA coordination, and firmware/ BIOS updates. An on-call/rotation for lab incidents and scheduled maintenance windows. Minimum Qualifications:5 years working with VMware v. Sphere/v. Center in a lab or datacenter setting. Experience with networking L 2 switching and L3 routing)Experience with hardware fundamentals: x 86 server architecture, RAID, IPMI/ ILO/ DRAC/ CIMC, especially UCS, and firmware lifecycles. Experience with monitoring tools (e.g., v. Realize Ops, native v. Sphere metrics, SolarWinds), incident triage, and root-cause analysis. Preferred Qualifications:VMware certifications (VCTA, VCP-DCV) or equivalent experience. Experience with v. SAN, Hyperflex, SR-IOV, GPU passthrough, or nested virtualization. Experience with Ansible/ Terraform for lab automation; Git-based workflow. Experience with hybrid connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect/ Express. Route), though this role is primarily on-prem.