Senior Infrastructure Engineer (VMware / Data Center / DR) – Contract
📍 Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)
🏢 Data Center Access: Edison, NJ (Iron Mountain – approx. monthly visits)
⏳ Contract Length: 6–12 months (urgent requirement)
🕒 Engagement Type: Contract
🚨 Start: ASAP
Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer on a contract basis to support a mission-critical on-prem and data center infrastructure environment. This is an urgent requirement, with the client looking to onboard the right consultant quickly.
The role is heavily focused on VMware administration, physical server management, Cisco infrastructure, and Disaster Recovery, supporting both Production (data center) and DR (on-prem) environments.
This position suits a hands-on senior engineer with 13–15+ years of infrastructure experience, strong ownership mentality, and deep expertise across virtualization, storage, DR, and core Microsoft technologies.
Key Responsibilities
Virtualisation & Compute
Administer and manage a large VMware environment, including:
Security patching
Version upgrades
Performance monitoring and optimisation
Manage and support physical servers across:
Production data center (Iron Mountain – NJ)
On-prem Disaster Recovery environment (NY office)
Cisco Infrastructure
Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot:
Cisco UCS X
Cisco UCS Manager
Ensure stability, performance, and lifecycle management of compute infrastructure
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
Own Disaster Recovery operations, including:
Zerto administration
Execution of annual DR testing
Recovery planning, validation, and reporting
Maintain DR readiness across on-prem environments
Storage Management
Manage and support storage platforms including:
Production: Pure Storage (iSCSI all-flash)
DR:
2 × HP MSA all-flash arrays
QNAP (primary backup target)
DAS
Perform storage monitoring, maintenance, and optimisation
Backup, Restore & Patch Management
Manage native backup and restore operations
Configuration Manager patching and maintenance
Ensure data protection best practices are followed
Microsoft & Identity Services
Administer Active Directory infrastructure
Support Exchange / O365 hybrid environment
2 on-prem Exchange servers (latest version)
SQL Server (Basic Administration)
Support SQL Servers hosted on an on-prem cluster:
Database maintenance
Performance monitoring
Indexing, query tuning, and configuration optimisation
End User & Application Platforms
Support VDI backend infrastructure:
Omnissa Horizon
2 gateways
2 RDS hosts
~150 virtual desktops
Support application servers including:
Internal business application servers
(Exposure to WSO application servers is a plus but not mandatory – training can be provided)
Required Experience & Skills
13–15+ years of hands-on infrastructure engineering experience
Deep expertise in VMware administration
Strong experience managing physical servers and data center infrastructure
Solid hands-on experience with Cisco UCS / UCS Manager
Proven experience running DR environments and Zerto
Strong storage experience across enterprise storage arrays
Working knowledge of:
Active Directory
Exchange / O365
SQL Server administration (support-level)
VDI backend platforms
Comfortable operating in production-critical environments
Able to work independently and take full ownership of infrastructure
Nice to Have
Experience with Omnissa Horizon (VDI)
Exposure to financial services or regulated environments
Experience supporting internally developed or niche application platforms
Work Pattern
Primary location: New York office
Data center travel: Edison, NJ (typically once per month)
Hybrid working with hands-on infrastructure access as required
Why This Role
Critical, high-impact infrastructure ownership
Senior-level responsibility without unnecessary bureaucracy
Immediate need – strong chance of extension for the right consultant
Opportunity to stabilise and improve a complex on-prem environment