HDR

Technology

VCFPlatformEngineerLead

$111–198k Folsom, Colorado, United States; Denver, Colorado, United States; Englewood, Colorado, United States; Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; St. Paul, Minnesota, United States; Pennington, New Jersey, United States; Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, United States; Olympia, Washington, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
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The Brief

“VCF Platform Engineer Lead at HDR. Skills: VCF Platform Engineering, Private Cloud Hosting, Automation Strategy, Technical Leadership. Provide technical leadership for VCF platform. Own technical vision for private cloud hosting”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Incident response; Troubleshooting

Eligibility Requirements

On-call flexibility, Reachable during off-hours

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10 years experience infrastructure, 10 years experience virtualization, 10 years experience platform engineering, 10 years experience private cloud architecture, 10 years experience private cloud operations, Knowledge of virtualization systems, Knowledge of public cloud technologies, Knowledge of private cloud technologies, Knowledge of datacenter operations, Proven experience leading enterprise-scale platform operations, Proven experience leading enterprise-scale platform transformation, Understanding of automation, Understanding of IaC, Understanding of orchestration, Understanding of API-driven infrastructure management, Experience with private cloud ecosystems, Experience with hosting service ecosystems, Experience with monitoring tools, Experience with logging tools, Experience with security tools, Experience with backup/recovery tools, Experience with automation tools, Experience with service integration tools, Strong track record designing operational models, Strong track record designing engineering standards, Demonstrated ability to lead across organizational boundaries, Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction, Experience in technical mentoring, Experience in governance, Experience in roadmap development, Experience leading others in critical situations, Experience teaching others, Experience coaching others

Nice to Have

Advanced VMware certifications, Advanced cloud certifications, Advanced platform certifications, Hybrid cloud platforms experience, Tanzu experience, Kubernetes experience, Private cloud service catalogs experience, Familiarity with financial considerations, Familiarity with operational considerations, Capacity forecasting experience, Service tiers experience, Platform standardization experience, Experience leading adoption of observability, Experience leading adoption of self-service, Experience leading adoption of compliance automation, Experience leading adoption of platform reliability practices, Exposure to architectural governance, Exposure to infrastructure strategy leadership

What You'll Do.

Provide technical leadership for VCF platform

Own technical vision for private cloud hosting

Lead design of advanced VCF capabilities

Lead adoption of ecosystem tooling

Lead adoption of integrated private cloud services

Establish engineering patterns for platform lifecycle management

Establish engineering patterns for self-service enablement

Establish engineering patterns for standard hosting offerings

Establish engineering patterns for policy-driven automation

Oversee complex upgrades

Oversee platform transformations

Oversee high-severity incident response

Define automation strategy

Mature automation strategy

Drive platform integration with security

Drive platform integration with monitoring

Drive platform integration with backup

Drive platform integration with disaster recovery

Drive platform integration with CMDB

Drive platform integration with ITSM

Partner with management on roadmap planning

Partner with architecture leaders on roadmap planning

Partner on investment priorities

Partner on technical risk reduction

Partner on service maturity

Set standards for operational excellence

Set standards for reliability

Set standards for support readiness

Set standards for engineering quality

Coach senior engineers

Lead technical decision-making

Serve as escalation point for complex platform issues

Influence hosting service design

Represent platform domain in initiatives

Involve in datacenter modernization

Involve in hybrid cloud initiatives

Involve in platform engineering initiatives

Involve in infrastructure transformation initiatives

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Management and architecture leaders; Cross-functional initiatives; Internal consumers

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Watch Our Story: ' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'  Provide technical leadership for the VCF private cloud platform, including operational strategy, engineering standards, and service direction. Own the technical vision for private cloud hosting services built on VCF, including scalability, resiliency, automation, and supportability. Lead design and adoption of advanced VCF platform capabilities, ecosystem tooling, and integrated private cloud services. Establish engineering patterns for platform lifecycle management, self-service enablement, standard hosting offerings, and policy-driven automation. Oversee complex upgrades, platform transformations, and high-severity incident response as senior technical lead. Define and mature automation strategy across provisioning, compliance, patching, lifecycle, observability, and recovery operations. Drive platform integration with security, monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, CMDB, ITSM, and other enterprise service components. Partner with management and architecture leaders on roadmap planning, investment priorities, technical risk reduction, and service maturity. Set standards for operational excellence, reliability, support readiness, and engineering quality across the platform team. Coach senior engineers, lead technical decision-making, and serve as the escalation point for the most complex platform issues. Influence hosting service design for internal consumers, including service tiers, automation standards, availability targets, and lifecycle policies. Represent the platform domain in cross-functional initiatives involving datacenter moderniza

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