Senior / Lead VMware NSX Engineer

Job Description – Senior / Lead VMware NSX Engineer

Location: [Bangalore, Pune, Noida]

Job Type: [Full-time]

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior / Lead VMware NSX Engineer to design, implement, and manage advanced network virtualization solutions using VMware NSX. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise across NSX-T (preferred) and NSX-V, strong hands-on experience in enterprise datacenter environments, and the ability to lead complex transformation and migration initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Engineering

• Design and architect end-to-end VMware NSX-T (and/or NSX-V) solutions for multi-site, cloud, and software-defined datacenter environments.
• Develop logical and physical network designs including segments, T1/T0 routing, load balancing, distributed firewalling, and micro-segmentation.
• Lead NSX migrations, upgrades, and greenfield implementations.
• Integrate NSX with vSphere, vCenter, vSAN, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), Aria Suite, and public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).

Implementation & Operations

• Configure and deploy NSX components: transport nodes, edge nodes, overlay networks, Tiered routing, security policies, and service-defined firewalls.
• Implement micro-segmentation and distributed firewall policies, including application dependency mapping.
• Manage lifecycle activities such as patching, upgrades, scaling, and operational automation.
• Troubleshoot complex NSX networking issues across L2–L7 layers.

Security & Compliance

• Design and enforce zero-trust network security architectures using NSX micro-segmentation.
• Ensure compliance with security standards (NIST, CIS, PCI, HIPAA, etc.) as required.
• Work with security teams to integrate NSX policies with SIEM/SOAR and identity systems.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to junior engineers.
• Lead client discussions, workshops, architectural reviews, and solution presentations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including cloud, infrastructure, network, platform, and security teams.

Documentation & Process

• Develop detailed low-level and high-level documentation, operational guides, and design artifacts.
• Establish best practices, governance models, and operational runbooks for NSX environments.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 6–12+ years of experience in networking, virtualization, or cloud engineering.
• Strong hands-on expertise with VMware NSX-T Data Center (NSX-V also beneficial).
• Deep knowledge of:
  • Overlay networking (GENEVE), transport zones, segments
  • Tier-0/Tier-1 routing, BGP, OSPF
  • Distributed Firewall (DFW), Gateway Firewall, IDS/IPS
  • Load Balancing (L4–L7)
• Strong VMware ecosystem experience: vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, vSAN, VCF.
• Solid understanding of traditional networking: VLANs, VRF, MPLS, VPN, L2/L3 routing, NAT.
• Experience integrating NSX with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) is a plus.
• Expertise in automation using PowerCLI, Ansible, Python, or Terraform is preferred.
• Familiarity with modern DevOps and CI/CD processes is a plus.

Preferred Certifications

• VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization (VCP-NV)
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Network Virtualization (VCAP-NV Deploy/Design)
• Cisco CCNP/CCIE (optional but valuable)
• Any cloud certifications (AWS/Azure) are an added advantage.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and client-facing capabilities.
• Ability to lead teams, make technical decisions, and manage priorities independently.