We are seeking a Senior VMware Core Automation Engineer to design, implement, and manage automated solutions within our VMware environment, enhancing efficiency and performance. As an employee at Thomson Reuters, you will play a role in shaping and leading the global knowledge economy. Our technology drives global markets and helps professionals around the world make decisions that matter.
About the Role:
In this opportunity as Senior Systems Engineer, you will:
Design and deploy Automation Infra for VMware enterprise environments.
Develop and manage automation scripts and workflows for VMware environments (vSphere, vCenter, ESXi) using tools like PowerCLI, Ansible, Python and other automation frameworks.
Knowledge on vRA, vRO, and vROps.
Working knowledge on VMware API and SNOW API environments.
Knowledge on GitHub repository
Understanding the product architecture, existing automation frameworks/tools, and release process
Automation execution and triage results
Enhance the automation framework, Automation of functional tests
Collaboratively work across other functional teams, Architects, Product Managers, and Business stakeholders to identify the technical and functional needs of systems.
Infrastructure Management:
Should be willing to provide 24x7 support and manage VMware infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance.
Vulnerability Management, Patch Management.
Troubleshooting complex issues.
Experience leading recovery from major incidents
Logical and methodical approach to problem solving.
Participate in root cause analysis for incidents as appropriate.
Disaster Recovery: Automate backup and disaster recovery processes.
Solution Architecture: Provide architectural solutions to develop Self-Service Portals and infrastructure automation.
Opportunity Identification:Identify and implement automation orchestration opportunities across the organization.
Integration: Integrate ServiceNow with VMware infrastructure to streamline IT service management and operations.
Documentation:Maintain comprehensive documentation of automation scripts, workflows, and procedures.
About you:
You're Fit for the role of Senior Software Engineer, If your background includes:
Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, or a related field.
6+ years of VMware experience, with a focus on automation.
Proficient in scripting and automation tools (Python, PowerCLI, Ansible, etc.).
Proficient in using GitHub, and API (VMware and ServiceNow)
Strong understanding of VMware technologies and virtual infrastructure.
Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
VMware certification (e.g., VCP) is preferred.
Knowledge of Pure Storage will be an added advantage.
BusinessRequirements:
Work closely with internal customers to understand needs, technology landscape, and changing requirements.
Develop a solid understanding of Thomson Reuters product lines and supported technologies.
Understand internal business processes and how they affect the Corporation.
Understand strategic vision at the project level. Help form and implement project strategy.
Translate business requirements into technical solutions.
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What's in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected
Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
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