Platform Administrator (VMware/OpenStack)

Location: Remote or based in Ontario, Canada

Salary: $65,000–$80,000 per year

Company

hirify.global builds and operates large-scale data centers for AI, colocation, cloud, and Bitcoin mining workloads.

What you will do

• Operate and continuously improve VMware public and private IaaS environments, including vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, NSX-T, vSAN, and VMware Cloud Director.
• Manage enterprise SAN storage, capacity planning, lifecycle operations, firmware upgrades, and vendor support activities.
• Deploy and maintain Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure and OpenStack platforms, including multi-tenant workload isolation and resource governance.
• Support Fortinet or Cisco firewall platforms, data center routing and switching, NAT, IPsec, and site-to-site VPNs.
• Manage Veeam and Zerto backup and disaster recovery solutions, including recovery policies, test restores, and DR exercises.
• Create platform documentation and runbooks, train operations teams, and act as the L3 escalation point for IaaS, BaaS, network, and DR incidents.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience with enterprise storage technologies and their integration with virtualization and backup platforms.
• At least 5 years of production experience with VMware technologies, including vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, NSX-T, vSAN, and VMware Cloud Director.
• Experience with OpenStack or comparable private cloud platforms, enterprise firewalls, and network technologies such as VLANs, VXLAN, OSPF, BGP, routing, switching, and load balancing.
• At least 5 years of experience with Veeam Backup & Replication and Zerto or similar disaster recovery solutions.
• Experience operating Windows and Linux workloads in virtualized and containerized environments.
• Hands-on scripting or programming experience, familiarity with database concepts, and knowledge of ITIL-aligned change, incident, and problem management.

Nice to have

• Experience with infrastructure as code and automation tools.
• College diploma or university degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid time off and a benefits and wellness program.
• Entrepreneurial environment focused on transparency, growth, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Opportunity to collaborate with professionals across technology, energy, engineering, finance, and consulting.
• Exposure to challenging infrastructure work at the intersection of technology, energy, and data centers.