Role:
Virtualisation Specialist – VMware & OpenShift
Location:
Melbourne (Remote)
Salary:$180k – $200k base plus superannuation
Are you a hands-on Virtualisation Specialist with deep expertise in VMware
and OpenShift Virtualization (CNV/KubeVirt)? This is your chance to join a high-performing team tackling complex migration and virtualization challenges in enterprise-scale environments.
Our global client is looking for someone with real-world experience
in migrating workloads from VMware to OpenShift Virtualization, who can design, implement, and troubleshoot at every layer of the stack. If you love solving tough problems and working at the cutting edge of cloud-native virtualization, we want to hear from you.
What You’ll Be Working On
- Designing, building, and managing OpenShift Virtualization (CNV/KubeVirt) environments.
- Leading and executing VM migrations from VMware vSphere to OpenShift using Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV).
- Tuning VM performance, storage, and networking to meet demanding workloads.
- Solving deep technical challenges across OpenShift, Kubernetes, storage, and networking stacks.
- Partnering with architects, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver smooth migration strategies.
- In-depth knowledge of OpenShift architecture and components.
- Experience with OpenShift CLI (oc), Operators, and troubleshooting.
- Solid grasp of Kubernetes fundamentals (pods, deployments, services, RBAC).
- Creating and managing VMs in OpenShift.
- VM templates, disk management, live migration, and tuning.
- Integrating KubeVirt seamlessly into OpenShift environments.
- Proven experience migrating VMs from VMware vSphere to OpenShift Virtualization.
- Familiarity with MTV architecture: source providers, migration plans, hooks.
- Planning and executing cold/warm migrations, cutover strategies, rollbacks.
- Troubleshooting migration failures and optimizing performance post-migration.
- Strong background in persistent storage ( Ceph, NFS, CSI drivers).
- Advanced networking: Multus CNI, SR-IOV, bridge interfaces.
- Designing and securing VM connectivity in hybrid environments.
- High-impact role driving virtualization transformation.
- Remote-friendly but Melbourne-based for collaboration.
- Competitive salary: $180k – $200k base.
- Work with a passionate, technically elite team solving complex problems.
