DevOps Engineer ( VMware vSphere/ESXi )

• 4+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or similar roles with hands-on

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• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling - Terraform for VM provisioning, Packer for VM templating, and Ansible for configuration management, including writing and maintaining roles, modules, and playbooks in a team setting with PR-based review

• Practical experience deploying and managing workloads on at least two of: VMware vSphere/ESXi, AWS, Azure, GCP, or Proxmox, with a solid understanding of VM lifecycle, networking, and snapshots

• Working knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift) is a plus

• Linux system administration skills, including shell scripting (and/or Python), for automating provisioning and configuration tasks

• Comfort building and consuming REST APIs, and working in a platform where provisioning is driven programmatically rather than through manual console steps

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git/GitHub), including pull-request-based contribution and peer review workflows

• A collaborative engineering mindset - writing environment definitions, playbooks, or modules that other engineers across the organization will read, reuse, and build on

• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills, with experience using monitoring/observability tooling (e.g., Splunk, Grafana, Nagios) to validate environment health and performance.

• Experience supporting enterprise-scale virtualization deployments (e.g., VMware Horizon, App Volumes, vSphere) across regulated or large client environments.

• Enough security domain knowledge to build environments that are meaningful for detection engineering and SOC workflows - exposure to attack scenarios, incident response, or threat-informed defence is valued

• Experience with Windows Active Directory environments - designing, deploying, or troubleshooting AD, DNS, DHCP, and Windows Server infrastructure - is a strong plus.

• Background in incident and change management practices, including pre-production review steps to minimize downtime

• Cloud certifications (e.g., AWS SysOps, Terraform Associate) or virtualization certifications (e.g., VCP/VCAP/VCIX)

• Design and build

(cloud, on-prem, or hybrid)

• Create

including controllers, agents, databases, and endpoint systems

• Support a variety of vendor deployment models (SaaS, VM-based, containerized)

• Ensure lab environments are

• Build and manage environments using

• Develop

for repeatable lab setups

• Maintain

• Version control infrastructure and configurations using Git-based workflows

• Ability to build and consume

• Configure and troubleshoot:

• Virtual networks, subnets, routing

• Load balancers, NAT gateways, VPNs

• Firewall and proxy configurations

• Simulate enterprise scenarios such as:

• Restricted/segmented networks

• Multi-region or cross-tenant deployments

• Support integration workflows involving:

• REST/GraphQL APIs

• Webhooks and event-driven systems (Kafka, Event Hub, MQTT)

• Enable testing of:

• Authentication (OAuth2, API keys, certificates)

• Failure scenarios, retries, and rate limits

• Build

• Implement

(e.g., ELK, Grafana, Azure Monitor)

• Provide debugging support through:

• Traffic inspection tools

• API tracing and log correlation

• Assist teams in

• Ensure

, including:

• Credential and secrets management (e.g., Key Vault, Vault)

• Network isolation and access control

• Enforce adherence to internal security and compliance policies

• Partner with engineering, product, and external vendors to support integrations

• Create and maintain:

• Setup guides

• Architecture diagrams

• Runbooks and troubleshooting documentation

• Enable

Arctic Wolf recognizes that success comes from delighting our customers, so we work together to ensure that happens every day. We believe in diversity and inclusion, and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization. And we appreciate that - by protecting people's and organizations' sensitive data and seeking to end cyber risk - we get to work in an industry that is fundamental to the greater good.

We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program. We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance. See more about our Pack Unity here .

We also believe and practice corporate responsibility, and have recently joined the Pledge 1% Movement, ensuring that we continue to give back to our community. We know that through our mission to End Cyber Risk we will continue to engage and give back to our communities.

All wolves receive compelling compensation and benefits packages, including:

• Equity for all employees

• Flexible annual leave, paid holidays and volunteer days

• Training and career development programs

• Comprehensive private benefits plan including medical insurance for you and your family, life insurance (3x compensation), and personal accident insurance.

• Fertility support and paid parental leave

Arctic Wolf is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law. Arctic Wolf is committed to fostering a welcoming, accessible, respectful, and inclusive environment ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. As such, we strive to make our entire experience as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for candidates and employees with disabilities and/or other specific needs where possible. Please let us know if you require any accommodation by emailing recruiting@arcticwolf.com.   View our Hiring Page to learn more about our application process.

• Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with AWN's Information Security policies, standards, processes, and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of AWN business information (in accordance with our employee handbook and corporate policies).

• Background checks are required for this position.

• This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR").  Please note that, if applicable, an offer for employment will be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export control laws and regulations.