How to become a Virtualisation Engineer
Systems administration
Designs and runs the virtualisation platform at an enterprise or government data centre.
There’s a page for this role in , with its licences and local details.
What the role does
Designs and runs the virtualisation platform at an enterprise or government data centre. Usually five to six years.
What a shift looks like
Office hours, with on-call. Platform design, upgrades, capacity and performance, and the hardest faults.
What employers call it
- VMware Engineer (enterprise)
- Server Engineer (Senior) (enterprise)
- Private Cloud Engineer (cloud and AI compute)
Skills
The level the role needs in each, on FacilityVR’s five levels from Aware to Authority.
Systems and virtualisation
- Administer a virtualisation platform Authority
- Install and patch a hypervisor host Leads others
- Patch and harden to a baseline Leads others
- Plan compute and storage capacity Leads others
- Run storage, backup and recovery Leads others
- Script systems tasks Leads others
Procedures and documents
- Work within change management Leads others
Leadership
- Coach and assess others Independent
Emergency response
- Recognise and report a suspected cyber incident Independent
Licences and credentials
Licences depend on the country you work in, and sometimes the state. The role’s page for Australia lists them there.
Ways in and ways on
From another data centre role
- From Virtualisation Administrator, typically 3 years
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Sources and licences
- Critical Facilities reference framework © Facility Labs. (CC BY 4.0)