VMware Senior Technical Support Engineer (NSX)
Remote - Ireland or the UK
Spinnaker Support provides global enterprise software support, managed services, and project-based consulting to many of the world’s most recognized and respected brands. Founded in 2008, our customer focus, business integrity, exacting standards, and depth of expertise have earned us the trust and loyalty of over 1,300 organizations located in 104 countries. Our dedicated international team works closely with every customer to ensure they receive exceptional, customized services that clear the way for their operational success. Today, Spinnaker Support is proud to be the industry’s highest-rated provider for third‑party software support services for VMware, Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards and Microsoft.
We have an immediate need for an experienced VMware L3 Support Engineer:
The role is fully remote, but the candidate must be based in Ireland or the UK
Occasional after‑hours, weekends and holidays support for urgent customer issues
Must have excellent customer focus and communication, friendly interaction and passion to help customers with their software issues
Ability to troubleshoot customer issues in an environment where online and remotely connected to the customer’s systems
Work as part of a global team ensuring effective collaboration to help resolve customer issues in a 24×7 follow‑the‑sun support model
Drive customer satisfaction by tracking issues from start to closure, minimizing aging cases
Provide root‑cause analysis for technical issues when requested
Assist with creating and maintaining relevant knowledge articles
Work with other internal stakeholders as needed to enhance the overall customer experience
Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
Promote best practice and new methodologies
Minimum 5 years’ experience across VMware core technologies at a senior support level
Experience in handling critical customer situations
Knowledge of NSX‑T architecture: understanding Managers, Controllers, Transport Nodes, Edge Nodes, TEPs
Understanding of logical switching & routing: segment creation and management, Tier‑0 and Tier‑1 gateway design
Understanding of Distributed Firewall (DFW) and Gateway Firewall (GFW): micro‑segmentation, rule creation and optimization and grouping objects and policies
Understanding of Edge Services: load balancer configuration, NAT and VPN
Knowledge of VMware vSphere is mandatory. Hands‑on experience on vCenter, ESXi, VM networking and vDS (vSphere Distributed Switch)
Knowledge of REST API, cURL and Postman is mandatory. Understanding of the HTTP response code, able to craft REST API calls (GET, POST, PUT and DELETE)
Knowledge of certificates is needed. Understand the concept of self‑signed, CA certificates
Proficiency on Linux/UNIX is mandatory. Able to navigate the directories and filing system, to use shell commands in a troubleshooting environment
Proficiency in networking is mandatory. In‑depth understanding of L3 networking protocols including switching technologies, routing fundamentals, IP subnetting and address management, fire‑walling, load balancers, security trust zones, management networks, VPN and network design
Proficiency in packet capture/Wireshark is mandatory. Able to navigate through the complexity of the network virtualization
Familiarity with systems management concepts, processes and standards (e.g. SNMP); capacity/performance management and tuning; and storage and network management
Certifications required: Linux: LPIC‑1, LPIC‑2. Networking: CCNA, CCNP is a plus. VMware: VCP, VCP‑NV, VCAP‑NV is a plus
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