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Principal Virtualization Systems Engineer

Location: 

Tempe, AZ, US

Date:  Aug 25, 2025

Requisition ID: 19210

 

Join us in building a better future for Arizona!

SRP is one of the largest public power and water utilities in the U.S. providing electricity to approximately one million customers in the greater metropolitan Phoenix area. Since its founding in 1903, SRP has fostered a culture of stewardship and customer service consistently ranking as an industry leader in customer service according to J.D. Power and named one of Arizona's best employers by Forbes. SRP continues to adapt to its changing business environment by seeking innovative ways to reimagine utility service and the provision of critical resources essential to the life and economy of Arizona.

 

Why Work at SRP

At SRP, we foster an inclusive work environment and believe everyone should have a fair chance to work, regardless of who they are. That’s why we value teams with diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds to help SRP deliver on its mission of providing reliable, affordable and sustainable water and power.

 

SRP's success is rooted in our employees' happiness, health, and safety. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and enhance their well-being. In addition to competitive pay and performance incentives, eligible employees can take advantage of the following benefits:

 

  • Pension Plan (at no cost to the employee)
  • 401(k) plan with employer matching
  • Available your first day: Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
  • Over 200+ hours of PTO (includes vacation days, holidays, floating holidays, and sick leave)
  • Parental leave (up to 4 weeks) and adoption assistance
  • Wellness programs (including access to a recreation and fitness facility)
  • Short and long-term disability plans
  • Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate programs
  • 10 Employee Resource Groups for career development, community service, and networking

 

Summary

Lead, design and support the virtual server environment hosted on-premises as well as in the cloud. The Principal Virtualization Systems Engineer works closely with the infrastructure teams and customers to create, manage and architect, the virtual server environments. This includes all areas of virtualization from backups and security to disaster recovery and high availability. This individual will need a high level of communication and problem-solving skills to guide and assist the team on issues related to the configuration and monitoring of mission-critical information systems maximizing service quality for the organization as measured through key indicators.

What You'll Do

  • Provide technical leadership in design, deployment & support of virtualization systems architecture to meet demands of the business across multiple data centers.
  • Evaluation and implementation of new emerging technologies (ex: hyper-converged infrastructure, Kubernetes container platform).
  • Develop technical strategy and solution for automation and self-service of server technologies.
  • Analyzes and recommends improvements to existing VMWare, vSAN, & Kubernetes environments to improve performance, usability, and customer experience across the enterprise.
  •  Works closely and leads team meetings with other infrastructure departments that are dependent on the virtual environment (Storage, Networking, Windows, Linux, Database) to automate common tasks, optimize performance, streamline processes, and troubleshoot issues.
  • Develop, maintain and create standards for documentation and diagrams related to builds, implementation procedures, and troubleshooting.
  • Provide technical leadership to help grow our other employees in these new technologies

What It Takes To Succeed

  • Extensive experience VMware, vSAN, vRealize suite of products (vROPs, vRA/vRO, LogInsight) is a must. Kubernetes and HPE Synergy experience is desired.
  • Ability to write simple to moderately complex scripts and programs for automation, tools, frameworks, dashboards, JavaScripts, REST API,  and PowerShell.
  • Guides others in resolving complex issues in own specialized area and solves complex problems with implications on cross-functional business processes and outcomes.
  • Serves as an advisor and applies knowledge of strategies that can be deployed within own function and discipline.
  • Applies working knowledge of the theories and concepts in other disciplines. May lead teams or projects with broad visibility.

Experience

A minimum of 10 years of related experience is required (if no degree, 14 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and related experience totaling 14 years). 

Education

A bachelor’s degree in a related field from an accredited institution is required and a master’s degree in the area of specialty is preferred.

 

Hybrid Workplace

SRP currently offers a hybrid workplace, which allows employees whose jobs can be performed remotely, and who have sufficient technical capability, to telework up to three days per week. Although teleworking is available, all employees must live and work in Arizona.

 

Drug/Alcohol Policy Statement

To promote the safety and well-being of our employees, customers, and the communities we serve, SRP is committed to maintaining a drug/alcohol free work environment. Although marijuana may now be legal in Arizona, except as otherwise specified under Arizona law, SRP considers it to be an illegal drug for the purpose of our drug/alcohol policy because marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. Any candidate found to be impaired during the hiring process or who has the presence of an illegal drug or unauthorized substance in their system during the pre-employment drug/alcohol test may be disqualified from further consideration in the hiring process.

 

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Salt River Project (SRP) is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state or local law.

 

Work Authorization

All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Currently, SRP does not sponsor H1B visas, OPT, or other employment-related visa's.

 


Nearest Major Market: Phoenix

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