Senior Software Engineer - Hypervisor

About Chubb
Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries and territories, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is defined by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb employs approximately 40,000 people worldwide. Additional information can be found at: www.chubb.com.

About Chubb India
At Chubb India, we are on an exciting journey of digital transformation driven by a commitment to engineering excellence and analytics. We are proud to share that we have been officially certified as a Great Place to Work® for the third consecutive year, a reflection of the culture at Chubb where we believe in fostering an environment where everyone can thrive, innovate, and grow
With a team of over 2500 talented professionals, we encourage a start-up mindset that promotes collaboration, diverse perspectives, and a solution-driven attitude. We are dedicated to building expertise in engineering, analytics, and automation, empowering our teams to excel in a dynamic digital landscape. We offer an environment where you will be part of an organization that is dedicated to solving real-world challenges in the insurance industry. Together, we will work to shape the future through innovation and continuous learning.

Position Details
•    Job Title:  Senior Software Engineer – Hypervisor 
•    Function/Department: Technology
•    Location:Bengaluru
•    Employment Type:Full-time

Position Summary:

Chubb is seeking an experienced Virtualization Engineer to join our growing Global Hypervisor chapter, providing support for VMware vSphere environments servicing both Virtual Servers (VSI) and Virtual Desktop (VDI) systems.  The Virtualization Engineer would require a minimum of 5+ years of directly related experience supporting VMware vSphere environments. 

 

Seeking motivated technical professionals who specialize in providing support for enterprise level VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF/vSphere) infrastructure and related services, focusing on stability and performance.  The position holder will be primarily focused on performing operational functions of Chubb’s Virtual Infrastructure environment; activities include but not limited to the support and maintenance of multiple VCF & vCenter environments, monitoring, alerting, availability, VM resource and performance management.

 

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Investigation and diagnosis of incidents and problems relating to VMware Cloud Foundation 
  (VCF), Aria/vRealize Suite, and vSphere Infrastructure and Virtual Machines.
• Analyze, authorize, and implement VM resource (Compute and Storage) requests.
• Participate in a follow the sun operational model supporting and maintaining the VMware Virtual Infrastructure.
• Provide on-call and after-hours support to address incidents, maintain infrastructure and support operational efforts.
• Provide training and mentorship to junior team members. Train team members in best practices and act as subject matter expert and escalation contact for infrastructure related issues.
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability. Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs.
• Define, monitor and enforce the capacity and performance standards, metrics and thresholds and help build the instrumentation to effectively manage the environment.
• Work closely with network, security, development, application and support teams in the implementation of infrastructure components that support emerging technologies and applications.
• Automate operational, monitoring, and integrity verification processes (e.g., runbooks) for hardware, server, and system resources and processes.
• Implement common preventive maintenance practices for Dell PowerEdge hardware and VMware software suites.
• Ensure that system improvements and changes are implemented and monitor effects of the modifications.
• Help Identify and manage risks within the Virtual Infrastructure.
• Produce and maintain operat…