Virtualization Infrastructure Architect

EEOC Statement

“Lifepoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”

You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

This Position is: Hybrid (Brentwood, TN)

Travel Requirements: Travel up to 10% (To facilities) 

Position Summary

The Virtual Infrastructure Architect is responsible for the architecture, design, and ongoing optimization of the organization’s virtual infrastructure environment, with a strong focus on VMware and Nutanix platforms, hyper‑converged infrastructure, and vRealize Operations (vROps). This role provides technical leadership for highly available, scalable, and secure virtual environments supporting mission‑critical business and clinical systems. The architect establishes standards, leads modernization initiatives, and partners closely with infrastructure, cloud, storage, network, and security teams.

Key Responsibilities Architecture & Design

• Lead the design and evolution of enterprise VMware vSphere environments, including ESXi, vCenter, and associated components.
• Architect and standardize hyper‑converged infrastructure (HCI) solutions (e.g., VMware vSAN‑based platforms) to support performance, resilience, and scalability requirements.
• Define reference architectures, standards, and best practices for virtual compute, storage, and management platforms.
• Ensure infrastructure designs align with organizational security, compliance, and availability requirements.

Operations & Optimization

• Own and optimize the use of vRealize Operations (vROps) for performance monitoring, capacity management, proactive alerting, and trend analysis.
• Establish and refine performance baselines, capacity models, and forecasting using vROps analytics.
• Identify and remediate performance bottlenecks, resource contention, and configuration risks across the virtual environment.
• Partner with operations teams to improve monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis.

Platform Engineering & Lifecycle Management

• Lead platform lifecycle activities including upgrades, patching strategies, hardware refreshes, and technology roadmaps.
• Evaluate new VMware and HCI capabilities and translate them into actionable implementation plans.
• Drive infrastructure automation and consistency through templating, standards, and repeatable build patterns.
• Support disaster recovery, business continuity, and high‑availability strategies across virtual platforms.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Act as a technical escalation point and mentor for infrastructure and operations teams.
• Collaborate with application, database, and cloud teams to align infrastructure capabilities with workload requirements.
• Participate in architecture reviews, technical review boards, and infrastructure governance processes.
• Provide clear documentation, diagrams, and executive‑level summaries for complex technical designs.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in enterprise infrastructure, with significant hands‑on experience in VMware and Nutanix based virtual environments.
• Strong expertise in VMware vSphere, vCenter, and related core components.
• Proven experience designing and supporting hyper‑converged infrastructure (HCI) solutions, including storage and performance considerations.
• Deep working knowledge of vRealize Operations (vROps) for monitoring, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Solid understanding of enterprise compute, storage, and networking concepts in virtualized environments.
• Experience supporting highly available, 24x7 production systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• VMware and Nutanix certifications (VCP, VCAP, NCP, NCA or equivalent).
• Experience integrating virtual infrastructure with public or hybrid cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with automation tools, scripting, or infrastructure‑as‑code concepts.
• Experience in regulated environments (e.g., healthcare, financial services) with strong uptime and compliance requirements.
• Strong documentation, presentation, and stakeholder communication skills.

Key Competencies

• Systems thinking and architectural problem solving
• Performance and capacity optimization mindset
• Strong operational discipline balanced with forward‑looking design
• Ability to translate technical detail into business‑relevant outcomes