About the role
Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence . As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster. We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI. We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services. If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe. About This Role Crusoe is seeking a Staff VMware Administrator/Systems Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our enterprise virtualization and hybrid cloud environments. You will be responsible for the health, security, and scalability of our mission-critical infrastructure, leveraging modern DevOps practices and automation to minimize manual intervention. What You’ll Be Working On Infrastructure Design & Orchestration: Architect and deploy robust VMware solutions (ESXi, vCenter, vSAN) ensuring high availability and scalability. Hybrid Cloud Integration: Manage seamless integration between on-premises data centers. Lifecycle Management: Oversee the migration to subscription-based models (e.g., VMware Cloud Foundation) and manage product suite updates. Automation: Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using PowerCLI, Temporal, Terraform, or Ansible to automate provisioning and patching. Performance & Observability: Develop and utilize AI-powered monitoring tools (e.g., VMware Aria Operations) to predict performance bottlenecks and ensure maximum uptime. Security & Compliance: Implement zero-trust principles and system hardening to meet industry standards like NIST or STIGs. What You’ll Bring to