VMware VCF Architect

Role: VMware VCF Architect

Location: Remote Work From Home

Role Type: Contract to Hire

*** Must have Demonstratable experience with 2 or more of the following VMware Products: Aria Operations, Aria Automation, Aria Operations for Logs, Aria Lifecycle, NSX Advanced Load Balancer, vDefend, NSX, vSphere, vSAN,or VKS.

What will you be doing?

As an Architect within Arganteal, focused on the VMware VCF platform, you will be working on exciting infrastructure driven projects for Fortune 500 customers across all verticals. Our global infrastructure planning and deployment services deliver thousands of projects each year. From employing our methodologies at hundreds of sites to leveraging complete enterprise design services, customers trust our infrastructure experts to assess the technology they have today and design the solutions they need for tomorrow.

What is the Solutions Consulting & Engineering Team and why join?

Solutions Consulting & Engineering is an organization that is customer-focused and solutions-led. We deliver end-to-end and emerging solutions to drive customer satisfaction and increase profitability and growth. Our world-class management consulting, delivery excellence, and engineering brilliance enable our success. We embody the one team mindset by bringing the right talent at the right time from anywhere within Arganteal to solve our customers' problems. Our goal is to bring together business acumen with full-stack technical know-how to develop innovative solutions for our clients' most complex challenges.

What will you be doing?

Your primary objective is to support Infrastructure Services through maintaining a high level of technical expertise across the VMware VCF platform, supporting delivery teams and engineers in the design and deployment of VCF services, and serving as an escalation point for delivery engineers. You will also be responsible for assisting with the introduction of new VCF services, including development and documentation of roadmaps, HLD and LLD designs, deployment methodologies, and working with delivery teams to further refine and develop these capabilities in the field.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for the development of discovery, planning, design and implementation services of VMware's Cloud Foundation (VCF) technologies

Pre/Post sales consultant to Arganteal's Enterprise clients.

Create High-Level and Low-Level designs of Private and Hybrid Cloud environments utilizing industry best practices

Translate business outcomes to technical solutions

Provide technical guidance and support to delivery engineers throughout all phases of a project including Project Launch Workshops, design, migrations, deployments cuts, lessons learned, etc. as needed

Review client deliverables to identify opportunities to improve quality through training, mentoring, product offering improvements, and talent acquisition

Monitor environmental performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed

Conduct research on VMware products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the data center and networking industries

Access the technical level of effort (LOE) required to deliver solutions and help develop Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)

Serve as an escalation point for troubleshooting of customer environments

QUALIFICATIONS:

Must have at least 7 years of experience designing, deploying, and implementing large Enterprise Private and Hybrid Cloud solutions, with a heavy focus on VMware.

Current VCF 9 Certification(s) or ability to obtain VCF 9.0 Admin or Architecture certification within 90 days of employment

Demonstratable experience with 2 or more of the following VMware Products: Aria Operations, Aria Automation, Aria Operations for Logs, Aria Lifecycle, NSX Advanced Load Balancer, vDefend, NSX, vSphere, vSAN,or VKS.

Exceptional communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation), especially in presenting to an executive audience

Passion for identifying and cultivating new business opportunities

Experience developing original content (PowerPoint and blog articles)

Ability to work independently and in a team environment to produce outstanding results

Superior organizational, conflict resolution, and time management skills

Strong business and technical acumen

Self-Motivated to maintain up-to-date knowledge of new technologies

VMware partner post-sales consulting experience strongly preferred.

Able to conduct research into technical issues and products as required.

Able to effectively prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment.

Strong customer service orientation with proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Related degree in computer science or electrical engineering and/or seven to ten years equivalent technical experience.