Description and Overview
The VCF Design and Deploy Architect will work directly with customers to understand business requirements, and design a VCF9 architecture. This role focuses on high-level and low-level solution architecture and design leadership, ensuring that deployments align with VMware best practices and customer goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead design workshops and discovery sessions with customer stakeholders.
- Develop architecture diagrams, business requirements, high-level, low-level designs for VCF 9.
- Define workload domain strategy, NSX design, vSAN policies, Fleet management, SDDC Manager integration.
- Provide input to transformation roadmaps and migration strategies from legacy vSphere/VCF.
- Collaborate with oversight architects, consultants, project managers, and partner teams to ensure designs are executed effectively.
- Review and approve design artifacts, ensuring alignment with VMware reference architectures.
- Act as a trusted advisor to customer executives and technical leads.
Required Skills & Experience
- 8+ years VMware experience
- Hands-on experience designing VMware Cloud Foundation 5x / 9x solutions.
- Training in VCF 9 (hands-on preferred).
- Deep technical knowledge of VCF, including vSphere architecture, NSX, vSAN, and VCF Automation and VCF Operations.
- Strong communication and presentation skills for both technical and executive audiences.
- Hybrid cloud experience (VMC on AWS, or Azure VMware Solution, or Google Cloud VMware Engine).
- Familiarity with VCF Suite, containerization, and enterprise automation strategies.
Certifications
- VMware Cloud Foundation Architect (2V0-13.25)
Skills Checklist
Core Design Capabilities
Customer Engagement
Requirements & Documentation
Migration & Lifecycle
Technical Knowledge
Collaboration
Rate:
Not specified
Location:
Remote
IR35 Status:
Not specified
Remote Status:
Remote
Industry:
IT
Seniority Level:
Senior