About this role
Company Description
We are a Digital Product Engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work at scale — across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (15000+ experts across 26 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We are looking for great new colleagues. That is where you come in!
Job Description
We are looking for a VCF Lead Architect to lead enterprise VMware modernization engagements, moving large vSphere 8 environments to VMware Cloud Foundation 9.x.
You will own the technical direction, define target architectures and migration roadmaps, and act as the lead technical advisor to client stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
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Assess multi-vCenter vSphere 8 environments, including Enhanced Linked Mode, Distributed Switch readiness and blockers to VCF adoption.
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Evaluate identity changes (Integrated Windows Authentication to LDAPS) and third-party backup compatibility with VCF.
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Produce compatibility baselines, risk registers and phased migration roadmaps.
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Define target-state ESXi boot and lifecycle architecture, including Auto Deploy, vSphere Lifecycle Manager images and UEFI HTTPS Boot.
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Guide client teams in designing and validating VCF lab environments (Holodeck), covering NSX, VCF Operations and lifecycle workflows.
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Lead client workshops, present findings to technical and leadership audiences, and review the work of other engineers on the team.
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Required Skills
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Hands-on VMware Cloud Foundation experience (VCF 5.x or later): SDDC Manager, management and workload domains, lifecycle management.
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Strong vSphere 8 architecture skills: vCenter, ESXi, ELM, DRS/HA, EVC and VDS.
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Working knowledge of NSX, VCF Operations (Aria Operations) and Active Directory over LDAPS.
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Proven experience writing assessment reports, architecture designs and migration roadmaps.
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Excellent communication skills in English for client-facing work. Good to Have
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Exposure to VCF 9.x or VMware Holodeck.
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Auto Deploy and stateless ESXi at scale.
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Experience with Rubrik or similar backup platforms.
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Experience in multi-vCenter consolidation projects.
Qualifications
- Must have skills: ESXi & LDAP, VMware, vSphere 8