Sr. VCF Operations Consultant

Details:

The VCF Operations Senior Consultant will implement architecture designs, configure dashboards, policies, super metrics, alerts, symptoms, custom views, and reports tailored to customer requirements, and ensure monitoring is operationalized for Day-2 activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy and configure VCF Operations in customer VCF 9 environments.
• Integrate VCF Operations with vSphere, NSX, vSAN, and other integration components as needed.
• Build and validate dashboards, alerts, and reports based on design specifications.
• Build notification rules and integrate with ticketing systems as needed/supported.
• Troubleshoot integration issues and optimize monitoring performance.
• Document build steps, dashboards, and policies for customer reference.
• Provide knowledge transfer and operational handoff to customer teams.
• Work closely with the VCF Operations Architect to ensure design objectives are met.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years VMware consulting or delivery experience.

• Hands-on experience implementing and configuring VCF Operations (vROps).

• Familiarity with VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 and exposure to VCF 9.

• Strong technical knowledge of vSphere, NSX, and vSAN.

• Experience with creating custom dashboards, policies, super metrics, alerts, symptoms, custom views, and reports for enterprise customers.

• Familiarity with compliance reporting and capacity forecasting in enterprise environments.

  • Experience integrating VCF Operations with third-party tools or APIs.

Certifications

• • Preferred - VMware Certified Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator (2V0-17.25)
  • Optional - VMware Cloud Foundation Architect (2V0-13.25)

Skills Checklist

Hands-On Deployment

• Deploy and configure VCF Operations in VCF 9
• Install and configure management packs (vSphere, NSX, vSAN)
• Integrate with VMware Cloud Foundation components
• Configure high availability and clustering
• Perform post-deployment validation and testing

Configuration & Implementation

• Build custom dashboards based on design specifications
• Configure alerting policies and notification rules
• Implement capacity reports and forecasting views
• Create custom metrics and super metrics
• Configure RBAC and user access policies

Integration Activities

• Integrate VCF Operations with vSphere, NSX, vSAN
• Configure data collection and adapter instances
• Integrate third-party monitoring tools and APIs
• Set up CMDB and ticketing system integration
• Validate data flow and metric collection

Troubleshooting & Optimization

• Diagnose integration and configuration issues
• Optimize monitoring performance and data collection
• Resolve dashboard and alerting problems
• Analyze logs and perform root cause analysis
• Tune policies and thresholds for accuracy

Documentation & Knowledge Transfer

• Document build steps and configuration procedures
• Create dashboard and policy documentation
• Build operational runbooks for Day-2 activities
• Conduct knowledge transfer sessions with customer teams
• Provide operational handoff and support materials

Reporting & Analytics

• Configure capacity planning and forecasting reports
• Build compliance and governance dashboards
• Create executive-level summary views
• Implement cost optimization and right-sizing reports
• Configure custom reports per customer requirements

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with VCF Operations Architect
• Execute build plans per architecture specifications
• Align with customer operational teams
• Professional customer-facing communication
• Coordinate with project manager on deliverables

Technical Foundations

• VCF 5.2+ hands-on experience with VCF 9 exposure
• Strong vSphere, NSX, and vSAN knowledge
• Understanding of monitoring best practices
• Scripting for automation (PowerShell, Python)
• Enterprise operations and ITIL familiarity