Note: Hands on experience in vSphere, VCF & VMware with banking domain experience.
In-person interview required
- 3 days in office (Mon or Fri + 2 days)
- VMware VSphere8 ; VCF 9 launched in June 2025 .
- Managing large estate of 400-500 SX servers
- Awareness of security and regulatory, governance environment
Job Description:
IAAS – Virtualization SME – Job Description
The VMware Virtualization SME provides expert level strategy, design, and 24 × 7 × 365 support for the Americas region virtualization platform. The role owns performance monitoring, automation, and continuous improvement of the VMware ecosystem—including VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (VCF 9), Aria Operations, vRealize Log Insight (VRLI), vRealize Network Insight (VRNI), NSX T, and vSAN—while pioneering AI driven operational models and cost optimization initiatives.
Required Experience & Qualifications (2026):
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
- 5-7 years of hands on experience designing, deploying, and supporting large scale VMware environments (vSphere 8+, NSX T, vSAN).
- Demonstrated experience migrating legacy VMware sites to VMware Cloud Foundation 9 or newer cloud native stacks.
- Strong automation background – expert level use of PowerCLI, vRealize Automation (vRA), Ansible, Terraform, and PowerShell/Python scripting.
- Hands on experience with the Aria Operations suite (formerly vRealize Operations), VRLI, and VRNI for log analytics and network insight.
- Solid understanding of enterprise storage (EMC/Isilon, Pure Storage, Dell/NetApp SAN, iSCSI), and how vSAN integrates with these platforms.
- Deep networking knowledge – TCP/IP fundamentals, VLANs, routing, and NSX T concepts (micro segmentation, distributed firewalls).
- Experience applying AI ops concepts: predictive monitoring, automated RCA, LLM driven chat ops, and intelligent capacity forecasting.
- Proven track record of cost optimisation (rights sizing VMs, leveraging spot/ephemeral instances, improving TCO).
- Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to influence senior stakeholders and mentor junior team members.
- Strong project management skills focused on outcome based results (Agile/ITIL preferred).
Desired Certifications & Skills:
- VMware Certified Professional – Cloud Management and Automation (VCP CMA)
- VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud Foundation (VCAP CF)
- ITIL Foundation / Managing Professional.
- Experience with Aria Operations and related APIs for custom automation.
