This position is a remote position with Home Office setup as determined by SHI management.
Role Description
- Performs low-level design and implementation work that may include architecture analysis and design, system migration, and systems engineering
- Responsible for the design and implementation of:
o VMware VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation), both Brownfield and Greenfield
o VMware VCF (Aria) Automation
o Automation and IaC technologies such as SaltStack, Terraform, or Ansible
o Proficiency in PowerShell, PowerCLI, and Javascript
o Server virtualization & operations
o vSAN, Storage, & SAN
o Disaster recovery
o VMware NSX and general virtual networking
o Backup & ransomware resiliency solutions
o Hyperconverged solutions
- Serve as the technical lead and subject matter expert on projects and workshops, overseeing the work of others and being accountable for the outcome of the project
- Collaborate with sales and presales teams in identifying and closing professional services opportunities through customer discovery and scoping meetings
- Configuration and upgrade services within our customers environments
- Serve as a mentor and provide guidance to other architects and consultants within the team
- Participate in pre-sales conversations, design, planning of services engagements
- Stay up to date and on top of top industry trends and offerings
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship in a pre-sales and post-sales capacity to support successful understanding, evaluation and adoption of offerings
- Demonstrate long-term thinking as it relates to our Infrastructure practice and customer engagements
Skill Level Requirements
- Proficiency in overseeing and directing projects to completion, ensuring goals are met, resources are utilized efficiently, and stakeholders are satisfied - Expert
- Ability to systematically identify, document, and manage the technical needs and specifications of a project by engaging with stakeholders and analyzing business objectives to ensure successful project outcomes - Expert
- Ability to define, design, build, and maintain robust systems and solutions by leveraging systems and infrastructure effectively - Expert
- Ability to write, debug, and maintain code in various scripting and programming languages to automate tasks and develop software solutions - Expert
- Ability to understand and manage various infrastructure components (firewalls, load balancers, hypervisors, storage, monitoring, security) and use orchestration tools to develop comprehensive technical solutions - Expert
- Ability to develop detailed Statements of Work (SOWs) and drive revenue growth through professional services engagements - Expert
- Extensive experience working on large scale IT projects related to design, deployment and configuration - Expert
Additional Requirements
- Ability to define, design, build, and maintain systems and solutions leveraging systems and infrastructure
- Strong troubleshooting skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organizational and project management skills
- Strong analytical and research skills
- Ability to guide other consultants within the team
- Strong project time management and communication skills
- Consultative approach to deploying enterprise architecture
- Certification in one or more of the following: VCIX, VCAP, VCP, VCDX, CCIE, VMCE
Other Requirements
- Completed Bachelor s Degree or relevant work experience
- 7+ years of experience in solutions architecture or working with infrastructure (blade chassis, and servers, hypervisors, storage and storage fabrics, backup solutions)
- 10+ years of experience with VMWare and associate product range in enterprise environments
- 8 - 10+ years of technical experience with increasing responsibility
- Willingness to travel occasionally
- Thorough understanding of virtualization technologies & software-defined datacenter
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