Principal VMware Consultant

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior VMware Architect to lead strategy, architecture, and delivery across private, hybrid, and multi‑cloud environments. This role blends deep hands‑on VMware expertise with consulting leadership — shaping platform strategy, designing enterprise‑grade architectures, and guiding teams through complex transformations.

You will work across vSphere/ESXi, vSAN, NSX‑T, Aria/vRealize, SRM, HCX, VMware Cloud on AWS/Azure/GCP, and Tanzu/Kubernetes. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable advising executives, producing HLD/LLD documentation, and leading technical delivery from discovery through steady state.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Advisory

• Lead assessment workshops to baseline current‑state infrastructure, operations, cost, and risk
• Define target‑state SDDC and hybrid cloud strategy
• Build business cases (TCO/ROI), migration waves, and investment plans
• Present recommendations to senior leadership and architecture review boards
• Establish governance, landing zones, guardrails, and operating models

Architecture & Design

• Develop high‑level and low‑level designs (HLD/LLD)
• Create capacity, resilience, and DR models (HA, RPO/RTO)
• Define security reference architectures (micro‑segmentation, zero‑trust)
• Architect hybrid cloud and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) solutions

Delivery Leadership

• Lead discovery, POCs, pilots, and phased migrations
• Direct cross‑functional teams (network, security, storage, DevOps)
• Coach engineers on best practices and automation
• Establish IaC patterns using PowerCLI, Terraform, Ansible

Operations, Reliability & Security

• Define SRE/operational runbooks, monitoring, observability, and lifecycle management
• Implement DR/BCP using SRM and backup integrations
• Drive cost optimization and license posture management
• Partner with security, audit, and compliance teams

Stakeholder Engagement & Pre‑Sales

• Translate technical decisions into business outcomes
• Produce C‑level decks, design packs, and decision logs
• Support RFP/RFI responses, sizing, and solution estimation

Required Technical Skills

• vSphere/ESXi, vCenter, vSAN
• NSX‑T
• Aria/vRealize Suite
• SRM, HCX
• Tanzu/Kubernetes
• Hybrid cloud (on‑prem + VMware Cloud on AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Network overlays, egress controls, cost‑aware architectures
• VMware ESXi & vCenter (8/9)
• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
• VMware Lifecycle Manager

Preferred Qualifications

• VMware certifications: VCP‑DCV, VCAP, VCF Specialist
• Experience with PowerCLI (required), Terraform/Ansible/Python (nice‑to‑have)
• Proven ability to produce HLD/LLD, migration plans, and executive presentations

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and executive‑facing presence
• Ability to work in 24/7 critical environments
• Analytical, structured problem‑solving mindset
• Team collaboration and documentation discipline