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Job ID: JOB_ID_5509
Role Overview
VMware consultant who can shape platform strategy, own endtoend architecture, and lead complex transformations across private, hybrid, and multicloud environments. The ideal candidate blends handson depth (vSphere, vSAN, NSX, Aria/vRealize, SRM, HCX, VMware Cloud on AWS/Azure/GCP, Tanzu) with consulting acumenable to advise executives, develop roadmaps, build target-state reference architectures, and guide delivery teams from discovery through steady state
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Advisory
- Lead assessment workshops to baseline current state (infra, ops, cost, risk) and define target-state SDDC/Cloud strategy
- Build business cases (TCO/ROI), migration waves, and investment plans; present to senior leadership and architecture review boards.
- Define governance, landing zones, guardrails, and operating models for VMware platforms in enterprise contexts.
Architecture & Design
- Create high and lowlevel designs (HLD/LLD), capacity and resilience models (HA/DR patterns, RPO/RTO), and security reference architectures (microsegmentation, zerotrust, segmentation policies).
Delivery Leadership
- Lead discovery, POCs, pilots, and phased migrations for data center consolidations/app modernizations.
- Direct crossfunctional teams (network, security, storage, platform, DevOps) and coach engineers on best practices and automation. Establish Infrastructure as Code and automation patterns (PowerCLI, Terraform, Ansible) and integrate with CI/CD where applicable.
Operations, Reliability & Security
- Define SRE/operational runbooks, monitoring/observability (Aria Operations/Operations for Logs), capacity, patch baselines, and lifecycle management. Implement DR/BCP with SRM (runbooks, test plans), plus backup/recovery integrations. Drive cost optimization (rightsizing, consolidation, reserved capacity planning) and license posture management. Translate technical decisions into business outcomes and risk tradeoffs; create Clevel decks, design packs, and decision logs.
- Partner with security, audit, and compliance on policy alignment (e.g., SOX/PCI/FFIEC/HIPAA as relevant).
- Support RFP/RFI responses, sizing, and solution estimation.
Required Technical Skills
- vSphere/ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, NSX (T), Aria/vRealize Suite, SRM, HCX, Tanzu/Kubernetes.
- (onprem cloud, VMware Cloud on AWS/Azure/GCP),
- network overlays,
- Egress controls and costaware architectures.
- VMware ESXi & vCenter (8/9)
- VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation)
- VMware Lifecycle Manager
Preferred Qualifications
- VMware certifications (VCPDCV, VCAP, VCF Specialist)
Soft Skills
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work in 24/7 critical environments
- Analytical and troubleshooting mindset
- Team collaboration and documentation discipline
Special Requirements
US or Holder only
Compensation & Location
Salary: $80 – $85 per year
Location: San Francisco, CA
Recruiter / Company – Contact Information
Email: ish@siraconsultinginc.com
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