Domain Architect - VMware VCF

World Wide Technology (WWT) strives to make a new world happen. WWT's work benefits clients and partners as much as it does its people and community across the globe. Founded in 1990, WWT brings together strategy, deep technical expertise, and world-class partnerships to help public and private sector organizations design, build, and scale intelligent AI, digital, cybersecurity, cloud, and infrastructure solutions. Through its Advanced Technology Center (ATC), a collaborative ecosystem featuring state-of-the-art hardware and software, WWT enables clients and partners to conceptualize, test, and validate innovative technology and then deploy solutions at scale using its global integration and distribution capabilities.

About the role

Solutions Consulting & Engineering is a customer-focused, solutions-led organization that delivers end-to-end and emerging solutions to drive customer satisfaction and increase profitability and growth. Our world-class management consulting, delivery excellence, and engineering brilliance enable our success. We embody the OneWWT mindset by bringing the right talent at the right time from anywhere within WWT to solve our customer’s problems. Our goal is to bring together business acumen with full-stack technical know-how to develop innovative solutions for our clients’ most complex challenges.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the development of discovery, planning, design, and implementation services of VMware’s Cloud Foundation (VCF) technologies.
• Pre/post-sales consultant to WWT's Enterprise clients.
• Create High-Level and Low-Level designs of Private and Hybrid Cloud environments utilizing industry best practices.
• Translate business outcomes to technical solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and support to delivery engineers throughout all phases of a project including Project Launch Workshops, design, migrations, deployments, cuts, lessons learned, etc. as needed.
• Review client deliverables to identify opportunities to improve quality through training, mentoring, product offering improvements, and talent acquisition.
• Monitor environmental performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed.
• Conduct research on VMware products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the data center and networking industries.
• Assess the technical level of effort (LOE) required to deliver solutions and help develop Work Breakdown Structures (WBS).
• Serve as an escalation point for troubleshooting of customer environments.

Requirements

• Must have at least 7 years of experience designing, deploying, and implementing large Enterprise Private and Hybrid Cloud solutions, with a heavy focus on VMware.
• Current VCF 9 Certification(s) or ability to obtain VCF 9.0 Admin or Architecture certification within 90 days of employment.
• Demonstrate experience with 2 or more of the following VMware Products: Aria Operations, Aria Automation, Aria Operations for Logs, Aria Lifecycle, NSX Advanced Load Balancer, vDefend, NSX, vSphere, vSAN, or VKS.
• Exceptional communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation), especially in presenting to an executive audience.
• Passion for identifying and cultivating new business opportunities.
• Experience developing original content (PowerPoint and blog articles).
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment to produce outstanding results.
• Superior organizational, conflict resolution, and time management skills.
• Strong business and technical acumen.
• Self-motivated to maintain up-to-date knowledge of new technologies.
• VMware partner post-sales consulting experience strongly preferred.
• Able to conduct research into technical issues and products as required.
• Able to effectively prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong customer service orientation with proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Related degree in computer science or electrical engineering and/or seven to ten years equivalent technical experience.

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range for this position is $170,000.00 to $220,000.00 annually. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors, including shift, location, experience, skill set, performance, licensure and certification, and business needs.

Benefits

• Health and Wellbeing: Health (Medical & Prescription), Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers (MO & IL), Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program.
• Financial Benefits: Competitive Pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Tuition Reimbursement.
• Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Medical Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement, Day of Caring.
• Additional Perks: Family Planning Benefits, Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Voluntary Supplemental Accident/Illness/Hospital, Voluntary ID Theft, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program.