Technical Consultant, Compute & Virtualization

About the role

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business by weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation, and analytics, and software delivery. As a Technical Consultant, Compute & Virtualization, you will design, implement, and support modern compute and virtualization solutions for AHEAD clients. This role partners with clients, project managers, architects, and technical delivery teams to translate business and technical requirements into secure, scalable, and supportable infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Participate in client discovery, assessment, planning, and design workshops.
• Design and implement compute platforms, including rack, blade, hyperconverged, and GPU-enabled infrastructure.
• Design, deploy, upgrade, migrate, and optimize virtualization and platform services, including VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation, with exposure to Hyper-V and Kubernetes platforms as applicable.
• Contribute to data center modernization, consolidation, migration, and lifecycle initiatives.
• Perform technical analysis, configuration, validation, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigation across compute and virtualization environments.
• Develop implementation plans, detailed designs, build guides, test plans, migration procedures, operational runbooks, and as-built documentation.
• Collaborate with storage, networking, data protection, security, cloud, and automation specialists to deliver integrated solutions.
• Communicate technical concepts, decisions, risks, dependencies, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support project estimation, statements of work, technical proposals, and solution scoping when needed.
• Provide knowledge transfer and operational guidance to client teams.
• Follow AHEAD delivery methods, quality standards, security practices, and project governance requirements.
• Maintain current knowledge of compute, virtualization, hybrid cloud, automation, and emerging data center technologies.

Requirements

• Five or more years of experience designing, implementing, or supporting enterprise compute and virtualization environments.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, including ESXi, vCenter, clusters, resource management, high availability, and lifecycle operations.
• Experience with server hardware, firmware, host configuration, capacity planning, performance analysis, and operational support.
• Experience developing technical documentation and communicating implementation details to clients and delivery teams.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues methodically and drive issues to resolution.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with project managers, architects, engineers, vendors, and client stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel to client sites when required by an engagement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN, NSX, Aria, HCX, or related VMware platform services.
• Experience with Hyper-V, Azure Stack HCI, Kubernetes, or other modern platform technologies.
• Experience with hyperconverged infrastructure, data center migrations, disaster recovery, or hybrid cloud environments.
• Familiarity with Cisco UCS, Dell, HPE, Lenovo, NVIDIA, or other enterprise compute platforms.
• Experience with automation or infrastructure-as-code using PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools.
• Relevant certifications such as VMware VCP, VCAP, VCDX, Microsoft Azure, Cisco, Dell, HPE, Nutanix, or equivalent experience.
• Consulting, professional services, or systems integration experience.

Success in this role

Success in this role is demonstrated by:

• Delivering technically sound solutions that meet client requirements and AHEAD quality standards.
• Completing implementation activities on schedule with clear communication of risks, dependencies, and changes.
• Producing accurate, usable documentation and effective knowledge transfer.
• Building trusted relationships with clients and internal partners.
• Contributing to repeatable methods, automation, and technical best practices.
• Expanding expertise and sharing knowledge with teammates.
• Demonstrating AHEAD values through collaboration, innovation, ownership, customer service, and continuous growth.

Core Competencies

• Consultative communication
• Technical problem solving
• Infrastructure architecture and design
• Project execution and time management
• Documentation and knowledge transfer
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Customer focus and professionalism
• Adaptability and continuous learning

Pay

$120,000 - $130,000 a year

The compensation range indicated reflects the On-Target Earnings (“OTE”) for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This range may vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid company holidays
• Paid time off
• Paid parental and caregiver leave

See benefits for additional details.