Senior Vmware Cloud Architect

Key Responsibilities: VMware vSphere/vCenter (7.x/8.x) : Architect, deploy, and maintain large-scale virtual infrastructures, ensuring high availability, disaster recovery, and fault tolerance using vSphere and vCenter. Design, implement, and manage network virtualization using NSX-T , providing dynamic networking and security across hybrid cloud environments. Manage and optimize software-defined storage environments using VMware vSAN , ensuring performance, scalability, and redundancy for critical workloads. Lead the deployment and administration of VMware Cloud Director for cloud automation , resource provisioning, and multi-tenancy management. Plan and execute cloud migration strategies using VMware HCX , enabling seamless workload mobility across on-premises and cloud environments. Design and implement Software-Defined Networking (SDN) solutions to enhance scalability, security, and agility in managing network services within virtual and cloud environments. Integrate and optimize NSX-T with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud deployments, ensuring consistent network policies and seamless network virtualization. Automate routine tasks related to virtualization and SDN using PowerCLI, Ansible , or similar tools, focusing on improving operational efficiency and reducing manual intervention. Performance, Security & Troubleshooting: Proactively monitor the performance of VMware environments using VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) , identifying and resolving bottlenecks, failures, and performance degradation issues. Ensure the security of virtualized and SDN environments by implementing NSX-T micro-segmentation and other network security best practices. Conduct advanced troubleshooting of VMware and SDN environments, diagnosing complex issues across compute, network, and storage layers to ensure minimal downtime and high service availability. Required Qualifications and Experience: Overall 10+ yrs experience on Networking, Network Design, Network Security, Cloud, Data Center etc. 7+ years of hands-on experience in Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies and managing large-scale VMware environments. Expertise in the following VMware products: VMWare vSphere / vCenter 7.x/8.x NSX-T vSAN VMWare Familiar with upgrading VMware Aria Operations , VMware Aria Operations for Logs and other VMware solutions Certification Required: VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud AWS Certified Solution Architect – Professional AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional