Senior Technical Consultant

MDS System Integration Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

MDS System Integration Group in Dubai seeks a Senior Technical Consultant to advise clients on VMware-based solutions, design and implement scalable infrastructure, and train the project team.

The role focuses on VCF 9.1, NSX-T/V, AVS, and complex networking, requiring deep hands-on experience and the ability to lead migrations and deliver secure, compliant data center networks.

You will work with multi-tenant environments and be responsible for technical documentation and escalation management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in CS or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant VMware/NSX experience.
• Deep hands-on expertise with VCF, NSX-T/V, AVS and related networking.
• Strong knowledge of data center networking and security.
• Experience with multi-tenant cloud environments and incident escalation.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy enterprise VCF/NSX-T environments for clients.
• Lead migrations from vDS to NSX with minimal downtime.
• Enable and validate VCF 9.1 features such as live patching and NVMe tiering.
• Implement granular micro-segmentation using DFW policies.
• Document designs with HLD/LLD and blueprints.
• Provide senior-level consultancy and training to teams.

Skills

Team leadership

Client advisory

Project management

Training & mentoring

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

VCF 9.x/9.1

NSX-T

NSX-V

Azure VMware Solution (AVS)

vRNI / Aria Operations for Networks

NSX Intelligence

F5 LTM

Cisco Nexus

Cisco Catalyst

Palo Alto / ASAv

BGP/OSPF/EIGRP

Job description

Job Scope

The Senior Technical Consultant is accountable for providing advice and consultancy on the company solutions to diverse clients in various industry sectors. S/He designs, configures, tests and implements projects while training and overseeing the team.

Job Title

Senior Technical Consultant

Job Scope

The Senior Technical Consultant is accountable for providing advice and consultancy on the company solutions to diverse clients in various industry sectors. S/He designs, configures, tests and implements projects while training and overseeing the team.

Main Duties And Responsibilities

VCF 9.1 Architecture, Design & Delivery

• Architecture & Design: Architect and deploy enterprise-grade VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF 9.1) and NSX-T environments, leveraging unified deployment models, expanded host fleet scale, and parallel lifecycle/upgrade operations.
• Complex Migrations: Lead migrations from vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) to NSX, replatforming customer networking environments-switching, routing, firewalling, and load balancing with minimal downtime.
• VCF 9.1 Feature Enablement: Implement and operationalize VCF 9.1 capabilities such as NVMe Memory Tiering (with native software mirroring and reboot-free enablement), Live Patching, zero-touch host provisioning, and Encrypted vMotion hardware offloading.
• Security & Micro-Segmentation: Use Aria Operations for Networks (vRNI) and NSX Intelligence to analyze application traffic flows, build granular Distributed Firewall (DFW) policies, and enforce zero-trust micro-segmentation and compliance drift detection. Leverage the NSX Security Services Platform to extend and orchestrate third-party security services within the virtualized environment.
• Core Datacenter Networking: Configure and optimize datacenter networks on Cisco Nexus and Catalyst switches; manage dynamic routing (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), NAT, gateway firewalls, and load balancing (NSX ALB / F5 LTM).
• Technical Documentation: Author HLD, LLD, application stack blueprints, network traffic flow diagrams, POC reports, and project closure documentation.

Cloud Operations & Tenant Onboarding

• Oversee network and security operations for multi-tenant private cloud environments.
• Serve as senior escalation lead for critical Tier 3/4 infrastructure incidents (Sev-1/Sev-2).
• Manage tenant onboarding for VCD environments, IPSec VPN configuration, DMZ setup, and datacenter hardware upgrades across switching, routing, and security assets.

Position Requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any other related field

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience
• Core Stack: Deep hands-on experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF 9.x/9.1), NSX-T, NSX-V, and Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
• VCF 9.1 Expertise: Working knowledge of VCF 9.1 architecture enhancements, NVMe Memory Tiering, vSphere Elastic Provisioning (zero-touch bootstrapping), and expanded vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) cluster density.
• Networking & Hardware: Hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus, Cisco Catalyst, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and complex network troubleshooting.
• Security Systems: Direct experience configuring and integrating virtual firewalls (Palo Alto, Cisco ASA/ASAv) into virtualized datacenter architectures.
• Analytics & Management Tools: Proficient with vRNI (Aria Operations for Networks), Cloudscape, NSX Intelligence, and F5 LTM