AVS Technical Architect

TESTQ Technologies Limited; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking an AVS Technical Architect to design and implement infrastructure solutions using VMware and Azure technologies. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with cloud migrations, data center architecture, and excellent communication skills. Bilingual candidates proficient in both English and French are preferred for this role.

Qualifications

• 12 years of IT experience with a minimum of 3 years in Azure VMware Solution.
• 5 years of experience in VMware vSphere, Azure cloud services deployments, and cloud migrations.
• Bilingual in English and French.

Responsibilities

• Architect and guide complex infrastructure deployments and migrations for enterprise customers.
• Define requirements and strategy for successful design and deployment migrations.
• Share knowledge and create training materials on Azure AVS and VMware products.

Skills

HCX

NSX

Education

BS or postgraduate degree in Computer Science or a technology-focused discipline

VCDXDCVCMA certification

CCDP, CCNP, VCPNV certification

Job description

TQUKI0389_4384 - AVS Technical Architect

We are seeking 12 years of IT experience, with a minimum of 3 years of experience in Azure VMware Solution, and 5 years of experience in VMware vSphere, Azure cloud services deployments, and cloud migrations.

Responsibilities

• You will partner with program managers and service delivery teams to plan, architect, and guide complex infrastructure deployments and migrations for large enterprise customers, moving customers from on-premises VMware environments to the Azure VMware Solution
• You will work directly with customer application infrastructure and security stakeholders to define requirements, strategy, and processes for successful design, deployment migrations
• Maintain knowledge of the latest on AzureAVS and VMware products to propose designs to customers and act as a subject matter trainer for other specialists
• Share knowledge with others through solution documents, engage technical communities, build automated self-help solutions, and create training

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in architecting and designing data center and cloud infrastructures using VMware and Microsoft technologies
• Knowledge and implementation experience designing and developing solutions using VMware's Core Cloud Infrastructure
• Required Azure VMware Solution
• Required VMware vSphere 60 and above
• Required VMware NSXT network virtualization technologies
• NSX edge services, DNS, DHCP, Gateway Firewall, Distributed Firewall
• NSX implementation
• NSX migration from VLAN or NSXv
• Required VMware vSAN
• Required VMware HCX Advanced Enterprise
• Preferred VMware Site Recovery Manager vSphere Replication
• Preferred VMware management suite vCD, vROps vRN,I vRLI
• Preferred VMware Cloud Director
• Experience with on-premises to Cloud or cloud-to-cloud migrations with VMware HCX
• Experience with relevant Azure technologies like
• Required Azure ExpressRoute and Azure VPN
• Required Azure Virtual WAN and Azure Route Server
• Preferred Azure Disk Pools and Azure NetApp Files
• Preferred Azure Monitoring and Security technologies: Monitor Arc Security Center
• Preferred 3rd party network virtual appliances, firewalls, load balancers, and routers for Azure and VMware environments
• Experience and good understanding of any leading cloud management systems and solutions
• Strong core platform architecture concepts, including hardware platform, hypervisor, networking, security, data protection, high availability, monitoring, patching, etc
• Familiarity with security compliance standards across a variety of enterprise IT landscapes
• Experience with Azure Hosting or Infrastructure background, and public cloud is highly desired
• A good understanding of datacenter networking fabric topologies and common architectures deployed both Layer 2 and Layer 3 based is highly desired
• Strong presentation, influencing, and communication skills
• The candidate should be Bilingual in English and French.

Skills Required

• HCX
• NSX

Education Qualifications

• BS or postgraduate degree in Computer Science or a technology-focused discipline, or equivalent experience
• VCDXDCVCMA certification is preferred but not required
• CCDP, CCNP, VCPNV certification is preferred but not required

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working with enterprise customers on Azure-specific solutions and deployment
• Ability to communicate effectively with corporate customers, possess an understanding of the onboarding process, and demonstrate a vision for the future
• Excellent customer service skills, good oral and written communication skills, proven ability to handle difficult and sensitive situations involving the most critical and politically charged customer situations, to lead projects, and to motivate others