VMware Technical Consultant

GBB; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

GBB in Bengaluru is looking for a skilled professional to deploy and support VMware environments. Candidates must have over 5 years of hands-on experience with various VMware products and a VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification. The role requires effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with customers and vendors. Additional knowledge in Kubernetes and customer service excellence is essential. Flexible work schedules including nights and weekends may be required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with VMware environments.
• Ability to architect complex virtualized environments.
• Must demonstrate excellent customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and support VMware products in various environments.
• Collaborate with customers and vendors to ensure satisfaction.
• Document configurations and project deployments.

Skills

VMware vSphere

vCenter

Horizon

vSAN

NSX-T

Root Cause Analysis

Kubernetes technologies

Education

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

Job description

Overview

The candidate should have proven hands-on experience in deploying multiple VMware products and solutions to a variety of technology and business clients. Must have a blend of technical knowledge, business knowledge (Pre-Sales) and effective communication skills for this role. The role will be expected to work in a positive and collaborative fashion with fellow team members, senior engineering/architect staff, vendors, and customers.

Technical Skills (Must Have)

• 5+ years of hands-on working experience, with real time deployments, day-to-day operations and support of VMware environments.
• VMware vSphere, vSphere replication, vCenter, Horizon, vSAN, SRM
• VMware Cloud Foundation, vRealize Automation, vRealize Operations, NSX-T, Carbon Black, etc.
• Experience in migrating customer applications/workloads from existing Physical/Virtual Infrastructure to VMware Infrastructure
• Expert in RCA (Root Cause Analysis) and advanced level troubleshooting of VMware vSphere, vSphere replication, vCenter, Horizon, vSAN, SRM, vRealize Automation, vRealize Operations, NSX-T, Carbon Black, etc.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes technologies along with basic knowledge of physical networking apart from virtual networks.

Technical Skills (Optional, having them could be an added advantage)

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Windows Server operating system, Linux operating system and other hypervisors (Hyper-V, KVM, AHV, etc.)
• 3+ years of experience with storage (IBM, Dell EMC, NetApp, etc.), compute (Lenovo/IBM/HP/Dell servers, etc.) and backup domains (Veritas, CommVault, ArcServe, Veeam, etc.)

VCP (VMware Certified Professional)

• Data centre & Storage virtualization (vSphere replication/SRM + vSAN)
• Desktop & Mobility (Horizon/VDI)
• Network Virtualization (NSX-T)
• Cloud Management & Automation (VMware Cloud Foundation, vRealize Operations & vRealize Automation)

Note

Must & should have at least 2 (if not 4) of the above mentioned certifications.

Additional Skills

• Should be able to architect and design complex virtualized environments depending on the ask and pain areas of the customers
• Demonstrate technical leadership in understanding Datacenter practices and application workloads
• Excellent customer service skills with strong focus on customer satisfaction
• Must be able to accommodate a flexible work schedule that may include nights, weekends or holidays as required
• Must be process- and detail-oriented with the ability to multitask; strong critical thinking and troubleshooting skills with the ability to determine problems and act without supervision
• Must be self-motivated and eager to learn new technologies and skills to better assist customers
• Should be able to showcase or conduct Product POCs (Proof of Concept) to colleagues and customers
• Should be able to collaborate extensively with peers in other infrastructure disciplines in developing designs, implementation plans and support strategies
• Must be good at documenting the system configuration and project deployments done
• This experience should include the planning, deployment, configuration and administration of heterogeneous virtual environments
• Should be comfortable and good at articulating technology to the customers
• Experience in going through RFPs/RFQs and identifying gaps; prepare the compliances and architect the solutions accordingly
• Keeping in touch with latest product releases, advancements and communicating the same to customers and internal teams
• Presentation at large gatherings during customer events; Conduct webinars and evangelize the value of products and solutions within internal teams and customers