Work Experience: 5–8 years of relevant VMware deployment experience.
Requirements
Technical Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on experience in VMware vSphere deployments, including:
- ESXi installation and configuration
- vCenter deployment and configuration
- Cluster design (HA, DRS, resource management)
- L3-level troubleshooting skills related to vSphere deployment and integration.
- Fair to good understanding of the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) stack, including:
- vSphere
- vSAN (deployment and basic design concepts)
- NSX (basic deployment and integration knowledge)
- SDDC Manager (conceptual understanding and/or hands-on exposure)
- Experience deploying VMware solutions in enterprise customer environments.
- Strong understanding of infrastructure fundamentals:
- Server hardware
- Storage systems
- Networking concepts (VLANs, routing basics)
Desired / Nice-to-Have Skills
- Hands-on experience with VCF full-stack or partial deployments.
- NSX-T deployment and troubleshooting experience.
- VMware PowerCLI or automation exposure.
- Experience working in partner or professional services organizations.
- VMware certifications such as VCP, VCF-related certifications, or equivalent.
Professional & Behavioural Attributes
- Deployment-first mindset (implementation over operations).
- Strong customer-facing and communication skills.
- High ownership and ability to drive deployments independently.
- Motivated to learn advanced VMware Cloud Foundation concepts and architectures.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced project-based environments.
Travel Requirement
- Willingness and readiness to travel (domestic and/or international) for customer deployments and project engagements.
Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Applications, or equivalent work experience.
Job Description
- Act as an L3 Deployment Engineer for VMware vSphere and VCF-based solutions.
- Lead and execute end-to-end deployment of VMware vSphere infrastructure in customer environments.
- Participate in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) deployments, including:
- Planning and executing SDDC Manager-based deployments
- Deploying and integrating vSphere, vSAN, and NSX components
- Perform greenfield and brownfield deployments, upgrades, and migrations.
- Validate infrastructure readiness (compute, storage, network) prior to deployment.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex deployment and configuration issues during implementation.
- Work closely with customers during:
- Requirement gathering
- Design discussions
- Deployment, validation, and handover
- Produce deployment documentation, runbooks, and as-built reports.
- Collaborate with internal architecture and escalation teams as needed.
- Continuously build expertise in VMware Cloud Foundation, new releases, and best practices.