Principal Transformation Consultant (Server, Storage & Virtualisation)

NTT Limited; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 210,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking a Principal Transformation Consultant (Server, Storage & Virtualisation) to lead private cloud design and data centre migration efforts. The role focuses on compute, storage, hypervisor platforms, and data protection strategies across large-scale environments.

Senior professional with 10+ years in infrastructure and advisory services, capable of driving proposals, architecture designs, and client engagements with strong communication at IT management and executive levels.

Qualifications

• Hands-on 10+ years in server, storage and virtualization, preferably in a large technology services context.
• Certifications such as VMware VCP/VCAP, Nutanix NCP/NCM, Huawei HCIP/HCIE (Cloud Computing or Storage) are highly desirable.
• Experience in consulting or IT within a large-scale global technology services environment; strong client engagement.
• Excellent communication and ability to present to IT management and C-level audiences; strong documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads design and delivery of private cloud and data centre solutions, including hypervisor modernisation and migrations.
• Develops proposal content, solution architectures, and statements of work for RFI/RFP/RFQ responses.
• Produces designs for virtualization platforms and data protection architectures.
• Leads data centre migration, consolidation, and workload optimisation engagements.
• Maintains reference architectures and reusable proposal assets.

Skills

Compute & storage

Virtualisation

Backup architecture

Solution design

Proposal writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

VMware vSphere

Nutanix AHV

Huawei DCS

Veeam

NetApp/Dell storage

Job description

Continue to make an impact with a company that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. At NTT DATA, we are renowned for our technical excellence, leading innovations, and making a difference for our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion – it’s a place where you can continue to grow, belong, and thrive. Your career here is about believing in yourself and seizing new opportunities and challenges. It’s about expanding your skills and expertise in your current role and preparing yourself for future advancements. That’s why we encourage you to take every opportunity to further your career within our great global team.

The Principal Transformation Consultant (Server, Storage & Virtualisation)

is the practice’s technical authority for compute, storage, hypervisor, and data protection platforms. The role is within the NTT DATA Advanced Infrastructure Services (AIS) practice, leads the design and delivery of private cloud and data centre solutions, including hypervisor modernisation and migration programmes as clients respond to changes in the VMware commercial landscape, and underpins the practice’s data centre migration and consolidation engagements.

Key responsibilities

• Leads technical solutioning for private cloud, compute, storage, and backup opportunities, including requirements analysis, sizing and capacity planning, bill of materials/bill of quantities development, and effort estimation.
• Develops proposal content, solution architectures, and statements of work for RFI/RFP/RFQ responses, including scope, deliverables, assumptions, and acceptance criteria.
• Produces high-level and low-level designs for virtualisation platforms (VMware VCF/vSphere, Nutanix AHV, Huawei DCS), software-defined storage, and data protection architectures.
• Leads hypervisor modernisation and migration engagements, including VMware-to-alternative migrations, workload assessment, migration wave planning, and cutover execution.
• Leads data centre migration, consolidation, decoupling, role‑swap, and relocation workstreams covering discovery, dependency mapping, physical and virtual migration planning, and migration rehearsals.
• Leads workload optimisation and consolidation, workload migration, and cloud‑to‑on‑premises repatriation engagements, including cost and capacity assessment.
• Conducts data centre discovery and assessment engagements, including well‑architected framework assessments, application dependency mapping, and backup strategy and recovery validation.
• Designs and implements backup, replication, and recovery solutions, including immutable and air‑gapped copies aligned to cyber recovery requirements.
• Presents solutions to client stakeholders and supports commercial teams in clarifications, proof‑of‑concept activities, and contract negotiation.
• Maintains reference architectures, estimation models, and reusable proposal assets for the compute and storage domain.
• Tracks vendor roadmaps and commercial developments (Broadcom/VMware, Nutanix, Huawei, storage and backup vendors) and advises account teams on positioning.

Academic qualifications and certifications

Bachelor’s degree or diploma, or equivalent, in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Required experience

More than 10 years hands‑on technical experience in managing server, storage, virtualisation preferably in FSI industry Industry relevant certifications such as VMware VCP/VCAP, Nutanix NCP/NCM, or Huawei HCIP/HCIE (Cloud Computing or Storage) essential. Veeam VMCE or equivalent backup certification, storage vendor certifications (Dell, NetApp, Huawei, Pure), HPE Master ASE, VMware Knight, Certified Datacenter Migration Specialist (CDMS), and TOGAF advantageous.

Extended experience in a consulting or IT role within a large scale (preferably multi‑national) technology services environment. Deep vertical/domain/industry expertise coupled with consulting and client engagement experience, demonstrating good experience in client needs assessment and change management. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are a must, including confident presentation to IT management and C‑level audiences Extended experience in integrating the solutions for particular projects with the business domain, enterprise concerns, industry standards, established patterns, and best practices. Extended transformational consulting experience. Proven ability to gather business requirements and translate them into technical requirements Proven ability to translate technical requirements into a compelling solution proposal A solution‑centric rather than product‑centric mindset, recommending the approach that best meets the client’s requirements Strong document authoring capability, covering assessment reports, proposal documents, requirements documents, and solution specifications.

Desirable experience

The following experience is advantageous rather than mandatory: Demonstrable experience in enterprise infrastructure, with substantial experience in a consulting, pre‑sales, or solution architecture capacity. Experience with VMware technologies (vSphere, vSAN, NSX, VMware Cloud Foundation) and at least one alternative hypervisor platform (Nutanix AHV, Huawei DCS/FusionCompute, Microsoft Hyper‑V, or Proxmox VE). Experience with enterprise server platforms (Dell PowerEdge, HPE ProLiant/Synergy, Cisco UCS, Huawei FusionServer), SAN/NAS storage arrays (Dell PowerStore/PowerMax, NetApp, Huawei OceanStor, Pure Storage), and SAN fabric design. Experience designing and operating enterprise backup platforms (Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup, Rubrik, or Cohesity), including recovery time/point objective design and DR orchestration. Experience delivering data centre migration or hypervisor migration at scale (hundreds of workloads or racks).

Workplace type: Hybrid Working

Equal Opportunity Employer NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category.

Your career here is about believing in yourself and taking on great opportunities and new challenges. It’s about growing your skills and expertise in your current role and preparing yourself for the future. That’s why we encourage you to take every opportunity to grow your career within our great global team.