Senior Private Cloud Architect: VMware & Kubernetes Remote

SPD Technology; Portugal; Presencial; EUR 85 000 - 125 000; Tempo integral

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Laptops provided

Licensed software

Referral bonus program

Resumo da oferta

SPD Technology is seeking a Senior Private Cloud Architect to lead the design of enterprise VMware and Kubernetes platforms. You will run discovery workshops, translate business requirements into secure, scalable architectures, and deliver both high-level and detailed designs for private and hybrid cloud environments.

Join a fully remote team focused on modernizing clients with VMware and multi-cloud integrations, backed by strong mentoring and an emphasis on long-term partnerships.

Qualificações

• Senior-level experience designing enterprise VMware, private cloud, or platform solutions.
• Strong practical architecture expertise in both VMware and Kubernetes.
• Experience assessing current-state environments and designing secure, reliable, and oper-ationally supportable future-state architectures.
• Strong knowledge of VCF, vSphere, vSAN, NSX, vDefend, automation, operations, logging, disaster recovery, Supervisor, and VKS.
• Ability to architect Kubernetes platforms and integrate them with VMware infrastructure, networking, storage, and security.
• Experience with NSX networking, including BGP, Edge Nodes, Tier-0/Tier-1 routing, route redistribution, and north-south connectivity.
• Experience with VMware automation and orchestration, including VCF/Aria Automation.
• Experience developing migration, modernization, and cloud-transformation strategies.
• Proven enterprise consulting or professional services experience.
• Ability to independently lead discovery workshops, gather requirements, and turn findings into an architecture.
• Strong presentation skills and the ability to explain and defend technical trade-offs to engineers and management.
• Strong written documentation skills, including high-level and low-level designs.
• Ability to identify and document risks, constraints, dependencies, and prerequisites.
• Ability to follow industry guidelines and best practices.
• A relevant degree and advanced VMware or Kubernetes certifications are advantageous.
• English — Upper Intermediate or higher.

Responsabilidades

• Lead VMware and Kubernetes architecture engagements from discovery through handover.
• Run customer workshops and gather technical, operational, security, migration, and business requirements.
• Assess existing infrastructure, virtualization, networking, security, automation, and Kubernetes environments.
• Design future-state VCF and Kubernetes architectures.
• Create high-level and low-level designs, diagrams, procedures, migration plans, and transformation roadmaps.
• Design NSX and vDefend networking and security solutions, including BGP and Tier-0/Tier-1 routing.
• Define automation and orchestration architectures using VCF/Aria Automation and related technologies.
• Plan installations, migrations, upgrades, patching, disaster recovery, and modernization initiatives.
• Present recommendations, explain trade-offs, and defend architecture decisions.
• Hand over implementation-ready designs and guide delivery teams when required.
• Lead or support proofs of concept and technology evaluations.
• Collaborate with customers, solutions architects, delivery technical leads, and engineers.
• Maintain current technical knowledge through documentation, lab testing, and certification.

Conhecimentos

VMware architecture

Kubernetes architecture

Automation & orchestration

Public speaking & workshops

Security design

Architecture presentations

Formação académica

Relevant degree

VMware/Kubernetes certifications

Ferramentas

VCF Automation

Aria Automation

Aria Orchestrator

NSX

vDefend

PowerShell

Terraform

Ansible

Descrição da oferta de emprego

SPD Technology is seeking a Senior Private Cloud Architect to lead the design of enterprise VMware and Kubernetes platforms. You will run discovery workshops, translate business requirements into secure, scalable architectures, and deliver both high-level and detailed designs for private and hybrid cloud environments.

Join a fully remote team focused on modernizing clients with VMware and multi-cloud integrations, backed by strong mentoring and an emphasis on long-term partnerships.