Pre Sales Engineer

TEK Systems; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Travel to regional customer sites

End-client benefits

Job summary

TEKsystems in Washington, DC is seeking an Expert VMware Architect/Engineer to design, deploy, and support VMware environments across vSphere, vSAN, NSX, and VCF. You will lead readiness assessments, migration roadmaps, and hybrid delivery engagements with on-site and customer teams in the Mid-Atlantic region.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, architecture leadership, and pre-sales scoping with travel to regional sites.

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on VMware experience, current and in production.
• Strong vSphere background with deployment experience in vSAN, NSX, or both.
• Experience planning and executing upgrades and migrations in live environments, including change window planning.
• Ability to work directly with customer technical teams and IT leadership.
• Broadcom or VMware certifications, or the background to complete them quickly.
• Located in the Washington DC to Baltimore corridor, able to work a hybrid schedule and travel to regional customer sites.
• VMware Cloud Foundation experience at any version
• VCF Edge
• Healthcare or other regulated industry experience
• Exposure to alternative virtualization platforms

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and support VMware environments for enterprise customers.
• Lead readiness assessments and migration roadmaps for VMware Cloud Foundation 9.x.
• Deliver from design through cutover and knowledge transfer.
• Scoping, sizing, and architecture conversations with the sales team.
• Collaborate with customer infrastructure teams and Broadcom/distribution partners.

Skills

VMware

VCF

Broadcom

virtualization

Job description

Top Skills' Details

1. Design, deploy, and upgrade VMware environments across vSphere, vSAN, VCF, and NSX

2. Pre-sales Capabilities - Must have experience and be comfortable with presenting in front of customers

3. Hands on implementation/Engineering/Architecture experience within Virtualization - specifically VMware/Broadcom

Description

In this role you will design, deploy, and support VMware environments for enterprise and commercial organizations across the Mid-Atlantic. The work spans vSphere, vSAN, and NSX, and includes new deployments, upgrades and lifecycle work, environment stabilization, and escalation support. As customers plan their move to VMware Cloud Foundation 9.x, you will lead readiness assessments and build the migration roadmaps that follow.

The position is primarily delivery and implementation, with time in pre-sales supporting scoping, sizing, and architecture conversations. The ideal candidate will have experience in front of customers delivering from a sales capacity, as well as doing high level hands on engineering, architecture, and implementation work.

• Design, deploy, and upgrade VMware environments across vSphere, vSAN, and NSX
• Support and troubleshoot production customer environments, including escalations
• Lead VMware Cloud Foundation design and deployment engagements
• Perform readiness assessments covering hardware and compatibility validation, workload review, and upgrade sequencing
• Own technical delivery from design through cutover and knowledge transfer
• Partner with the sales team on scoping, sizing, and solution architecture
• Work directly with customer infrastructure teams and with our Broadcom and distribution partners
• Earn and maintain Broadcom certifications, including the VCF Platform tracks - Any Knight Certifications is a HUGE plus

Skills

vmware, VCF, Broadcom, virtualization

Top Skills Details

vmware,VCF,Broadcom,virtualization

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Significant hands-on VMware experience, current and in production
• Strong vSphere background with deployment experience in vSAN, NSX, or both
• Experience planning and executing upgrades and migrations in live environments, including change window planning
• Ability to work directly with customer technical teams and IT leadership
• Broadcom or VMware certifications, or the background to complete them quickly
• Located in the Washington DC to Baltimore corridor, able to work a hybrid schedule and travel to regional customer sites
• VMware Cloud Foundation experience at any version
• VCF Edge
• Healthcare or other regulated industry experience
• Exposure to alternative virtualization platforms

Experience Level

Expert Level

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Washington D.C., DC.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $150000.00 - $180000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Benefits to be provided by the end client directly to candidates

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Washington D.C.,DC.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 29, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands‑on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.