Technical Consultant, Compute & Virtualization

Ahead; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Parental and caregiver leave

Job summary

AHEAD helps enterprises transform by delivering compute and virtualization platform expertise. The Technical Consultant role designs, implements, and supports modern compute and virtualization solutions for diverse client environments.

The candidate participates in workshops, designs and deploys VMware-based infrastructure, collaborates with cross-functional teams, creates detailed docs, and travels to client sites as needed to ensure successful deployments.

Qualifications

• Five+ years designing, implementing, or supporting enterprise compute and virtualization environments.
• Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere: ESXi, vCenter, clusters, resource mgmt, HA, lifecycle operations.
• Linux hands-on experience.
• Experience with server hardware, firmware, host configuration, capacity planning, performance analysis, and operational support.
• Experience developing technical documentation and communicating implementation details to clients/delivery teams.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues methodically and drive issues to resolution.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with project managers, engineers, vendors, and client stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel to client sites when required by an engagement.

Responsibilities

• Participate in client discovery, assessment, planning, and design workshops.
• Design and implement compute platforms, including rack, blade, hyperconverged, and GPU-enabled infrastructure where appropriate.
• Design, deploy, upgrade, migrate, and optimize virtualization and platform services (VMware vSphere, Cloud Foundation) with exposure to Hyper-V and Kubernetes where applicable.
• Contribute to data center modernization, consolidation, migration, and lifecycle initiatives.
• Perform technical analysis, configuration, validation, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigation across compute and virtualization environments.
• Develop implementation plans, detailed designs, build guides, test plans, migration procedures, runbooks, and as-built documentation.
• Collaborate with storage, networking, data protection, security, cloud, and automation specialists to deliver integrated solutions.
• Communicate technical concepts, decisions, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support project estimation, statements of work, technical proposals, and solution scoping when needed.
• Provide knowledge transfer and operational guidance to client teams.
• Follow AHEAD delivery methods, quality standards, security practices, and project governance requirements.
• Maintain current knowledge of compute, virtualization, hybrid cloud, automation, and emerging data center technologies.

Skills

VMware vSphere

Linux

Server hardware

Documentation

Troubleshooting

Communication

Travel readiness

Collaboration

Tools

VMware Cloud Foundation

vSAN

NSX

HCX

PowerShell

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.

At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.

We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.

The Technical Consultant, Compute & Virtualization, designs, implements, and supports modern compute and virtualization solutions for AHEAD clients. This role partners with clients, project managers, architects, and technical delivery teams to translate business and technical requirements into secure, scalable, and supportable infrastructure.

The consultant participates in discovery and design workshops, contributes to solution architecture, performs hands‑on implementation and troubleshooting, and produces clear technical documentation and knowledge transfer. The ideal candidate brings strong experience with enterprise compute and virtualization platforms, a consultative mindset, and the ability to work effectively across changing client environments.

What You'll Do:

• Participate in client discovery, assessment, planning, and design workshops.
• Design and implement compute platforms, including rack, blade, hyperconverged, and GPU‑enabled infrastructure where appropriate.
• Design, deploy, upgrade, migrate, and optimize virtualization and platform services, including VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation, with exposure to Hyper‑V and Kubernetes platforms as applicable.
• Contribute to data center modernization, consolidation, migration, and lifecycle initiatives.
• Perform technical analysis, configuration, validation, troubleshooting, and root‑cause investigation across compute and virtualization environments.
• Develop implementation plans, detailed designs, build guides, test plans, migration procedures, operational runbooks, and as‑built documentation.
• Collaborate with storage, networking, data protection, security, cloud, and automation specialists to deliver integrated solutions.
• Communicate technical concepts, decisions, risks, dependencies, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Support project estimation, statements of work, technical proposals, and solution scoping when needed.
• Provide knowledge transfer and operational guidance to client teams.
• Follow AHEAD delivery methods, quality standards, security practices, and project governance requirements.
• Maintain current knowledge of compute, virtualization, hybrid cloud, automation, and emerging data center technologies.

Required Qualifications:

• Five or more years of experience designing, implementing, or supporting enterprise compute and virtualization environments.
• Demonstrated hands‑on experience with VMware vSphere, including ESXi, vCenter, clusters, resource management, high availability, and lifecycle operations.
• Linux hands‑on experience.
• Experience with server hardware, firmware, host configuration, capacity planning, performance analysis, and operational support.
• Experience developing technical documentation and communicating implementation details to clients and delivery teams.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues methodically and drive issues to resolution.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with project managers, architects, engineers, vendors, and client stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel to client sites when required by an engagement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN, NSX, Aria, HCX, or related VMware platform services.
• Experience with Hyper‑V, Azure Stack HCI, or other modern platform technologies.
• Experience with hyperconverged infrastructure, data center migrations, disaster recovery, or hybrid cloud environments.
• Familiarity with Cisco UCS, Dell, HPE, Lenovo, NVIDIA, or other enterprise compute platforms.
• Experience with automation or infrastructure‑as‑code using PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools.
• Relevant certifications such as VMware VCP, VCAP, VCDX, Microsoft Azure, Cisco, Dell, HPE, Nutanix, or equivalent experience.
• Consulting, professional services, or systems integration experience.

Success in this Role:

Success in this role is demonstrated by:

• Delivering technically sound solutions that meet client requirements and AHEAD quality standards.
• Completing implementation activities on schedule with clear communication of risks, dependencies, and changes.
• Producing accurate, usable documentation and effective knowledge transfer.
• Building trusted relationships with clients and internal partners.
• Contributing to repeatable methods, automation, and technical best practices.
• Expanding expertise and sharing knowledge with teammates.
• Demonstrating AHEAD values through collaboration, innovation, ownership, customer service, and continuous growth.

Core Competencies:

• Consultative communication
• Technical problem solving
• Infrastructure architecture and design
• Project execution and time management
• Documentation and knowledge transfer
• Cross‑functional collaboration
• Customer focus and professionalism
• Adaptability and continuous learning

$120,000 - $130,000 a year

The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On‑Target Earnings (“OTE”) for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.

Why AHEAD:

Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.

We fuel growth by stacking our office with top‑notch technologies in a multi‑million‑dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.

USA Employment Benefits include:

• - Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• - 401(k)
• - Paid company holidays
• - Paid time off
• - Paid parental and caregiver leave
• - Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.

Use of AI:

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