VCF AVI Architect

Onward Search; Village of Lindenhurst (NY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.

Life Insurance.

401(k) Program.

Commuter Benefit.

eLearning and Ongoing Training.

Education Reimbursement.

Job summary

Onward Search seeks a VCF AVI Architect for a remote-in-region assignment, leading AVI integration in a VCF 9.1 private cloud. You will modernize application delivery across VPCs, NSX, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and VM environments to ensure scalable, secure services.

The role emphasizes architectural leadership, capacity planning, and cross-functional collaboration with infrastructure, networking, and security teams, while delivering governance for load balancing and multi-site resiliency.

Qualifications

• Deep technical expertise in AVI and enterprise application delivery architecture.
• Experience with VCF 9.1, VPCs, NSX networking, and VM workload environments.
• Knowledge of OpenShift, Kubernetes, and VMware Kubernetes Service application delivery.
• Experience with AKO, AMKO, GSLB, and multi-site resiliency architectures.
• Exceptional technical leadership skills for advising infrastructure, networking, security, executive, and technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural strategy and design for a greenfield AVI deployment in VCF 9.1.
• Define AVI Controller cluster topologies, capacity planning, and lifecycle management standards.
• Architect Service Engine Groups and AVI integration patterns for VCF VPCs and NSX segments.
• Design container load-balancing strategies using AKO and AMKO for OpenShift and VMware Kubernetes Service.
• Establish multi-site GSLB, infrastructure-as-code, automation, and load-balancing governance frameworks.

Skills

AVI architecture

VCF 9.1

OpenShift

Kubernetes

NSX

Automation

IaC

GSLB

Tools

AKO

AMKO

GSLB

Job description

Our client, a financial services organization, is seeking a VCF AVI Architect for a temporary, remote-in-region opportunity. This role leads the architecture and integration of VMware AVI within a VCF 9.1 private cloud. The architect will modernize application delivery across VPC, NSX, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and VM environments.

There is no application deadline for this role.

VCF AVI Architect Responsibilities:

• Lead the architectural strategy and design for a greenfield AVI deployment in VCF 9.1.
• Define AVI Controller cluster topologies, capacity planning, and lifecycle management standards.
• Architect Service Engine Groups and AVI integration patterns for VCF VPCs and NSX segments.
• Design container load-balancing strategies using AKO and AMKO for OpenShift and VMware Kubernetes Service.
• Establish multi-site GSLB, infrastructure-as-code, automation, and load-balancing governance frameworks.

VCF AVI Architect Qualifications:

• Deep technical expertise in AVI and enterprise application delivery architecture.
• Experience with VCF 9.1, VPCs, NSX networking, and VM workload environments.
• Knowledge of OpenShift, Kubernetes, and VMware Kubernetes Service application delivery.
• Experience with AKO, AMKO, GSLB, and multi-site resiliency architectures.
• Exceptional technical leadership skills for advising infrastructure, networking, security, executive, and technical stakeholders.

Perks and Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Life Insurance.
• 401(k) Program.
• Commuter Benefit.
• eLearning and Ongoing Training.
• Education Reimbursement.

Eligibility requires working over 30 hours per week on an assignment lasting at least 10 weeks.