VCF Lead Architect: VMware Cloud Foundation

redesigncareers

United States

On-site

USD 140,000 - 210,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) retirement plan with company

Flexible time off

15 paid holidays

Sick leave

Short-term and long-term disability

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Redesign Group is seeking a VCF Principal Engineer to lead strategic VMware Cloud Foundation engagements for enterprise customers. You will translate business outcomes into secure, scalable, and highly available private cloud designs, guiding multi-site deployments and hybrid cloud integrations.

The role emphasizes advanced VMware expertise, architecture leadership, and hands-on mentoring of senior engineers.

Qualifications

8–12 years of enterprise IT, solution design, or cloud engineering experience.
Advanced VMware expertise and ability to translate requirements into secure, scalable designs.
Proven track record leading large-scale VMware transformations and multi-datacenter deployments.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end design engagements, including discovery workshops, requirement analysis, and solution planning.
Develop and defend High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs) for complex, multi-site VCF environments.
Serve as the highest-level technical escalation point for VMware solutions (vSphere, vSAN, NSX, Aria, HCX, and DR) while actively training on the broader VCF stack.
Plan hybrid cloud integrations with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, including migration strategies and HCX-based mobility.
Define security, compliance, and operational standards aligned with PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and FedRAMP.
Produce reference designs, validated configurations, best-practice guides, and internal enablement materials.
Partner with sales, delivery leadership, and customer executives to shape program scope, success criteria, and modernization roadmaps.
Ensure solution alignment across compute, storage, networking, automation, and cloud management platforms.
Mentor senior engineers and contribute to internal capability development.