🚀 WE'RE HIRING! | VCF 9 Automation Architect / Senior Deployment Engineer
☁️ VMware Cloud Foundation | Architecture & Engineering | Senior-Level
Are you a senior VMware professional with hands-on experience architecting and deploying complex production environments using VMware Cloud Foundation 9?
We're looking for a VCF 9 Automation Architect / Senior Deployment Engineer who combines deep architectural expertise with the ability to design, deploy, troubleshoot, and operationalize enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure.
This is an opportunity for a true Architect + Engineer to lead complex implementations, drive infrastructure automation, and help organizations modernize their private cloud environments.
⚠️ Important: Current, hands-on production experience with VCF 9 is mandatory. Lab experience, training, research, or legacy Aria Automation expertise alone will not qualify.
💻 What You'll Do
- Architect, deploy, and operationalize VMware Cloud Foundation 9 environments in complex production settings.
- Lead VCF 9 Management Domain deployments, lifecycle management, upgrades, and platform operations.
- Design and implement self-service cloud consumption, automated provisioning, catalogs, blueprints, and multi-tenant environments.
- Deploy and manage core VCF components, including vSphere, NSX, vSAN, VKS, and SDDC Manager.
- Design and implement network topologies, distributed routing, firewall policies, microsegmentation, and automated networking.
- Develop and manage Kubernetes clusters and workloads within the VCF ecosystem.
- Implement infrastructure automation, configuration management, APIs, integrations, and custom deployment pipelines.
- Support modern AI/ML workloads, GPU-enabled infrastructure, and software development environments.
- Lead customer discovery, architecture discussions, technical implementations, and transformation initiatives.
- Develop detailed 30/60/90-day implementation and modernization roadmaps.
- Troubleshoot complex production incidents and provide technical leadership throughout deployment and operationalization.
🎯 What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of VMware / VCF ecosystem experience or comparable senior-level technical depth.
- Verified, hands-on experience deploying and operating VCF 9 in production environments.
- Experience with VCF 9 releases, including 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, and/or 9.1.
- Strong expertise across vSphere, NSX, vSAN, VKS, and SDDC Manager.
- Proven experience designing and deploying complex production infrastructure environments.
- Strong knowledge of automation, infrastructure orchestration, multi-tenancy, and self-service cloud consumption.
- Ability to independently architect, deploy, troubleshoot, and operationalize the solutions you design.
- Experience leading customer-facing technical engagements and defending architectural decisions.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and technical leadership skills.
⭐ Priority Technical Specializations
We are particularly interested in candidates with deep expertise in one or more of the following areas:
- VKS: Kubernetes architecture, deployment, and workload management.
- Avi / NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Application delivery, load balancing, integration, and migration.
- SaltStack: Automation and configuration management.
- VCF Automation (VCFA): Self-service provisioning, governance, workload management, and multi-tenancy.
- Core VCF Platform: vSphere, NSX, vSAN, SDDC Manager, and VCF lifecycle management.
- Modern AI Infrastructure: GPU-enabled environments, Kubernetes, and AI/ML workload deployment.
🏆 Preferred Certifications
- VMware Certified Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator (2V0-17.25).
- VMware Cloud Foundation Architect (2V0-13.25).
- Other advanced VMware / VCF certifications.
Certifications are a plus, but demonstrated production deployment experience is what matters most.
🔍 Who Will Thrive in This Role?
We are looking for professionals who can demonstrate:
- Personal ownership of complex VCF 9 production deployments.
- The ability to explain architectural decisions and technical trade-offs.
- Hands-on troubleshooting experience with real production incidents.
- Modern infrastructure skills across cloud automation, Kubernetes, networking, and AI workloads.
- A balance of strategic architecture and hands-on engineering.
This is not a strategy-only architecture role. We need professionals who can architect AND execute.
📩 Interested in this opportunity?
Send me your CV via direct message to discuss your experience and learn more about this opportunity.
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