Hiring - Vmware Consultant - San Francisco CA - USC/GC Only
Bishwa Mahato
Title: Vmware Consultant
Location: San Francisco CA
USC/GC only
Required Technical Skills
• vSphere/ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, NSX (T), Aria/vRealize Suite, SRM, HCX, Tanzu/Kubernetes.
• VMware Cloud on AWS/Azure/GCP, network overlays, egress controls and cost-aware architectures.
• VMware ESXi & vCenter (8/9) , VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation) , VMware Lifecycle Manager
Preferred Qualifications
• VMware certifications (VCP-DCV, VCAP, VCF Specialist)
Soft Skills
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work in 24/7 critical environments
• Analytical and troubleshooting mindset
• Team collaboration and documentation discipline
Roles & Responsibilities
Role Overview: VMware consultant who can shape platform strategy, own end-to-end architecture, and lead complex transformations across private, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. The ideal candidate blends hands-on depth (vSphere, vSAN, NSX, Aria/vRealize, SRM, HCX, VMware Cloud on AWS/Azure/GCP, Tanzu) with consulting acumen—able to advise executives, develop roadmaps, build target-state reference architectures, and guide delivery teams from discovery through steady state.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Advisory
• Lead assessment workshops to baseline current state (infra, ops, cost, risk) and define target-state SDDC/Cloud strategy.
• Build business cases (TCO/ROI), migration waves, and investment plans; present to senior leadership and architecture review boards.
• Define governance, landing zones, guardrails, and operating models for VMware platforms in enterprise contexts.
Architecture & Design
• Create high- and low-level designs (HLD/LLD), capacity and resilience models (HA/DR patterns, RPO/RTO), and security reference architectures (micro-segmentation, zero-trust, segmentation policies).
Delivery Leadership
• Lead discovery, POCs, pilots, and phased migrations for data center consolidations/app modernizations.
• Direct cross-functional teams (network, security, storage, platform, DevOps) and coach engineers on best practices and automation.
• Establish Infrastructure as Code and automation patterns (PowerCLI, Terraform, Ansible) and integrate with CI/CD where applicable.
Operations, Reliability & Security
• Define SRE/operational runbooks, monitoring/observability (Aria Operations/Operations for Logs), capacity, patch baselines, and lifecycle management.
• Implement DR/BCP with SRM (runbooks, test plans), plus backup/recovery integrations.
• Drive cost optimization (rightsizing, consolidation, reserved capacity planning) and license posture management.
• Translate technical decisions into business outcomes and risk trade-offs; create C-level decks, design packs, and decision logs.
• Partner with security, audit, and compliance on policy alignment (e.g., SOX/PCI/FFIEC/HIPAA as relevant).
• Support RFP/RFI responses, sizing, and solution estimation.
• Strong scripting/automation: PowerCLI (must-have); Terraform/Ansible/Python (nice-to-have).
• Proven ability to produce HLD/LLD, migration plans, and executive presentations.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and consulting skills.