AVS Architect
You will design and lead complex infrastructure migrations from on-premises VMware environments to Azure VMware Solution (AVS) for large enterprise customers.
This role is remote.
Responsibilities
- Partner with program managers and service delivery teams to plan and architect large-scale infrastructure deployments.
- Work with application, infrastructure, and security stakeholders to define requirements and migration strategies.
- Propose technical designs and act as a subject matter expert and trainer for other specialists.
- Develop automated self-help solutions, solution documentation, and technical training materials.
- Maintain deep technical knowledge of Azure AVS and VMware product updates.
Required Skills
- 10+ years of experience in architecting and designing datacenter and cloud infrastructures.
- Expertise in Azure VMware Solution (AVS) and VMware vSphere 6.0 or above.
- Hands-on experience with VMware NSX-T network virtualization, including edge services, DNS, DHCP, Gateway, and Distributed Firewall.
- Proficiency with VMware vSAN and VMware HCX for cloud migrations.
- Strong knowledge of Azure networking, including ExpressRoute, VPN, Virtual WAN, and Azure Route Server.
- Experience with NSX migration from VLAN or NSX-V.
- Deep understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 datacenter networking fabric topologies.
- Core architecture competency in hypervisors, data protection, high availability, and patching.
- Ability to manage 3rd party network virtual appliances, firewalls, and load balancers.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with VMware Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, and VMware Cloud Director.
- Knowledge of Azure NetApp Files, Azure Disk Pools, and Azure Monitor/Arc.
- VCX, VCDX, VCM, CCDP, CCNP, or VCP-NV certifications.