AVS Technical Architect
Location Remote, USA
Duration Log term
Note : Visa Independent candidate are encouraged to apply.
Client need someone have experience with VMware + AVS + Azure networking architectural depth needed for this senior AVS Technical Architect role.
Mandatory Skills
• AVS (Azure VMware Solution) architecture-level expertise deep understanding of design and enterprise-scale deployment
• VMware NSX-T hands-on architecture and design experience
• vSAN architecture in-depth knowledge for enterprise deployment
• HCX (Hybrid Cloud Extension) Advanced/Enterprise features for migration and hybrid setups
• VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) for disaster recovery and replication design
• Azure networking for AVS advanced expertise in:
• ExpressRoute
• Azure Virtual WAN
• Azure Route Server
• Datacenter architecture & platform design enterprise migration planning and large-scale infrastructure design
Job Description:
Experience:
• 13+ years of IT experience
• Minimum 3 years on Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
• 5+ years on VMware vSphere, Azure cloud services deployments, and cloud migrations
Responsibilities:
• Partner with program managers and service delivery teams to plan, architect, and guide complex infrastructure deployments and migrations for large enterprise customers, moving them from on-premises VMware environments to AVS.
• Work directly with customer application, infrastructure, and security stakeholders to define requirements, strategy, and processes for successful design, deployment, and migration.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Azure/AVS and VMware products to propose solutions and act as a subject matter trainer for other specialists.
• Share knowledge through solution documents, technical communities, automated self-help solutions, and training programs.
Technical Qualifications:
• Experience architecting and designing datacenter and cloud infrastructures using VMware and Microsoft technologies.
• Strong knowledge of VMware Core Cloud Infrastructure:
• Required: VMware vSphere 6.0+, VMware NSX-T (edge services, implementation, migration from VLAN/NSX-v), VMware vSAN, VMware HCX Advanced & Enterprise
• Preferred: VMware Site Recovery Manager & vSphere Replication, VMware management suite (vCD, vROps, vRNI, vRLI)
• Experience with on-premises-to-cloud or cloud-to-cloud migrations using VMware HCX
• Experience with relevant Azure technologies:
• Required: Azure ExpressRoute, Azure VPN, Azure Virtual WAN, Azure Route Server, Azure networking
• Preferred: Azure Disk Pools, Azure NetApp Files, Azure Monitoring & Security (Monitor, Arc, Security Center), 3rd party network appliances for Azure & VMware
• Understanding of cloud management systems and solutions
• Strong platform architecture knowledge: hardware platforms, hypervisors, networking, security, data protection, high availability, monitoring, patching
• Familiarity with security & compliance standards across enterprise IT environments
• Azure hosting or infrastructure experience and public cloud knowledge is highly desired
• Knowledge of datacenter networking fabric topologies (Layer 2 & Layer 3)
Education & Certifications:
• BS or postgraduate degree in Computer Science or technology-focused discipline, or equivalent experience
• Preferred but not mandatory: VCDX-DCV/CMA, CCDP, CCNP, VCP-NV
Desired Qualifications:
• Experience working with enterprise customers on Azure-specific solutions and deployments
• Strong communication, presentation, and influencing skills
• Excellent customer service, ability to handle complex or sensitive situations, lead projects, and motivate teams