Sr. Solutions Consultant - SDDC

SHI International Corp.

11d•$150,000 - $180,000•Remote

About The Position

The Sr. Solutions Consultant - SDDC will assist SHI's customers in the post-sales implementation of data center infrastructure automation initiatives (Software-Defined Data Center) as clients move towards modern data center solutions and private clouds. This delivery role involves low-level design and the hands-on deployment of enterprise infrastructure and platforms, providing upgrade and migration services, and ensuring seamless integration with existing systems. This position is a remote position with Home Office setup as determined by SHI management.

Requirements

Completed Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or relevant work experience
5+ years of experience in solutions architecture or working with infrastructure (blade chassis, and servers, hypervisors, storage and storage fabrics, backup solutions)
5+ years of experience with VMware and associate product range in enterprise environments
5+ years of technical experience with increasing responsibility
Willingness to travel occasionally
Thorough understanding of virtualization technologies & software-defined datacenter
Proficiency in working projects to completion, ensuring goals are met, and stakeholders are satisfied, while communicating project status to project leads - Advanced
Ability to build and maintain robust systems and solutions by leveraging systems and infrastructure effectively - Advanced
Ability to write, debug, and maintain code in various scripting and programming languages to automate tasks and develop software solutions - Advanced
Ability to understand and manage various infrastructure components (firewalls, load balancers, hypervisors, storage, monitoring, security) and use orchestration tools to develop comprehensive technical solutions - Advanced
Extensive experience working on large scale IT projects related to deployment and configuration – Advanced

Responsibilities

Performs low-level design and implementation work that may include architecture analysis and design, system migration, and systems engineering
Responsible for the design and implementation of: VMware VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation), both Brownfield and Greenfield VMware VCF (Aria) Automation Automation and IaC technologies such as Ansible, Terraform, or SaltStack Proficiency in PowerShell, PowerCLI, and Javascript Server virtualization & operations vSAN, Storage, & SAN VMware NSX and general virtual networking VMware Tanzu/VKS solutions Hyperconverged solutions
Serve as the technical lead and subject matter expert on projects and workshops, overseeing the work of others and being accountable for the outcome of the project
Configuration and upgrade services within our customers’ environment
Serve as a mentor and provide guidance to other consultants and engineers within the team
Participate in pre-sales conversations, design, planning of services engagements
Stay up to date and on top of top industry trends and offerings
Provide technical leadership and mentorship in a pre-sales and post-sales capacity to support successful understanding, evaluation and adoption of offerings
Demonstrate long-term thinking as it relates to our Infrastructure practice and customer engagements