Managing Consultant – HI

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, implement, and enhance private cloud infrastructure utilizing VCF 9.0.

• Act as a technical authority for software-defined data center solutions.

• Promote standardization and automation across compute, storage, and networking management layers.

• Collaborate with Technical Architects to develop training plans and implementation strategies.

• Create standards, best practices, and technical training resources.

• Assess project strategies and technical alternatives in relation to customer objectives, technical needs, and financial implications.

• Offer technical direction and subject matter expertise to both customers and internal teams.

• Identify and relay technical risks, alternatives, and recommendations.

• Ensure adherence to implementation protocols and solution designs while assisting in the resolution of complex technical challenges.

• Engage with customer technical teams, business stakeholders, and project teams.

• Confirm that solutions align with customer expectations and secure their approval.

• Guide engineers and consultants through mentorship.

• Size, design, and implement VCF Operations environments.

• Establish and support cloud operating model standards, including RBAC, tagging taxonomy, and capacity management.

• Develop VCF Operations dashboards, groups, alerts, costing models, and actions.

• Create HLD/LLD documentation, runbooks, and Architectural Decision Records.

• Validate implementations against approved solution designs and customer specifications.

• Assist in customer acceptance of finalized solutions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, or a related discipline, accompanied by 7 years of IT infrastructure experience, with a minimum of 3 years in large enterprise consulting, OR 11 years of overall Information Technology experience, including 7 years in IT infrastructure and at least 3 years in large enterprise consulting.

• Over 7 years of experience in enterprise virtualization and/or private cloud architecture.

• Practical expertise with VCF 9.0 Automation deployments.

• Extensive proficiency in deploying VCF 9 Operations components, including standalone and high-availability setups, dashboards, alerts, custom groupings, costing models, licensing, and sizing.

• Familiarity with SDDC Manager BOM management and asynchronous patch workflows.

• Capability to establish and maintain strong client relationships while acting as a trusted technical advisor.

• Aptitude to mentor engineers and consultants regarding project design, implementation, and technical best practices.

• Excellent communication skills with a track record of delivering clear technology recommendations to customers.

• Competence in researching complex technology solutions and articulating recommendations effectively.

• Ability to remain effective in the face of change, ambiguity, and technical risk.

• Skill in multitasking and prioritizing responsibilities within a dynamic consulting environment.

• Willingness to work beyond regular business hours, including weekends and overtime as project demands necessitate.

• Readiness to travel to CDW locations or customer sites as required.

• Valid U.S. driver's license.

• VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) or VCP-VCF certification is a plus.

• Experience in automation with Python, Ansible, and Terraform is a plus.

• Background with clients in regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, or federal environments is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus target of 10% subject to the terms and conditions of the plan.

• Comprehensive benefits overview provided by CDW.

• Opportunity to engage with evolving technology and tools.

• Support for learning, professional growth, and AI experimentation.