Principal Systems Engineer – VMware Cloud Foundation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Define and execute the comprehensive cloud architecture and strategy.

• Act as the primary technical consultant for cloud infrastructure initiatives.

• Advise on best practices regarding design, scalability, resilience, and performance.

• Assess emerging cloud technologies and propose their implementation.

• Lead complete cloud projects from conception to deployment.

• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, security, and operations teams.

• Formulate strategies for managing cloud resources, optimizing costs, and enhancing performance.

• Create, review, and sustain documentation, architectural diagrams, and operational standards.

• Offer technical guidance and mentorship to cloud engineers.

• Provide 24/7 on-call support to ensure cloud infrastructure availability and reliability.

• Oversee VMware Cloud Foundation architecture, engineering, automation, lifecycle management, operational excellence, and enterprise private cloud adoption.

• Manage vSphere, vSAN, NSX, Aria Suite, SDDC operations, infrastructure automation, resilience, and platform modernization.

• Supervise VCF Lifecycle Manager, workload domains, cluster design, private cloud service delivery, self-service infrastructure, platform monitoring, platform upgrades, operational resilience, and integrations with enterprise ITSM, security, and observability ecosystems.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with 10 years of experience OR High School Diploma/GED and 14 years of experience in a Technical Hands-On Leadership role for Cloud Teams.

• A minimum of 5 years leading enterprise virtualization or private cloud projects.

• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation, software-defined data centers, infrastructure automation, disaster recovery, and operational governance.

• Proficient in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), vSphere, vSAN, NSX, Aria Suite, Software Defined Data Center (SDDC), Infrastructure as Code, Automation, Private Cloud Architecture, Disaster Recovery, Capacity Planning, Performance Engineering, and Enterprise Storage and Networking.

• Familiarity with cloud services such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.

• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform and CloudFormation.

• Understanding of Policy as Code and governance.

• Proficient in programming and advanced automation using JavaScript and Python.

• Experience with container orchestration using Kubernetes.

• Skills in monitoring and observability.

• Proficient in Windows and Linux operating systems.

• Advanced knowledge of cloud and network security.

• Expertise in cloud architecture.

• Experience in developer enablement.

• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps methodologies.

• Proven leadership in security and compliance.

• Preferred education: Bachelor's or master's degree.

• Preferred field of study: Cloud.

• Preferred area of experience: Multi-Cloud.

• Preferred certifications include AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, HashiCorp Certified: Terraform, Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), and Azure DevOps Engineer Expert.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive, thoughtfully designed, and high-quality benefits program.

• Variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other awards may be included in total compensation.