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We empower businesses-and their customers-to achieve more through innovation, automation, and intelligent insights.\nThe Role\n We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Lead Engineer - Virtualization to spearhead the design, deployment, and configuration of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments. This role is pivotal in delivering modern datacenter and hybrid cloud solutions built on VCF as the core platform. Candidates must have deep hands-on experience with VCF lifecycle management, NSX, vSAN, vSphere, SDDC Manager, and Aria Suite components. Experience with AVS, VMConAWS, and Nutanix is considered a plus for multi-cloud and edge use cases.\nKey Responsibilities:\nLead full-stack VCF deployments from planning to execution, including management domain and workload domain design, SDDC Manager configuration, and Bring-Up process.\nConfigure and integrate vSphere, NSX-T, vSAN, and Aria Suite (Aria Operations, Aria Automation, Aria Logs) components in VCF environments.\nCollaborate with architects on VCF design blueprints, capacity planning, and implementation plans tailored to customer use cases.\nDrive post-deployment configurations like NSX security policies, AVNs, vSAN policies, alerting, logging, and automation integration.\nProvide in-depth troubleshooting of VCF-specific issues across compute, network, and storage layers.\nAutomate VCF Day-2 operations using Ansible, Terraform, and REST APIs.\nAssist with upgrades and lifecycle management via SDDC Manager and associated tools.\nSupport hybrid cloud integration of VCF with AVS, VMConAWS, or public cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure).\nDeliver technical documentation including VCF deployment runbooks, Day-2 operations guides, and design documents.\nMentor junior engineers specifically on VCF architecture and configurations, helping them grow into VCF engineers.\nMaintain strong customer communication during all project phases and ensure high satisfaction levels.\nQualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or a related field (or equivalent experience).\n7-10 years of experience in virtualization and cloud infrastructure.\nMinimum 3+ years of hands-on experience deploying and managing VCF in production environments.\nDeep technical knowledge of SDDC Manager, NSX-T, vSAN, vSphere 7/8, and Aria components.\nExperience in Day-0 to Day-2 VCF lifecycle activities including patching, upgrade, certificate replacement, and integrations.\nKnowledge of Terraform, Ansible, and scripting (PowerCLI, Bash, Python) for infrastructure automation.\nExposure to Azure VMware Solution (AVS), VMware Cloud on AWS (VMConAWS), or Nutanix is beneficial.\nVMware certifications such as VCP-VCF Administrator, VCP-DCV/NV/CMA or equivalent.\nPreferred Skills:\nExperience with multi-site VCF deployments and advanced technologies like NSX Federation.\nWorking knowledge of public cloud services (AWS/Azure) and the ability to implement hybrid cloud solutions.\nFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines and integrating VMware environments into DevOps workflows.\nProficiency in scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Python, Bash) to automate routine tasks and optimize infrastructure management.\nSoft Skills and Communication:\nStrong leadership and mentoring skills to guide junior engineers on VCF technologies.\nEffective communicator who can translate complex architectures into simple language for customers and stakeholders.\nExcellent problem-solving and analytical skills under pressure.\nStrong attention to detail in architecture, implementation, and documentation.\nAbility to collaborate with cross-functional teams in global delivery environments. \nYour future at Presidio\n Joining Presidio means stepping into a culture of trailblazers-thinkers, builders, and collaborators-who push the boundaries of what’s possible. With our expertise in AI-driven analytics, cloud solutions, cybersecurity, and next-gen infrastructure, we enable businesses to stay ahead in an ever-evolving digital world.\nHere, your impact is real. Whether you're harnessing the power of Generative AI, architecting resilient digital ecosystems, or driving data-driven transformation, you’ll be part of a team that is shaping the future.\nReady to innovate? Let’s redefine what’s next-together.\nAbout Presidio \nAt Presidio, speed and quality meet technology and innovation. Presidio is a trusted ally for organizations across industries with a decades-long history of building traditional IT foundations and deep expertise in AI and automation, security, networking, digital transformation, and cloud computing. Presidio fills gaps, removes hurdles, optimizes costs, and reduces risk. Presidio’s expert technical team develops custom applications, provides managed services, enables actionable data insights and builds forward-thinking solutions that drive strategic outcomes for clients globally. For more information, visit www.presidio.com.\nPresidio is committed to hiring the most qualified candidates to join our amazing culture. We aim to attract and hire top talent from all backgrounds, including underrepresented and marginalized communities. We encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans to apply for open roles at Presidio. Diversity of skills and thought is a key component to our business success.\nRecruitment Agencies, Please Note:Presidio does not accept unsolicited agency resumes/CVs. Do not forward resumes/CVs to our careers email address, Presidio employees or any other means. 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