# Principal Cloud Architect - VMware VCF

Initial 30 day contract with likely extension About the Role We are seeking an experienced Principal Cloud Architect to lead the design phase of a complex enterprise cloud transformation for a key client. In this role, you will work directly with the client's engineering team to define and document a complete VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF 9.1) solution - spanning virtualization, networking, storage, containers, and monitoring - and serve as the primary technical authority throughout the engagement. What You'll Do Lead multiple design workshops with the client's engineering team over several weeks to define the full VCF solution architecture Design an end-to-end VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 environment covering vSphere (virtualization), NSX (networking), vSAN (storage), VKS (containers), and the full Aria/vRealize monitoring stack (vROPS, vRNI, vRLI) Define the integration architecture between VCF and the client's existing cloud services - including compliance, authentication, and security systems Adapt and design provisioning systems to enable automation aligned with VCF standards, covering VM and container creation workflows Produce detailed engineering and architecture documents to

- **Id**: 777945
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/staffordgray-principal-cloud-architect-vmware-vcf>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Lake Angelus, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-05-20T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-05-20
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T21:43:55Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 174
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2104
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: IT Consulting & Digital Transformation

## Company

- **Id**: 686809
- **Name**: Stafford Gray 2026
- **Domain**: staffordgray.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/staffordgray>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 70
- **Open postings**: 19
- **Ghost share**: 0.579
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 5
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 80
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: hour
- **Usd annual**: 160000

## Technologies

- **VMWare** — Optional: no
- **Ansible** — Optional: yes
- **Terraform** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ghost
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale, company_stale
- **Days open**: 174

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T23:41:27Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 5
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.184
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 174
- **Expected fill days**: 5
- **Reasons**: conf:4, stale_co, velocity, ghost, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 160000
- **Is top pay**: no

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