VMWare Architect - DV Cleared
+ 3-6 month contract + extensions
+ Bracknell/London based
+ DV Cleared role
+ understanding all components of VCF
Required VMWare architect who can develop existing high level designs into a solution that meets all customer requirements, initially as part of a proposal team then moving into design, build and deliver. The applicant will have an excellent understanding of a large proportion of the requirements below.
Required
Understanding of all components of VCF this includes: SDDC manager, vSphere, vSAN, NSX-T and vRealize Suite.
Excellent understanding of VMware vSphere components and their function in the infrastructure
Excellent Understanding of vCenter Server architecture
Experience in Managing vCenter Server Appliance and Platform services controller appliance
Experience in VM migration from vSphere 5.x to 7.x
Knowledge in working with VMware vCenter Converter tool
vRealize Automation - Blue printing IAAS, Day 2 management.
Experience in working with content library as an ISO store, and deploy a virtual machine
Previous experience in Configuring and managing vSphere infrastructure with VMware Host Client and VMware vSphere Client
Experience in working with vCenter Server storages: VMware vSphere VMFS, NFS, iSCS
Experience in managing virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
Knowledge of how virtual machines vMotion and virtual machine Storage vMotion works
Experience in managing resource pools
Good understanding of VMware vSphere High Availability (vSphere HA) and cluster architecture
Managing vSphere HA and VMware vSphere® Fault Tolerance
Knowledge of VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler to improve host scalability
Experience in working with VMware vSphere® Update Manager to apply patches and perform basic troubleshooting of ESXi hosts, virtual machines, and vCenter Server operations
Excellent Knowledge of NSX-T components and their function in the infrastructure
Excellent understanding of VMware NSX-T technologies and automation concepts
Deploy and Configure NSX-T components for management, control plane and data plane
Good understanding and knowledge of NSX layer 2 networking
Deploy and Configure logical switch networks
Deploy and configure NSX L2 bridging
Integration of 3rd party appliances into an SDN environment
Deploy and Configure all main features of the NSX Edge services gateway such as load balancing
Design and Configure NSX Edge Firewall rules to restrict network traffic both North/South and East/West
Design and implement micro-segmentation using NSX distributed Firewall
Excellent Network administration and troubleshooting skills
