Position :

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)

Engineer Location :

Vienna, VA -

ONSITE Duration :

6+

Months Pay Rate :

$50/hr W2 (no benefits) Position Summary The VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Engineer will provide hands-on technical support for the assessment, deployment, upgrade, configuration, migration, integration, validation, and documentation of the Customer s VCF 9 environment. The Engineer will work in collaboration with and under the technical direction of the Senior VCF Architect / Engineer to execute the approved VCF 9 architecture and deployment plan. The Engineer will support implementation activities across applicable VMware compute, networking, storage, management, backup, replication, recovery, and hybrid-cloud integration components while assisting with technical troubleshooting and validation throughout the engagement.

Responsibilities may include:

Assist with discovery and technical assessment of the existing VMware environment, including hosts, clusters, virtual machines, networking, storage, security, and integrations. Collect and document configuration, inventory, capacity, compatibility, and dependency information required for VCF 9 assessment and planning activities. Assist with VCF 9 prerequisite, compatibility, and readiness validation. Support validation of hardware, firmware, software, licensing, and configuration requirements. Assist with application and workload discovery and documentation of associated infrastructure dependencies. Assist with identification and remediation of source-environment prerequisites and compatibility issues required to support the approved VCF 9 transition approach. Perform assigned configuration and remediation activities required to prepare existing VMware infrastructure for VCF 9 deployment, upgrade, or migration. Perform assigned VCF 9 build, configuration, deployment, and upgrade activities under the technical direction of the Senior VCF Architect / Engineer. Assist with configuration and validation of applicable VCF management, compute, networking, storage, security, and supporting platform components. Assist with implementation and validation of approved lifecycle management, patching, and image-management configuration changes. Support implementation and validation of approved integrations with existing VMware and third-party technologies. Assist with validation of storage, backup, replication, and recovery dependencies associated with the VCF 9 environment. Assist with validation of applicable hybrid-cloud connectivity and integrations with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Assist with workload dependency identification and document applicable compute, networking, storage, backup, replication, recovery, and integration requirements. Execute assigned migration activities in accordance with the approved migration methodology and under the technical direction of the Senior VCF Architect / Engineer. Perform migration of selected representative workloads and document migration results, issues, and exceptions. Perform pre-migration and post-migration infrastructure validation, including virtual machine status, network connectivity, storage accessibility, replication functionality where applicable, and basic service availability. Assist with validation of continued asynchronous replication of applicable workloads to the designated disaster recovery (DR) site. Assist with integration and interoperability validation associated with the existing array-provided synchronous replication solution between Campus 10 and Campus 12. Assist with validation of applicable backup and recovery functionality following migration. Monitor VCF platform health, events, alerts, capacity, and component status before, during, and following deployment and migration activities. Troubleshoot VMware configuration, connectivity, migration, storage, and interoperability issues and escalate complex architecture or platform issues to the Senior VCF Architect / Engineer. Maintain migration records, validation results, configuration changes, issue logs, and supporting technical documentation. Assist with development and maintenance of migration procedures, runbooks, validation checklists, architecture diagrams, and knowledge-transfer materials. Participate in technical reviews, implementation activities, maintenance windows, migration activities, and knowledge-transfer sessions. Follow applicable Customer security, access-control, change-management, and documentation requirements throughout the engagement. Preferred Qualifications and Experience 1 3 years of hands-on VMware virtualization, systems administration, or infrastructure engineering experience. Foundational experience administering VMware vSphere environments, including ESXi, vCenter, virtual machines, clusters, networking, and storage. Familiarity with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) architecture, components, and concepts; direct VCF experience is preferred but not required. Familiarity with VMware infrastructure deployment, upgrades, patching, lifecycle management, and platform health validation. Basic experience with or understanding of VMware workload migration technologies, including vMotion and Storage vMotion. Foundational knowledge of virtualization networking and enterprise storage concepts. Familiarity with backup, replication, recovery, and disaster recovery concepts within virtualized environments. Basic understanding of networking concepts, including VLANs, IP addressing, routing, DNS, NTP, and firewall connectivity. Familiarity with Microsoft Azure, AWS, or hybrid-cloud concepts is preferred. Ability to follow established implementation procedures, migration runbooks, validation checklists, and technical documentation. Ability to perform initial technical troubleshooting and escalate complex technical or architectural issues to senior engineering resources. Ability to accurately document configurations, migration activities, validation results, issues, and technical findings. Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively under the technical direction of senior architects and engineers. Experience supporting regulated environments is preferred. VMware certifications or relevant technical certifications are preferred but not required Regards, Adam Jones (Azam)

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