Sr. Solutions Architect

Role Description

The Sr. Solutions Architect - SDDC will assist SHI's customers in the post-sales implementation of data center infrastructure automation initiatives (Software-Defined Data Center) as clients move towards modern data center solutions and private clouds. This delivery role involves low-level design and the hands-on deployment of enterprise infrastructure and platforms, providing upgrade and migration services, and ensuring seamless integration with existing systems. Additionally, the Sr. Solutions Architect – SDDC serves as a mentor to other consultants within the team.

• Performs low-level design and implementation work that may include architecture analysis and design, system migration, and systems engineering
• Responsible for the design and implementation of:
  • VMware VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation), both Brownfield and Greenfield
  • VMware VCF (Aria) Automation
  • Automation and IaC technologies such as SaltStack, Terraform, or Ansible
  • Proficiency in PowerShell, PowerCLI, and Javascript
  • Server virtualization & operations vSAN, Storage, & SAN
  • Disaster recovery
  • VMware NSX and general virtual networking
  • Backup & ransomware resiliency solutions
  • Hyperconverged solutions
• Serve as the technical lead and subject matter expert on projects and workshops, overseeing the work of others and being accountable for the outcome of the project
• Collaborate with sales and presales teams in identifying and closing professional services opportunities through customer discovery and scoping meetings
• Configuration and upgrade services within our customers’ environments
• Serve as a mentor and provide guidance to other architects and consultants within the team
• Participate in pre-sales conversations, design, planning of services engagements
• Stay up to date and on top of top industry trends and offerings
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship in a pre-sales and post-sales capacity to support successful understanding, evaluation and adoption of offerings
• Demonstrate long-term thinking as it relates to our Infrastructure practice and customer engagements

Qualifications

• Completed Bachelor’s Degree or relevant work experience
• 7+ years of experience in solutions architecture or working with infrastructure (blade chassis, and servers, hypervisors, storage and storage fabrics, backup solutions)
• 10+ years of experience with VMware and associate product range in enterprise environments
• 8 - 10+ years of technical experience with increasing responsibility
• Willingness to travel occasionally
• Thorough understanding of virtualization technologies & software-defined datacenter

Requirements

• Proficiency in overseeing and directing projects to completion, ensuring goals are met, resources are utilized efficiently, and stakeholders are satisfied - Expert
• Ability to systematically identify, document, and manage the technical needs and specifications of a project by engaging with stakeholders and analyzing business objectives to ensure successful project outcomes - Expert
• Ability to define, design, build, and maintain robust systems and solutions by leveraging systems and infrastructure effectively - Expert
• Ability to write, debug, and maintain code in various scripting and programming languages to automate tasks and develop software solutions - Expert
• Ability to understand and manage various infrastructure components (firewalls, load balancers, hypervisors, storage, monitoring, security) and use orchestration tools to develop comprehensive technical solutions - Expert
• Ability to develop detailed Statements of Work (SOWs) and drive revenue growth through professional services engagements - Expert
• Extensive experience working on large scale IT projects related to design, deployment and configuration - Expert

Benefits

• Medical, vision, dental
• 401K
• Flexible spending