Galactic Minds Inc.

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Job Title: AVS Technical Architect Remote role Experience: • 13+ years of IT experience • Minimum 3 years on Azure VMware Solution (AVS) • 5+ years on VMware vSphere, Azure cloud services deployments, and cloud migrations Responsibilities: • Partner with program managers and service delivery teams to plan, architect, and guide complex infrastructure deployments and migrations for large enterprise customers, moving them from on-premises VMware environments to AVS. • Work directly with customer application, infrastructure, and security stakeholders to define requirements, strategy, and processes for successful design, deployment, and migration. • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Azure/AVS and VMware products to propose solutions and act as a subject matter trainer for other specialists. • Share knowledge through solution documents, technical communities, automated self-help solutions, and training programs. Technical Qualifications: • Experience architecting and designing datacenter and cloud infrastructures using VMware and Microsoft technologies. • Strong knowledge of VMware Core Cloud Infrastructure: • Required: VMware vSphere 6.0+, VMware NSX-T (edge services, implementation, migration from VLAN/NSX-v), VMware vSAN, VMware HCX Advanced & Enterprise • Preferred: VMware Site Recovery Manager & vSphere Replication, VMware management suite (vCD, vROps, vRNI, vRLI) • Experience with on-premises-to-cloud or cloud-to-cloud migrations using VMware HCX • Experience with relevant Azure technologies: • Required: Azure ExpressRoute, Azure VPN, Azure Virtual WAN, Azure Route Server, Azure networking • Preferred: Azure Disk Pools, Azure NetApp Files, Azure Monitoring & Security (Monitor, Arc, Security Center), 3rd party network appliances for Azure & VMware • Understanding of cloud management systems and solutions • Strong platform architecture knowledge: hardware platforms, hypervisors, networking, security, data protection, high availability, monitoring, patching • Familiarity with security & compliance standards across enterprise IT environments • Azure hosting or infrastructure experience and public cloud knowledge is highly desired • Knowledge of datacenter networking fabric topologies (Layer 2 & Layer 3) Education & Certifications: • BS or postgraduate degree in Computer Science or technology-focused discipline, or equivalent experience • Preferred but not mandatory: VCDX-DCV/CMA, CCDP, CCNP, VCP-NV Desired Qualifications: • Experience working with enterprise customers on Azure-specific solutions and deployments • Strong communication, presentation, and influencing skills • Excellent customer service, ability to handle complex or sensitive situations, lead projects, and motivate teams