Senior Virtualisation Architect

Job Information:
Work Experience
- 5+ years

Industry
- IT Services

City
- Luxembourg

Country
- Luxembourg

Province
- Luxembourg (fr)

Postal Code
- L-1116

Virtualization Architect

Job Summary:
As a Virtualization Architect, you will play a crucial role in designing cutting-edge solutions from various vendors and enhancing existing solutions to address business needs. Working closely with customers, you will define project scopes, understand business requirements, design solutions, and
- meticulously document architectures. Collaborating with operational teams, you will transition and hand over infrastructure, emphasizing automation as a primary goal. Additionally, you will be responsible for providing level 3 support and ensuring the continuous availability and confidentiality of services.

Professional Skills:
1. Analytic Skills:

• Ability to create comprehensive current state and future state solution architecture documents, detailing platforms, technologies, integration, and communication methods.

2. Communication Skills:

• Effective communication with stakeholders at various levels to convey complex technical concepts in a clear and understandable manner.

3. Technical Knowledge and Certifications:

• Expertise in virtualization technologies, including vSphere, vCenter, VSAN, NSXT, and VMware Aria Operations.
• Proficiency in VMware Aria Automation, understanding of production constraints, and readiness to provide occasional support during non-business hours.
• Familiarity with ITIL and project management methodologies is advantageous.
• Capability to design and implement large-scale, high-availability solutions.
• Knowledge of network concepts and components, along with the ability to configure, monitor, and troubleshoot features and components.
• An asset would be knowledge of PKS (Pivotal Container Service).

Activities (Proactive and Reactive):
1. Understanding Business Needs:

• Collaborate with customers to comprehend their business needs.

2. Designing Solutions:

• Develop solutions within VMware Products to meet identified business
• requirements.

3. Documentation:

• Produce comprehensive architecture documents and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

4. Transition and Hand-Over:

• Facilitate the smooth transition and handover of infrastructure to operational teams.

5. Level 3 Support:

• Act as a level 3 support resource for operational teams, ensuring prompt issue resolution.

6. Coaching and Knowledge Transfer:

• Coach and transfer knowledge to operational teams, fostering a collaborative and skillful working environment.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in virtualization architecture and design.
• Relevant certifications in virtualization technologies.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and adapt to evolving business needs.
• Demonstrated commitment to automation and efficiency.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in IT architecture within a medium to large IT environment.

Requirements:

• Must fulfil the requirements to obtain an EU security clearance
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required; proficiency in any other European language is a plus.