AVS Solution Architect / Technical Architect

AVS SME (Azure VMware Solution Consultant)

Remote

Contract Position

Job Description

Experience

8 years in IT, including:

• 2 years in Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
• 4 years in VMware vSphere & Azure cloud deployments/migrations

Responsibilities

• Work with architects and delivery teams to plan/implement large-scale AVS migrations.
• Migrate customers from on-prem VMware to AVS.
• Collaborate with application, infra, and security teams to define migration requirements.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Azure/AVS and VMware technologies.
• Share knowledge via documentation and internal training.

Required Skills

• AVS, VMware vSphere 6.0 , NSX-T (DNS, DHCP, Firewall, NSX-v to NSX-T migration).
• VMware vSAN
• VMware HCX (Advanced & Enterprise)
• Azure ExpressRoute, VPN, Virtual WAN, Route Server
• Azure networking
• Experience with VMware/Cloud migrations using HCX
• Strong infra concepts (hypervisor, networking, HA, patching, monitoring)

Preferred Skills

• VMware SRM, vSphere Replication
• VMware suite: vCD, vROps, vRNI, vRLI
• Azure Disk Pools, Azure NetApp Files
• Azure Monitor, Arc, Security Center
• 3rd-party virtual appliances (firewalls, routers, LB)

Education

• BS or Master’s in Computer Science/Tech
• Preferred: VCTA, VCP-DCV, CCNP, VCP-NV

Nice to Have

• Experience with enterprise Azure solutions and deployments.