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Role : VCF Cloud Architect , VMware Cloud Foundation

Exp :10 - 20 Years

Location : Chennai

JOB DESCRIPTION:

VCF Cloud Architect

Chennai / Bangalore

We are seeking a highly skilled VCF Cloud Architect who will owns the end‑to‑end architecture, design, and strategic roadmap for the organization's VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)–based private cloud.

This role ensures reliable, scalable, secure, and automated delivery of compute, storage, networking, and platform services across management and workload domains, operating consistently at fleet scale.

The architect defines platform standards, lifecycle and automation patterns, and enterprise integrations (identity, ITSM, observability, disaster recovery), leveraging vSphere, vSAN, NSX, SDDC Manager, VCF Operations, VCF Automation, and the VCF Installer.

Architecture & Design

Define the target architecture for VCF using standard vs. consolidated models; separate management and VI workload domains where appropriate.
Model VCF Fleets, Instances, and Domains, and specify growth, multi‑site patterns, and tenancy (e.g., VPC‑based isolation) aligned to use cases.
Select and document platform services across vSphere (compute), vSAN (storage), NSX (network & security), SDDC Manager (LCM), VCF Operations (unified ops), VCF Automation (self‑service).
Define network virtualization and micro‑segmentation patterns, load balancing, and E/W and N/S security controls on NSX.
Architect observability, capacity, config‑drift, certificate/password, and security posture management through VCF Operations.

Build & Lifecycle Strategy

Establish Day‑0/1/2 build and lifecycle standards using VCF Installer (for new or converged environments) and SDDC Manager for ongoing patch/upgrade/expand across vSphere, vSAN, and NSX.
Define repeatable build units (clusters, domains) and JSON‑based patterns for at‑scale deployments; institutionalize fleet‑level LCM.
Govern identity and access and service roles across vCenter, NSX, VCF Operations, and VCF Automation.

Automation & Consumption

Lead adoption of VCF Automation tenancy models (All App Org, VM App Org, Provider App Org), service catalogs, and guardrails.
Define IaC patterns (e.g., Terraform/Aria Blueprints), tagging, placement policies, quotas, and approvals for self‑service provisioning.

Operations, Security & Compliance

Establish SLAs/SLOs, capacity headroom policies, and cost/chargeback via VCF Operations Chargeback.
Drive security baselines (NSX DFW, segmentation, encryption, cert mgmt), and compliance monitoring using VCF Operations.
Align platform governance to multi‑cloud private cloud outcomes (agility, resilience, policy consistency).

Migration & Expansion

Define migration patterns (e.g., HCX) and domain/VPC landing zones; guide move‑to‑VCF waves and validation.

Leadership & Enablement

Lead design reviews, maintain reference architecture, blueprints, runbooks; mentor platform and ops engineers.
Partner with Security, Network, App, and FinOps teams; provide executive‑level roadmap and KPI reporting.

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Architecture: Multi‑domain VCF design, HA/DR, scale‑out strategies, capacity modeling
Lifecycle Management: SDDC Manager bundle planning, upgrade orchestration
Operations: Health monitoring, logging, drift remediation, compliance, certificate/password management
Networking & Security: NSX policy design, segmentation, load balancing, VPC architectures
Automation: VCF Automation org design, templates, policies, approvals, IaC pipelines
Governance: Identity and RBAC across vCenter, NSX, VCF Operations, and Automation
15+ years in enterprise infrastructure with 10+ years architecting VMware‑based platforms; deep expertise across vSphere, vSAN, NSX and SDDC Manager lifecycle patterns.
Proven design experience with VCF architecture models (management vs. workload domains, standard vs. consolidated) and fleet/instance/domain concepts.
Hands‑on with VCF Installer (new and converged deployments) and VCF Operations (health, capacity, LCM, certificates, config drift, chargeback).
Strong NSX skills: micro‑segmentation, DFW, routing/LB, VPC integrations inside VCF.
Automation background: VCF Automation tenancy models and self‑service patterns; IaC (Terraform/Aria).

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