Job description
Responsibilities:
VCF Architecture Design and Implementation:
- Design and implement comprehensive VCF architectures aligned with business requirements and best practices.
- Develop detailed architectural blueprints, specifications, and documentation for VCF deployments.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance during VCF implementation projects.
- Perform capacity planning and performance optimization for VCF environments.
- Implement Bank s security policies and best practices
Architecture Review and Governance:
- Provide projections to management on Infrastructure/cloud utilization, cost optimization, contingencies, risks etc.
- Conduct thorough architecture reviews of existing and proposed VCF solutions.
- Establish and enforce architectural standards and best practices for VCF deployments.
- Ensure compliance with security and regulatory requirements.
Influence and Thought Leadership:
- Determine, justify, and obtain approval for projects, resources, procurement and budget. Establish cloud cost management, reduce TCO.
- Act as a subject matter expert on VCF and related technologies.
- Influence technology decisions and roadmaps related to infrastructure architecture.
- Stay abreast of emerging trends and technologies in the cloud and virtualization space.
- Provide thought leadership through presentations, publications, and participation in customer events.
VCF Consumption and Adoption:
- Drive the adoption of VCF across the enterprise by promoting its benefits and capabilities.
- Develop and implement strategies to increase VCF consumption and utilization.
- Provide training and knowledge transfer to internal teams and stakeholders.
Enterprise Architecture Capabilities:
- Advisor to top executives on cloud design, strategic/operational matters, Cloud Assessment, Cloud Suitability and facilitating Digital Transformation.
- Design and implement the framework to assess monolith applications and provide technological support to transform / migrate them into cloud native, container / microservices based architecture
- Integrate VCF architecture with broader enterprise architecture frameworks.
- Develop and maintain enterprise architecture roadmaps and standards.
- Align infrastructure architecture with business goals and objectives.
Stakeholder Management:
- Interface with bank officials for information dissemination, decision making, collaboration and working towards timely closure of projects, security observations etc.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including business leaders, IT teams, and vendors.
- Effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Gather and analyze stakeholder requirements to inform architecture decisions.
- Establish, manage, and track Key Performance Indexes (KPIs) to ensure and maintain high team performance. Work collaboratively across team boundaries to achieve important organizational goals.
- Perform additional duties as determined by business needs and as directed by management
Conflict Management:
- Proactively identify and resolve conflicts related to infrastructure architecture.
- Facilitate constructive discussions and negotiations to reach mutually agreeable solutions.
- Maintain a calm and professional demeanor in high-pressure situations.
Requirements
- Location - Mumbai - Onsite only (Client Site)
- Candidate should have 12+ years of professional experience.
- 8+ years of experience in customer-facing positions as a Architect, preferably with a BFSI, system integrator, consulting, or IT provider.
- Practitioner of Enterprise Architecture along with stakeholder management and conflict management.
- Willingness to work in 24x7 as per business requirements.
- Mandatory knowledge on VCF, vSphere, NSX, vSAN.
- Should be well versed with Industry Knowledge.
- Up to Date with Recent Technological and Software Developments, Advances in Computer Technology and How This Affects the Business Environment and have a Strong Client Focus.
- Understanding of Advance level physical storage and networking concept.
- Posses good troubleshooting skills on VMware products.
- Adaptable and progressive learner with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to a variety of audiences.
- Ability to work independently and work collaboratively in a team environment.
- An active listener with excellent and confident communications and people skills with an ability to read complex customer situations and adapt as needed.
