Intel Consulting Architect

Location: Reston/Herndon/Chantilly, VA
Clearance Required: TS/SCI with CI or FS Poly

Skills Required:

• Certified in VCP and Security
• Experience with NSX, vSAN, vSphere, ESXi, vRA, vRO, vROps
• Holds technical skills, business acumen, and a strong desire to support the customer.
  • • Experience in Infrastructure (Data Center Design, Networking, Systems Hardware, System Architecture Virtualization, Systems Management, Security), and Cloud Computing (Automation and Orchestration, Cloud Methodologies, Cloud-Native Apps, and DevOps), or Desktop virtualization and enterprise mobility solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the technical leadership required to deliver customer-focused solutions, capabilities, and sales support to ensure that VMware customers can execute their journey to a Software-Defined Enterprise that leverages multiple clouds.
• Excellent interpersonal/listening skills, complex problem-solving, big-picture thinking, and solution articulation.
• Scope the solution and supporting conceptual design/client proposal generation. This includes estimating effort calculations, defining service descriptions, risk identification/mitigation, and drafting detailed work packages.
• Actively contribute to defining vision for the Architecture & Engineering function
• Advocate and encourage innovation, creative thought, and new ideas and/or solutions
• Contributes to publications and community events.
• Deliver workshops with customers and PSO consultants on or off customer premises to thoroughly capture requirements.
• Analyze requirements and designing technical solutions based on VMware technologies and third-party or open-source products.
• Architect large-scale enterprise solutions, designing and implementing scalability and high availability alternatives for them.
• Apply modern software development methodologies, with emphasis on software and hardware architecture, infrastructure design, and development.
• Independently conducting engagements with customers in a timely and effective manner
• Researching new technologies and provide technical guidance to management and team. Identifying new opportunities for services.
• Mentor junior and coaching senior members of the team.
• Produce quality technical content and sharing it with the VMware community, partners and customers through services documentation, best practices, training, blogs, and presentations.
• Build and maintain the confidence of colleagues and customers and leading improvements in the organization
• Maintain and develop current knowledge of the entire VMware product line.
• Lead and assist in the development of standard reusable VMware "productized" consulting service offerings, including the definition of tasks, deliverables, and standard estimates.
• Present custom solutions and articulating how business requirements are met to all levels of customer resources, from operators and consumers to the highest management staff.

Education / Experience Requirements:

• 12 years' experience in a technical capacity in either Infrastructure, Development, Desktop, or Systems Management, with a strong bias toward networking and containerization
• Bachelor's degree
• Strong executive client management, business development, and consulting or professional services experience
• Experience as a technical architect in a consulting environment, including time supporting sales and working with technical staff and implementations.
• Strong understanding of application software development for one or more of the Linux, UNIX (e.g. Solaris), and Windows operating systems.
• Systems programming or OS internal level skills would be an advantage.
• Industry-leading technical certifications are highly desirable (VCP, VCDX, CCIE or MCA)

• Deep understanding of virtual IT production data centers
• Deep understanding of networking and storage
• Experience and understanding of modern DevOps practices.
• An understanding and experience with automation/configuration management using tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or an equivalent is highly desired.
• Strong systems design and architecture skills
• Strong scripting skills in any of the following: JavaScript, Python, Perl, Powershell, Bash, etc.
• Strong ability to synthesize customer business requirements and convert into technology solutions based on VMware Management product stack
• Familiarity with systems management concepts, processes and standards (e.g. SNMP); capacity/performance management and tuning; and storage and network management
• Understanding of modern IT production data center and Internet (ISP/ASP) hosting operations
• Knowledge of broader network infrastructure components (e.g. TCP/IP, Active Directory, DNS)
• Practical experience with the VMware portfolio - vSphere, NSX, vRealize Suite, vCD, etc.
• Knowledge of technology stack and services of public cloud providers - AWS, Azure, etc.
• Strong presentation skills, able to adjust and communicate with different levels - Engineers; IT Administrators; Project/Program Managers; all level of Managers including C level execs.
• Emphasis on results and goal-oriented

About PGTEK
PGTEK is a true consulting organization dedicated to helping clients achieve their business and technology objectives utilizing our decades of experience and business relationships. PGTEK invests in the educational advancement of our staff by providing the necessary resources to complete Professional and Business Certifications. Our company is our people, and we treat them like family. EOE, including disability/veterans.