Reporting to: PSO Manager SSA region
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Job Summary
As a VMware Senior Consultant, you will provide customers technical leadership in the installation, configuration, and implementation of VMware products and technologies. The position requires the ability to execute projects independently and to implement high-quality technical solutions based on Cloud computing (server and desktop), automation and management VMware products.
Responsibilities
Experiences
81402BR
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Job Summary
As a VMware Senior Consultant, you will provide customers technical leadership in the installation, configuration, and implementation of VMware products and technologies. The position requires the ability to execute projects independently and to implement high-quality technical solutions based on Cloud computing (server and desktop), automation and management VMware products.
Responsibilities
- Independently conduct small to medium engagements with customers
- Maintain current knowledge of the entire VMware product line
- Conduct pre-packaged VMware consulting solutions in a timely and effective manner
- Assist in the development of standard reusable VMware “productized” consulting service offerings, including definition of tasks, deliverables and standard estimates
- Help to document best practices in developing and deploying VMware solutions, and feed them into our knowledge base for reuse by customers and partners
- Build and maintain confidence of colleagues and customers
- Actively participate in PSO team meeting by presenting technical project or new product
- Manage consultant tasks and priorities in cloud project
- Mentoring of cloud / automation consultant
- Keep up-to-date on VMware technologies (self-trainings and corporate boot-camps)
- Become a trusted advisor of colleagues and customers
- Help in recruiting new cloud/automation consultant
- Assist in scoping engagement during services presales process
- Travel up to 50 percent of the time, including international
Experiences
- 3-8 years of relevant experience in IT
- 3+ years of experience in customer-facing positions as a consultant, administrator or engineer, preferably within a system integrator, consulting organization or IT provider
- Expertise on VMware Virtual Infrastructure Deployment, Management & Administration: vSphere/vCenter is a strict minimum, vCenter Operations Manager, SRM, vCloud Automation Center, vCenter Orchestrator, vCloud
- Strong experience in development (object oriented programing, WebService API REST & SOAP), scripting (javascript, Powershell, batch, shell)
- Automation and Orchestration with CIM experience
- Experience with another orchestrator (HP OO, MS SystemCenter Orchestrator,Cisco Tidal Enterprise Orchestrator, BMC Atrium Orchestrator) are considered a plus
- Experience in Operation management methods and products are considered a plus as well
- Cross Operating System knowledge, getting at least administrator experience in both Linux and Windows world
- Strong application software development for one or more of the Linux, Unix (e.g. Solaris), Windows NT, and Windows 2000 operating systems. Systems programming or OS internal level skills would be an advantage
- Understanding of modern IT production data centre and Internet (ISP/ASP) hosting operations
- Familiarity with modern IT infrastructure and hosting operation (Disaster recovery, SLA, Backup, Multi Site, Monitoring, AD & DNS…)
- Strong Perl programming/scripting skills desired. Programming in C/C++ and Unix shell are also an advantage
- A good practical understanding of Web- based application development, including cgi-bin, and Apache or IIS server platforms
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
- VMware VCP is required and a strict minimum
- English: Fluent
- Excellent communications, writing and interpersonal skills
- B.S./B.A./M.S. degree or equivalent technical training
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