Managing Consulting Engineer - VMware

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Job Summary:

The Managing Consulting Engineer makes innovative and ingenious contributions to new solution/product design and implementation, based on understanding of applicable technology and how it can be applied to solution design, considerations of system-wide impact and business issues for clients.  Provides technical expertise in analyzing client’s requirements to develop IT services offerings across multiple technology solutions that provide significant value. Supports complex engagements across multiple geographies.  

 What you will do:

• Lead a project team, directing coworker and client teams in solution design and development. Provide leadership in creating business cases, financial justification and solution benefit content for customer ready deliverables and presentations.
• Proactively addresses or escalates any budget issues that are identified during the project.
• Quality Assurance for SOW requests that meet triggers for size, cross brand, and complexity. Perform peer review of deliverables from other team members for technical content to ensure accuracy.
• Maintain client relationships as a trusted Technical Advisor providing best practices for virtualization, high availability, storage integration, and DR/business continuity. Serve as focal point for communications between multiple departments and clients, when necessary, using experience and judgment to communicate effectively to all parties. Recommend solutions supporting client account teams with development of proposals, quotations, and presentations.
• Architect, deploy, and integrate VMware Cloud Foundation solutions, including comprehensive use of VCF Operations and VCF Automation.
• Act as a trusted advisor on VMware SDDC technologies (vSphere, vSAN, NSX, VCF Operations and VCF Automation.
• Develop, document, and enhance service offerings centered on VCF and VCF Automation capabilities, including standardized delivery methodologies and best practices.
• Lead customer engagements, ensuring successful delivery of projects leveraging VCF Automation for tasks like self-service provisioning, policy-based governance, performance monitoring, and cost optimization.
• Collaborate with sales and solution architects to design VCF solutions tailored to customer requirements.
• Mentor consulting engineers on deploying and configuring VMware VCF Automation, VCF Operations, and related tools.
• Contribute to reusable assets, including VCF workflows, blueprints, dashboards, and integration guides.
• Analyze engagement trends to identify opportunities for new VMware VCF-focused services.

What we expect of you:

• The ideal candidate should possess a Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, or a related technical field and 7 years of IT Infrastructure experience, including 3 years of experience with large enterprise cross-brand projects, OR  11 years total Information Technology experience, to include 7 years of IT Infrastructure experience, including 3 years of experience with large enterprise cross-brand projects. 
• The candidate must demonstrate the ability to multitask and prioritize workload under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. They should have proven organizational, time-management, problem-solving, and follow-up skills. They should also be able to manage and escalate technical issues to the appropriate vendor support team.
• The candidate will be expected to maintain client relationships as a trusted Technical Advisor and serve as the focal point for communications between multiple departments and clients when necessary. They should be able to take a lead technical role in reviewing and editing deliverables produced by other Engineering and Consulting teams.
• The candidate should provide technical expertise in analyzing client’s requirements to develop IT services offerings across multiple technology solutions. They should also be able to recommend solutions and support internal account teams with the development of proposals, quotations, and presentations.
• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills are required, including demonstrated experience presenting technology recommendations from a business perspective to internal and external clients. The candidate should have a history of engaging with people across levels, functions, culture, and geography, navigating interpersonal and group