Senior Technical Architect to develop, implement, and optimize the existing IT infrastructure using VM cloud technologies for a public sector client.

Our valued public sector client is hiring a Senior Technical Architect to develop, implement, and optimize the existing IT infrastructure using VM cloud technologies.

Background:

The Unclassified Training Environment is a permanent, multitenancy training resource providing local and distributed, On-Demand Self Service IT (Information Technology) environments, ubiquitous network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, and measured service utilizing its Private cloud computing technologies. It is based on the VMWare Cloud Foundation 5.x Reference Architecture including vRealize/Aria service suite. The aim is to provide dynamic, scalable and secure Information Technology services: (Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Desktop as a Service (DaaS), Anything as a Service (XaaS) and training environments in support of the training mandates and business objectives. The environment is divided into multiple cloud tenants to provide logical separation between the training clients. Each tenant is separated using next generation Software Defined Networking (SDN), individual Distributed Firewalls on each Virtual Machine and Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW) between Network Zones.

Tasks:

• Provide specialized technical advice, support and guidance to management, technical staff, program specialists and clients in the planning, design, development, testing, implementation, integration and maintenance of IT infrastructure operations (Windows server and mainframe operations, VM cloud technologies and services, connectivity between local and remote sites.
• Analyze, design, implement and manage the following existing solutions:
• VMware 7.x/8.x infrastructure including vCenter and ESXi;
• VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x/5.x Solution including SDDC Manager, NSX-T, and vSAN;
• VMWare vRealize/Aria Suite environment;
• Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM);
• Veeam backup systems.

Must Haves:

• Technical Architect - 10+ years
• Windows Server (2019 or 2022) - 2+ years
• VMware Cloud Foundation - 2+ years
• Secret clearance