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Job Description Sr. Consultant – vCenter Operations Solutions Practice – CITY, STATE and most major US cities
NOTE: This position can be based out of most major US cities provided the employee can fulfill the below stated business travel requirement.
Position Description:
The ideal candidate will be a “thought leader” in the area of how vCenter Operations solutions can add value by enabling customers to be proactive in the areas of IT problem detection, performance analytics, and capacity planning. This position is an integral part of the Professional Services team responsible for defining technology and services solutions for VMware enterprise clients. This individual will work directly with customers to architect and implement vCenter Operations within the customers’ infrastructure. The position requires an experienced consultant; he or she will be responsible for identification of requirements and scope, implementation planning and service delivery in order to meet the clients’ business objectives.
Responsibilities include:
Provide thought leadership with prospects and customers in developing a vision and plan of how the vCenter Operations solutions can address their IT challenges and provide significant business value.
Provide expertise in the area of integrated application architectures in order show how best to apply vCenter Operations solutions to solve complex IT problems
Own and lead specific customer engagements implementing vCenter Operations solutions
Develop strong customer relationships that enable VMware to become a trusted advisor for our customers’ IT executives.
Partner with Sales to build relationships with key buyers, recommend approaches and tools for defining the solution and communicate it to diverse audiences.
Provide input to Product Development to extend / customize solution to meet customer integration and functionality needs
Work with other departments in the company to achieve customer satisfaction and resolve customer issues in a timely fashion
Qualifications include:
7+ years of Information Technology role experience, with at least 3 years in a consulting role to include:
o Responsibility for all aspects of project delivery (e.g., plan, design, implement)
o Experience consulting with multiple customers simultaneously
o Experience in managing performance and availability of mission critical applications, with a focus on virtualized environments
Significant enterprise scale project experience with the VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite - OR similar competitive offerings.
Expertise with 3rd party infrastructure monitoring solutions (e.g. IBM Tivoli, BMC Patrol, Mercury PC, CA eHealth/APM, HP OpenView, etc.), including integration and operational use.
vSphere experience
Knowledge of broader network infrastructure components (e.g. TCP/IP, Active Directory)
Background in solution and/or consultative selling to include implementations with significant interactions at the executive level (presentations, proposals, documentation of current versus desired state, etc.)
Experience with extending / customizing software for integration purposes including business process requirements definition and design recommendations.
