VCF Architect

Location: Remote – USA

Employment Type: Contract / Full-Time

Experience: 10+ years in VMware / Virtualization; strong VCF 9 architecture experience Work Authorization: Open to qualified candidates authorized to work in the

USAPosition Overview: We are seeking a highly experienced VCF 9 Architect to design, implement, modernize, and optimize enterprise VMware Cloud Foundation environments. The architect will provide technical leadership across compute, storage, networking, security, automation, lifecycle management, and private-cloud architecture. VCF 9 integrates technologies including vSphere/ESXi, vSAN, NSX, vCenter, VCF Operations, VCF Automation, HCX, and Kubernetes capabilities into an integrated private-cloud platform.

Key Responsibilities: Lead the architecture and design of VMware Cloud Foundation 9.x environments. Develop HLD/LLD architecture documents, deployment designs, topology diagrams, and implementation plans. Design VCF Management Domains and Workload Domains based on application, security, availability, and performance requirements. Architect vSphere clusters, ESXi hosts, vCenter, vSAN, NSX, and VCF management components. Design NSX networking and security, including overlay networking, segments, gateways, distributed firewall, routing, and micro-segmentation. Design vSAN storage architecture, capacity planning, performance, resilience, and availability. Architect VCF Operations and VCF Automation for monitoring, capacity management, governance, and self-service automation. Develop strategies for VCF 9 brownfield migration, vCenter-to-VCF conversion, workload-domain import, and VCF modernization. VCF 9 supports deployment, expansion, conversion of existing vCenter environments, and import workflows. Lead VCF lifecycle management, patching, upgrades, and version compatibility planning. Define upgrade and migration strategies across VCF Operations, Automation, SDDC Manager, NSX, vCenter, ESXi, and related components. Design high-availability, disaster-recovery, backup, security, and business-continuity architectures. Support integration with enterprise networking, storage, DNS, Active Directory/LDAP, PKI, monitoring, backup, and security platforms. Provide architecture guidance for Kubernetes, modern applications, AI workloads, and private-cloud platforms. Review infrastructure capacity, performance, scalability, and operational requirements. Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical recommendations to engineering and infrastructure teams. Develop standards, reference architectures, implementation runbooks, and operational procedures. Troubleshoot complex VCF architecture and infrastructure issues and coordinate with vendor support when required. Mentor VMware engineers and provide technical leadership across implementation and operations teams.

Required Technical Skills: VMware / VCFVMware Cloud Foundation 9.xv Sphere / ESXiv Center ServervSANNSXVCF OperationsVCF AutomationVCF InstallerSDDC ManagerHCXVCF Fleet ManagementVCF Operations for Networks and Logs Broadcom's VCF 9 administrator materials specifically identify vCenter, ESX, vSphere Supervisor, vSAN, NSX, VCF Identity Broker, VCF Automation, VCF Operations, VCF Operations for Logs, Fleet Management, and VCF Operations for Networks/HCX as key VCF components. Infrastructure Enterprise compute and storage architecture Data center networkingTCP/IP, DNS, DHCPRouting and switching Load balancingSAN/NAS/NFSHardware lifecycle and capacity planning Automation PowerCLIREST APIsVMware automation Terraform and/or Ansible Infrastructure as CodeCI/CD concepts Cloud & Modern Workloads KubernetesVMware vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS)Private cloud architecture Hybrid cloud Container platformsAI/GPU infrastructure conceptsVCF 9.1's current platform includes vSphere, vSAN, NSX, VKS, VCF Operations, VCF Automation, HCX, and VCF Private AI Services. Architecture &

Design Responsibilities: The successful architect should be able to take an enterprise requirement and translate it into: Business Requirements↓Capacity & Workload Assessment↓VCF Architecture & Topology↓Compute + Storage + Network + Security Design↓Management & Workload Domains↓Automation & Operations↓Implementation & Migration↓Day-2 Operations & Optimization

Preferred Qualifications: VMware VCP/VCAP or equivalent hands-on experience. VCF 9.x certification or demonstrated VCF 9 architecture experience. Experience designing large-scale enterprise private-cloud environments. Experience with VCF migrations and modernization. Strong knowledge of VMware networking and NSX.Experience with vSAN architecture and troubleshooting. Experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code. Strong documentation and communication skills. Ability to work independently with distributed U.S. teams.

Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate is an enterprise VMware/VCF architect who can work across architecture, engineering, migration, automation, networking, storage, security, and operations—not simply administer individual VMware components. Keywords: VCF 9 Architect, VMware Cloud Foundation 9, VCF 9.x, VMware Architect, vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, NSX, VCF Operations, VCF Automation, SDDC Manager, HCX, VKS, Kubernetes, Private Cloud, NSX-T, Cloud Foundation, VMware Infrastructure, Terraform, PowerCLI, Automation, Hybrid Cloud.