**Job Description:**
An Consultant is an innovative, results-focused individual who will be engaged in the Professional Services team in the delivery of projects that help enhance our customers business based around VMware’s product suites, specifically in the virtualisation and Cloud space.
The Consultant is responsible for taking an active role in the delivery of the projects ranging from plan, design, build and deliver through to solution generation and implementation of unsolved problems in the cloud era.
2. Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
• Provide technical leadership and guidance in the installation, configuration and implementation of VMware products and technologies
• Architecting and design enterprise level IT architectural solutions utilising VMware’s core virtualisation and cloud offerings
• Plan, Design, Build & Deliver core infrastructure solutions
• A sound, constructive and understanding approach to client problems, aiming to be seen as a trusted advisor
• An innovative approach to solving client problems for the betterment of the client and the advancements of VMware
• Adhering to time, cost and quality constraints of each project
• Contributing to the progression of the Professional Services team by sharing IP, advising best practices and delivering the best possible solutions
• Build and maintain the confidence of colleagues and customers
• Achieving productive and billable utilisation targets
3. Knowledge and Skill Requirements:
Role Specific Technical Skills:
• Sound understanding of solution generation and implementation within the IT architecture space
• Experience in Plan, Design, Build & Deliver of core infrastructure solutions
• Excellent technical documentation skills
• Demonstrable experience with VMware’s products (VMware ESX, vCenter, SRM, vROPS, vRA) within modern IT production data centres and infrastructure environments
• Windows Server Operating system knowledge
• Network and Storage design and implementation
• Familiar with systems management concepts, processes & standards, capacity/performance management & tuning, and storage & network management.
Previous Experience:
• 2-4 years of experience in a client facing, technical or consulting role
Education:
• BS or equivalent
• ITIL Foundations (Preferred)
• VCP
**Why work for our Division:**
The global VMware Professional Services Organization (PSO) influences the success of each VMware implementation. The PSO team is dedicated to the success of the customer and their virtualization strategy and implementation. The PSO team ensures that VMware customers are successfully implementing their business plans from adoption all the way to a fully functioning virtualized datacenter. The VMware PSO team includes Implementation/Managed Services, Project/Engagement Management, Education Services, Partner Management and Technical Account Management (TAM) Services.
**Why work with our Group:**
As a VMware Consultant, you will lead the largest brand companies on the planet in the transformation of their IT services business. You will help to develop strategy, discover key business, technical, functional, and operational requirements and then design enterprise class architectures that when deployed will provide those customers with fully automated and integrated Iaas, Paas, Saas and ITaas solutions. VMware Consulting Services is a high growth, high challenge, high reward work environment where your personal and professional opportunities have no boundaries or limits and your creativity, energy, and passion are leveraged every day and every week to deliver extremely high value to these very special customers.
**About Us:**
VMware is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility. Built on VMware's industry-leading virtualization technology, our solutions deliver a new model of IT that is fluid, instant and more secure. Customers can innovate faster by rapidly developing, automatically delivering and more safely consuming any application.
With 2015 revenues of $6.6 billion, VMware has more than 500,000 customers, more than 75,000 partners, and 19,000+ employees in 120+ locations around the world. At the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. Do you dare to do the stuff you've always dreamed about? Dare to explore at careers.vmware.com.
**Requisition Number:**
79745BR
**Advertised Location:**
Mumbai, India
**Posting Title:**
Consultant
**Office Location:**
IND-Mumbai-The Capitol
**Advertised Group:**
Prof Services
**Group:**
Consulting Delivery Services