The Role:

Type:Contract

Rate: Neg

Duration: 6 Months+

Great role, strong possibly to extend after an initial 3 months. You will be responsible for the design of VMWare IT Cloud environments with a focus on VMWare and DEL-EMC Technical Cloud Architecture, playing a vital role in the design of testbed, production, and development Cloud Infrastructures

• Delivery of customer Cloud design, aligned with customer’s business requirements and with a focus on Cloud Migrations.
• Provide leadership in Cloud infrastructure design and planning activities including onboarding of 3rd party IT applications
• IT Cloud computing expertise internally and externally to drive Cloud Adoption
• Candidate will report to Lead Technical Architect and Technical Project Manager

Technical Skills required

• Extensive VMware, Dell-EMC, and RedHat based Cloud Architecture and migration skills and experience including:
  • VMware
    • ESXi hypervisor
    • vCenter
    • cRealize
  • Dell EMC
    • ScaleIO
    • Isilion
    • CloudLink
  • RHEL host OS & Linux components (ovs)
• End to end architectural experience on the following Openstack components:
  • RHEL host OS & Linux components (ovs)
  • Nova(Compute),
  • Cinder(storage)
  • CEPH storage
  • FCOE and FC
  • iSCSI
• Strong understanding across Cloud and infrastructure components (server, storage, network, data, and applications) to deliver end to end Cloud Infrastructure architectures and designs.
• Knowledge of further Cloud technologies (VMware, Dell-EMC, RedHat)
• 4+ years' experience as an IT Infrastructure Architect, with focus on VMWare, cloud, server, storage and networking.
• Experience in leading a team applying all elements of Technical Consulting
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
• Understands and can articulate the technical merits and value of Cloud computing