Solutions Architect – Tanzu Platform Services

Ready to build?

So are we.

Come join VMware’s exciting Modern Applications Business Unit (MAPBU) Team, made up of products and services under the Tanzu portfolio to help customers build, run and manage their most important applications.

We build applications with velocity to run in a cloud-native environment, run Kubernetes and Cloud Foundry with consistency, and manage our customers’ entire footprint with confidence to help them achieve their business outcomes.

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About Y ou

You are unique: as an exceptional, passionate, customer facing, hands-on Solution Architect you will help customers transform to realize the benefits of modern applications and architectures on the VMware Tanzu portfolio.

You will also work closely with the Tanzu engineering and Solution Engineer (SE) teams to transform the way our customers build and run their software.

You are a problem solver and the thought of collaborating with a team to help companies transform to meet the challenges of tomorrow excites you.

The Team

At VMware we believe that Kubernetes, and by extension Modern Applications, will transform the next generation of enterprise infrastructure and applications the way Virtualization and Java have in the past.

Customers are looking to containers to avoid lock in with public clouds and the industry has aligned around Kubernetes as the orchestration engine

for these containers.

The complete Tanzu portfolio consists of products and services that transform how enterprises build and operate modern applications on Kubernetes.

The Platform Services team helps customers derive the value of Tanzu technology to deliver the benefits of container application platforms.

What You’ll Be Doing :

Execut ing on customer engagements both as a member of a team for complex engagements and solo for simpler engagements

Driv ing platform adoption by working with application teams to embrace modern practices around developer workflow, application enhancements, build and packaging, application lifecycle, and observability

Deploying and operationalizing platforms built on Kubernetes by designing for storage integration, container networking, service routing, observability, and platform security

Promote the adoption of automation techniques and DevOps practices to improve the infrastructure and software life cycle including infrastructure and application uptime, availability, and time-to-market

Participate in mentoring and knowledge transfer to your customers

Support a written culture and contribute to our technical content library

Serve as an effective member of the broader Open Source and Modern Applications ecosystem, contributing to Kubernetes SIG’s, Meetups and similar

Work effectively with a remote and distributed team

REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

5 + years’ experience with design and implementation of distributed systems architectures on private or public cloud infrastructure

2 + years of experience designing container-based solutions using Kubernetes

Familiarity with programming concepts and general SDLC practices

Robust proficiency in Linux & CLI with 1-2 years of experience in VM infrastructure

Understanding of the latest cloud trends and best practices, including Cloud-Native, DevOps and infrastructure-as-code principles

Experience in a customer-facing capacity, support, or consulting role

Strong written and oral communication skills

Ability to travel approximately 50% 

PREFERRED or HELPFUL SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

Experience presenting to small and large audiences (Executives, Management & Developers)

Experience with cloud service provider offerings like Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

The ideal candidate will have f amiliarity with virtualization technologies such as Hyper-V, vSphere, and vCenter.

It would be useful if you had e xperience implementing a continuous integration (CI) or continuous development (CD) pipeline

Ideally you have some e xperience using logging and monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Kibana

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All employment decisions at VMware are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

VMware encourages applicants of all ages.

VMware will provide reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law.

VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

All employment decisions at VMware are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

VMware encourages applicants of all ages.

VMware will provide reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law.

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