VMware Cloud Architect Consultant San Francisco, CA 80hr Contract

VMware Cloud Architect / Consultant - San Francisco CA - $80/hr

Location: San Francisco CA

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Overview:

Were seeking an experienced VMware Cloud Architect / Consultant to lead enterprise cloud transformation initiatives across private hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

This role combines strategic consulting enterprise architecture and hands-on VMware expertise to design modernize and optimize large-scale infrastructure platforms. The ideal candidate brings deep experience with VMware Cloud Foundation hybrid cloud architectures automation disaster recovery and enterprise-scale migrations.

Youll work closely with executive stakeholders infrastructure teams and engineering organizations to develop roadmaps define target-state architectures and lead complex cloud modernization programs.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead infrastructure assessments and define enterprise cloud and software-defined data center strategies.

Design high-level and low-level architecture solutions for VMware platforms.

Develop cloud migration roadmaps business cases and transformation strategies.

Architect private hybrid and multi-cloud solutions across VMware Cloud on AWS Azure and GCP.

Design highly available and resilient infrastructure solutions supporting enterprise workloads.

Establish security architectures including micro-segmentation zero-trust and network segmentation strategies.

Lead proof-of-concepts pilots cloud migrations and modernization initiatives.

Develop automation frameworks using PowerCLI and Infrastructure as Code methodologies.

Implement disaster recovery business continuity backup and recovery strategies.

Define operational standards lifecycle management observability monitoring and capacity planning processes.

Support executive presentations architecture reviews and technical strategy discussions.

Collaborate with network security storage platform DevOps and operations teams.

Requirements:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or a related field.

10 years of enterprise infrastructure cloud architecture or VMware consulting experience.

Expert-level VMware vSphere/ESXi and vCenter experience.

Strong experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).

Experience with vSAN NSX-T and Aria/vRealize Suite.

Experience with Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and HCX.

Experience with VMware Lifecycle Manager.

Hybrid cloud architecture experience.

VMware Cloud on AWS Azure and/or GCP experience.

Strong understanding of network overlays security controls and cloud networking.

Experience developing HLDs LLDs migration plans and architecture documentation.

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

VMware certifications such as VCP-DCV VCAP or VCF Specialist.

Tanzu and Kubernetes experience.

PowerCLI expertise.

Terraform Ansible or Python automation experience.

DevOps and Infrastructure as Code experience.

Experience supporting regulated environments such as SOX PCI FFIEC or HIPAA.

Pre-sales solution consulting or enterprise advisory experience.

Compensation & Benefits:

Pay Rate: $80/hour

Employment Type: Contract

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Visa Sponsorship: No visa sponsorship available.

Relocation Assistance: No relocation assistance available.

Benefits may be available based on employment classification.

Apply Today:

If youre passionate about cloud transformation enterprise architecture VMware technologies and helping organizations modernize complex infrastructure environments we encourage you to apply today.