Vmware Technical Architect

We are a $13+ billion global technology company, home to more than 224,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud, and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products.

HCLTech is a globally recognized leader in the Tech and IT industry, but we’ve never forgotten the startup mindset that got us here. We’ve always approached our work with an idea-first attitude because every one of our accomplishments —no matter how big or small —can be traced back to an idea’s single spark.

It’s that spark —that inner drive —that sets our people apart from our competitors. It enables us not just to pull off game-changing feat after game-changing feat but to better our world in the process. We want you to find your spark. Because that’s what drives you to be better, be more and ultimately, be more fulfilled.

Job Responsibilities:

1. The technical architect will be assigned to work with one or more development project teams, either on a long-term basis or for the duration of specific projects. In this role they will be expected to:
2. Agree what technology should be used in the proposed solution. Working with the programme architect, the applications architect and third parties as appropriate, they will be responsible for ensuring that a document describing the technical architecture for the programme/project is produced.
3. Ensure that all technology selected for the programme conforms to the client’s technical long term strategy, or that an appropriate level of agreement has been obtained where it does not.
4. Take responsibility for the detailed design of the technology layer of the agreed solution.
5. Technical architects are not expected to do the whole architecture design personally, but are expected to pull in appropriate skills and to develop an overall understanding of the technical architecture for the programme/major project.
6. Ensure that proposed infrastructure designs are viable and lead the initial implementation process to prove their viability.
7. To advise on capacity planning of the existing IT infrastructure, taking regular feedback from support team for existing issues and advice on technical architecture to overcome issues.
8. Become a central point of understanding of the complete end-to-end technical architecture for the business area concerned.
9. When devising technical solutions ensure that other staff in the IT department is consulted appropriately.
10. Should also be able to help "troubleshoot" when issues arise in the Datacentre, hence Hands-On experience is essential.
11. The technical architect will also be expected to champion the technical architecture within the team, and to contribute to the development of the client’s technical architecture.
12. Extend the technical architecture into new areas as required to support development projects.
13. Lead the process of agreeing and/or documenting technology recommendations in areas not yet formally covered by the technical architecture.
14. Work on research and development/implementation projects to establish new technical offerings in advance of development project needs.
15. Lead Architecture and design of IT Infrastructure solutions based on requirements from the business making use of existing IT capabilities and services in the company.
16. Work on creating standard Reference Architecture for each Technology domain which includes Compute, Storage, Backup, Network, Security, EUC and Tools. This reusable component will be used by the Architecture team.
17. Handle both Strategic initiatives and In-flight projects related to each Technology Domain.
18. Develop Technology Strategy and Roadmap for IT Infrastructure.
19. Setup a team for Strategic initiatives and In-flight projects.
20. Understand the business and application requirement and translate it into an Infrastructure solution.
21. Provide value add in optimizing Technology for Business in order to reduce Cost of IT.
22. Alignment of Business processes with Technology wherever needed for deriving better Business results (profits).
23. Create whitepapers on emerging technologies that can be showcased to customers.
24. The candidate needs to own Architecture and Design in a large architecture project. The candidate should be technically competent to Architecture and Design a solution with minimal help.
25. The candidate should be able to work with project management team to develop project plan and project manage the entire project.

Job Requirements:

1. Minimum of 5+ years of experience in Compute & Virtualization technology with a strong understanding of following areas.
2. VMWare / Hyper-V /Nutanix / Openshift Virtualization or other virtualization platform architecture.
3. Microsoft Windows Server & Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Operating system architecture.
4. Directory Services, Security, Network, Storage & Backup architecture fundamentals & integrations with compute and virtualization architecture.
5. OEM Knowledge: HPE, Dell & IBM Server Hardware (Rack/Blade/Chassis) Design & Architecture.
6. Education Qualification - Should be a minimum B. Tech / BS /MCA in Computer Science.
7. Total Experience –10 to 14 Years; Relevant Experience – 6 to 8 years.
8. Should have core experience of working on IT Strategy & IT Consulting engagements.
9. Should be well versed in developing IT related Business Cases / Financial Cases.
10. Should be experienced in operational services, compliance, capacity analysis and vendor management.
11. Extensive hands-on technical skills to cover installation, configuration, administration and advanced troubleshooting.
12. Experience of working within a Service environment and technical teams of IT experts.
13. Experience of working on ITIL ticketing systems (SNOW, Remedy), understand ITIL framework.
14. Experience in representation in Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings.
15. Experience of being able to highlight issues and solutions.
16. Experience of managing outsourced or offshore supplier support groups.

Technical/Professional Qualifications:

1. A broad understanding of enterprise-class technologies.
2. Experience in handling a Data Centre Move / Migration from one Data Centre to another.
3. Ability to interface with Applications Team to understand the application landscape and their interface to different systems in the IT landscape.
4. Domain Skills that are required are classified into the following categories:
5. Expert – Extensive and substantial practical and applied knowledge on the subject.
6. Knowledge – Detailed knowledge of the subject area and capable of providing professional advice and guidance. Ability to integrate capability into Architecture design.
7. Awareness – Understands the issues, background and implications sufficiently to be able to understand how to proceed further and advice client accordingly.
8. The candidate should have expert knowledge in two or more Domains and knowledge and Awareness in other areas as mentioned below:

Level

Domain

1. Expert
2. Design of Server Virtualization Solution (Mandatory)
3. Cloud Computing
4. Design of Microsoft Windows Server Solutions
5. Design of Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Solutions, Knowledge, Storage/Backup Solutions, Data Center Concepts, Industry trends, Best practices.
6. Data Migration, Consolidation, Optimization.

Business Skills:

1. Interpersonal skills and ability to translate IT technical language into everyday terms which users can understand, specifically non-technical senior management.
2. Ability to interact with customers so as to ensure that the service is flexible, efficient and responsive.
3. To work through issues analytically to a successful conclusion.
4. Demonstrable results in a business customer facing role, with a track record of delivering services to defined service levels.
5. Experience in the management of multi-discipline teams in distributed locations.
6. Experience of working in an Operational environment alongside other technical and operational teams, ensuring that all parties collaborate effectively to deliver services.
7. Use of ITIL service management framework to deliver best practice capabilities.
8. Proven ability to deliver improvements that deliver greater value to the customer and business through more efficient delivery and/or lower costs.

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting