Senior Systems Architect - VMware, SDDC, Infrastructure & Cloud

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Systems Architect to join our consulting practice. In this client-facing role, you will advise enterprise and regulated-industry customers on the modernization and transformation of their cloud, data center, virtualization, and infrastructure platforms. You will lead architecture engagements spanning Microsoft Azure, hybrid cloud, software-defined data centers, VMware-based private cloud, and on-premises infrastructure, helping clients modernize legacy estates while ensuring resilience, security, governance, and operational continuity.

You will act as a trusted advisor to CIOs, infrastructure leaders, and transformation programs, shaping both strategy and delivery across complex enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

Lead current-state assessments, discovery workshops, and target-state architecture definition Translate business, security, compliance, and resilience requirements into scalable technical solutions Facilitate architecture workshops with engineering teams, infrastructure leaders, and executive audiences Provide architectural governance aligned to enterprise standards and regulatory expectations Design Microsoft Azure landing zones, governance models, connectivity patterns, and operational guardrails Architect hybrid cloud solutions integrating Azure with on-premises infrastructure, identity platforms, and security controls Design SDDC architectures across compute, storage, network virtualization, backup, DR, and management domains Govern VMware-based private cloud architectures, including v.

Sphere, v. Center, ESXi, NSX, vSAN, HCX, SRM, and Aria/v. Realize Suite Lead modernization and migration initiatives across Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, and hybrid environments Produce high-level and low-level design documentation, architecture decision records, and migration strategies Provide architectural oversight across deployment, migration, and stabilization phases Act as senior escalation point for critical platform design and implementation challenges Support migration planning for workloads moving into Azure, AVS, hybrid cloud, or modernized on-premises environments Support RFP/RFI/RFQ responses with solution design, architecture inputs, and scope framing Contribute to effort estimation, proposal development, and delivery planning Identify follow-on opportunities in cloud adoption, infrastructure modernization, and operational improvement Requirements 10+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure architecture, virtualization, SDDC, and consulting Proven background in enterprise transformation and modernization programs Expertise in Microsoft Azure, including landing zones, hub-and-spoke networking, governance, identity, security, and resilience Skills in hybrid cloud architecture integrating Azure with on-premises platforms and enterprise identity Proficiency in VMware technologies: v.

Sphere, v. Center, ESXi, NSX, vSAN, HCX, SRM, and Aria/v. Realize Suite Knowledge of SDDC, Hyper-V, and Nutanix AHV, as well as hyperconverged infrastructure platforms Competency in Azure VMware Solution (AVS), workload mobility, and platform transformation Understanding of enterprise storage, backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery Background in network, security, identity, and governance for enterprise platform architecture Showcase of designing solutions for regulated, high-availability, and mission-critical environments within financial services, public sector, or healthcare Familiarity with infrastructure automation and IaC tools such as Terraform, Bicep, Power.

Shell, or Ansible Strategic thinking combined with strong delivery awareness, ownership mindset, consulting maturity, relevant certifications, and willingness to travel to clients English language proficiency at an Advanced level (C1) Nice to have Experience with Amazon Web Services