VMWare Consultant-1 Job at Realign LLC, Oakland, CA

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  • Realign LLC
  • Oakland, CA

Job Description

Oakland, California 94601 Posted March 19th, 2026

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Job Type: Full Time

Job Category: IT

Role: VMWare Consultant Location: Oakland, CA FTE Only
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Required Technical Skills:

  • vSphere/ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, NSX (T), Aria/vRealize Suite, SRM, HCX, Tanzu/Kubernetes.
  • (on‑prem cloud, VMware Cloud on AWS/Azure/GCP),
  • network overlays,
  • Egress controls and cost‑aware architectures.
  • VMware ESXi & vCenter (8/9)
  • VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation)
  • VMware Lifecycle Manager

Preferred Qualifications:

  • VMware certifications (VCP‑DCV, VCAP, VCF Specialist)

Soft Skills:

  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to work in 24/7 critical environments
  • Analytical and troubleshooting mindset
  • Team collaboration and documentation discipline

Roles & Responsibilities
Role Overview:
VMware consultant who can shape platform strategy, own end‑to‑end architecture, and lead complex transformations across private, hybrid, and multi‑cloud environments. The ideal candidate blends hands‑on depth (vSphere, vSAN, NSX, Aria/vRealize, SRM, HCX, VMware Cloud on AWS/Azure/GCP, Tanzu) with consulting acumen—able to advise executives, develop roadmaps, build target-state reference architectures, and guide delivery teams from discovery through steady state
Key Responsibilities-Strategy & Advisory
Lead assessment workshops to baseline current state (infra, ops, cost, risk) and define target-state SDDC/Cloud strategy Build business cases (TCO/ROI), migration waves, and investment plans; present to senior leadership and architecture review boards. Define governance, landing zones, guardrails, and operating models for VMware platforms in enterprise contexts. Architecture & Design-Create high‑ and low‑level designs (HLD/LLD), capacity and resilience models (HA/DR patterns, RPO/RTO), and security reference architectures (micro‑segmentation, zero‑trust, segmentation policies). Delivery Leadership-Lead discovery, POCs, pilots, and phased migrations for data center consolidations/app modernizations. Direct cross‑functional teams (network, security, storage, platform, DevOps) and coach engineers on best practices and automation. Establish Infrastructure as Code and automation patterns (PowerCLI, Terraform, Ansible) and integrate with CI/CD where applicable. Operations, Reliability & Security-Define SRE/operational runbooks, monitoring/observability (Aria Operations/Operations for Logs), capacity, patch baselines, and lifecycle management. Implement DR/BCP with SRM (runbooks, test plans), plus backup/recovery integrations. Drive cost optimization (rightsizing, consolidation, reserved capacity planning) and license posture management. Translate technical decisions into business outcomes and risk trade‑offs; create C‑level decks, design packs, and decision logs. Partner with security, audit, and compliance on policy alignment (e.g., SOX/PCI/FFIEC/HIPAA as relevant). Support RFP/RFI responses, sizing, and solution estimation. Strong scri pting/automation: PowerCLI (must‑have); Terraform/Ansible/Python (nice‑to‑have). Proven ability to produce HLD/LLD, migration plans, and executive presentations.

Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and consulting skills

Required Skills

GRAPHIC DESIGN CONSULTANT

WEB DEVELOPMENT & ANALYTICS CONSULTANT

Job Tags

Full time

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