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# VMware vSphere Consultant - VCF 9 Workload Migration (Contract)

- **Company:** The Stafford
- **Location:** Jersey City, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), VCloud, VMware VSphere, Grafana, Vmware
- **Published:** July 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=eb3b92d846bd77f1

## About the Role

* 5+ years of hands-on VMware vSphere administration/engineering in enterprise environments (inferred - confirm with client)
 * Experience executing large-scale VM workload migrations
 * Familiarity with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) concepts and architecture
 * Ability to work on-site in Jersey City, NJ at least 50% of the time
 * Strong communication skills for a client-facing, embedded-team role, * Direct VCF 4.x/5.x/9.x migration or deployment experience
 * Experience in financial services / regulated environments
 * Grafana or comparable monitoring stack familiarity
 * Exposure to custom automation/self-service provisioning platforms
 * VMware certifications (VCP-DCV or higher)

## Description

Stafford Gray is seeking an experienced VMware consultant to support the virtualization team of a global financial services client in Jersey City, NJ. The environment runs vSphere at significant scale (no other VCF suite components), with automation handled through an in-house marketplace and monitoring via Grafana. You'll support day-to-day IaaS operations, then assist with workload migration to VMware Cloud Foundation 9 once the migration design - owned by a separate VMware team - is validated., * Support the IaaS team's daily operational activities across a large-scale vSphere environment

 * Troubleshoot and maintain virtualization infrastructure, working within established automation (internal marketplace) and monitoring (Grafana) tooling
 * Assist with workload migration to VCF 9 following validation of the migration design and roadmap
 * Coordinate with the client's dedicated VMware migration team during the migration phase
 * Document operational procedures and migration activities


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