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# VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.x Design & Implementation Lead

- **Company:** TMS LLC
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Domain Name System (DNS), Hardware Compatibility (Software Requirements), Hardware Design, IP Addressing, Subnetting, Routing, Network Time Protocols, VCloud, VMware Infrastructure, Virtual Local Area Networks, VMware VSphere, Vmware
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us97687fc653f77f95c0b9d7e1a1b22b37

## About the Role

We are looking for a senior VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.x Solutions Architect / Implementation Lead to lead the architecture, planning, design, deployment, configuration, and validation of enterprise VCF environments. The candidate should have strong hands-on implementation experience, combining technical architecture expertise with the ability to lead customer-facing discovery and planning workshops., * Strong hands-on experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.x architecture and deployment.

 * Deep expertise in vSphere, including clusters, HA, DRS, resource management, networking, and storage.
 * Strong knowledge of VMware NSX architecture, transport networks, segments, gateways, routing, and Edge architecture.
 * Experience with VCF lifecycle management, upgrades, compatibility, prechecks, and remediation.
 * Experience assessing VMware Aria Automation environments and planning upgrades or migrations.
 * Strong infrastructure networking, compute, storage, and hardware integration knowledge.
 * Proven troubleshooting capabilities across VMware infrastructure components.

Preferred / Additional

 * Ability to lead customer-facing discovery and planning workshops.
 * Ability to meet required onsite visit schedule (see metadata).

## Description

* Lead customer workshops to assess existing infrastructure, gather requirements, and document deployment prerequisites.
 * Develop the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook (Excel deliverable).
 * Lead end-to-end VCF architecture, design, deployment planning, configuration, integration, and validation.
 * Design production environments considering availability, resiliency, capacity, security, networking, storage, and operational requirements.
 * Assess existing Aria Automation environments and develop upgrade or migration approaches.
 * Identify technical dependencies, compatibility requirements, risks, constraints, and prerequisites.
 * Validate infrastructure readiness, including VLANs, subnets, gateways, MTU, routing, DNS, NTP, IP addressing, certificates, and hardware compatibility.
 * Provide technical guidance and support throughout implementation and operational handoff.