Consulting Uhana Architect - VMware Cloud Foundation - Working Remotely - VWM

Title: Consulting Uhana Architect - VMware Cloud Foundation - Working Remotely

Responsibilities:

• You will take ownership of business outcomes of projects, lead technical project teams and take accountability for all project deliverables.
• Strategically plan with sales, pre-sales and the customer to build out a delivery roadmap.
• Vision new services and requirements and be a trusted advisor to technical decision makers and key project stakeholders on your projects.
• Define and present a transformational journey to senior project stakeholders.
• Work with project manager on project budget, resource planning and all aspects of efficient delivery.
• Confidently gather use case requirements and creation of high-level enterprise designs while functioning as a resource for "Best Practices" and driving adoption of VMware solutions.
• Ensure the solution being delivered is fit for purpose, referencing the initial business goals and objectives of the project through strong project governance
• Maintain current, high-level technical knowledge of the entire VMware product line and future product direction and expert level knowledge of the core VMware product line and your specialist area
• Actively demonstrate commercial awareness and stay within the scope of the contracted work.
• Assist in the development of our consulting service offerings as well as developing white papers and best practices
• Must enjoy working with leading edge technology and being an intrinsic part of a fantastic team
• As a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) subject matter expert, you will be required to gather use case requirements for, and create, test and release high quality VCF-based solutions according to Agile or Waterfall methodologies

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability and experience in customer-facing positions as a Professional Services architect or consultant.
• Excellent documentation and technical writing skills
• Adaptable and progressive learner with the ability to communicate complex technical topics to a technical and non-technical audience.
• An active listener with excellent communications and interpersonal skills, with an ability to utilizes different styles of questioning techniques and manage conflict in order to achieve a resolution
• Must be comfortable with 50% travel when required
• Fluent in English and German language

Certification and Education

• Bachelor's degree as a minimum or demonstrate equivalent experience.
• Industry certifications from vendors such as AWS, Dell, K8 and Microsoft
• Desirable skills and experience
• A broad range of VCF design and implementation experience in medium to large environments
• Project governance experience and familiarity with PRINCE2, PMP or TOGAF frameworks
• Practical knowledge of the ITIL framework
• Experience of presenting at a user group, trade show or similar is highly desirable
• Knowledge of modern software development methodologies such as DevOps, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean