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The Infrastructure Engineer will be responsible for the vmware cloud infrastructure services. Also responsible for working to make sure the underlying cloud infrastructure architecture and technical decisions support their cloud services, service tiers, and OLAs needed to meet business needs.
Interacting with OEMs and sales teams regarding deployment and troubleshooting.
Job Responsibilities
Assist in the design and architect of end to end validated solutions which represent real-world cloud provider implementationsBuild validated solutions, as needed design and architect the solution stack and configure equipment to kick the project off
Work closely with the cloud business unit providing input on & formal review of product functional specifications prior to development, provide feedback on releases and feature implementations
Partner with the product management to successfully guide product design, implementation, release, testing, and maintenance
Work across business units to provide input to VMware product and engineering teams on cloud provider specific product features and functional specifications prior to development
Interact with Product Management and Product Engineering to become a technical expert on selected VMware technologies various teams to gather and shape requirements for presentations to senior level leaders.
Job Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, related field or equivalent
1-2 years of post NYSC experience in technology related areas including: enterprise systems management and infrastructure (datacenter) architecture experience with significant depth around designing, implementing, and managing critical business infrastructure.
Must have a strong understanding and appreciation for the technical information needed to support the evaluation, selection and adoption of VMware virtualization technologies.
Hands on experience with VMware Data Center Virtualization & Cloud Infrastructure products.
Familiar with IaaS/ PaaS concepts and implementations
Linux and Windows system administration skills
Basic understanding of networking and security concepts
Experience with other cloud solutions will be an added advantage.