Consultant

Amdocs helps those who build the future to make it amazing. With our market-leading portfolio of software products and services, we unlock our customers innovative potential, empowering them to provide next-generation communication and media experiences for both the individual end user and enterprise customers. Our approximately 30,000 employees around the globe are here to accelerate service providers migration to the cloud, enable them to differentiate in the 5G era, and digitalize and automate their operations. Listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Amdocs had revenue of $4.89 billion in fiscal 2023.

Our Consultant role provides services for Amdocs and 3rd party applications, also runs programs, applies functional business standard methodologies to transform business processes, crafts and leads change to restructure and transform organizations and achieves business objectives.

This position is a critical role in our Global Delivery Centre based out of the Amdocs Pune office. This role sits in the Cloud Studios Unit of Amdocs and is pivotal to driving delivery for our customers across the globe. We re looking for someone with strong combination of VMware migration and engineering expertise as well as consulting acumen.

We are seeking a skilled VMware Consultant to configure Vmware environments on Google Cloud Vmware Engine (GCVE) and migrate applications from the customers on premise environment to GCVE. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in VMware virtualization technologies and a strong background in IT infrastructure and cloud (ideally Google Cloud Platform). You will be responsible for providing technical expertise, performing hands-on configuration, hands on VM migration, troubleshooting problem management, and delivering high-quality solutions that align with our clients business needs.

• Infrastructure Design and Implementation:

• Design, implement, and manage VMware vSphere, vCenter, and other VMware products and solutions to support virtualization requirements.
  Assess existing infrastructure, recommend best practices, and ensure that VMware solutions align with business goals.

• Project Planning and Execution:

• Participate in client discussions to gather requirements, create design documents, and assist in the development of project plans.
  Manage project timelines and deliverables, coordinating with client teams to ensure a smooth implementation process.

• System Monitoring and Optimization:

• Monitor virtualized environments to ensure optimal performance, availability, and security.
  Conduct regular health checks, performance tuning, and capacity planning of VMware solutions.
  Development of Vmware runbooks for ongoing Vmware operations on GCVE

• Troubleshooting and Support:

• Diagnose and resolve VMware-related issues, working with clients to address escalated support cases.
  Provide expert guidance and support during critical incidents and outages.

• Vmware Migration

• Hands on experience with Vmware mass migration - preferable mass migrations from Vmware on premise to GCP or AWS.
  Demonstrated hands on technical expertise migrating VM s using the following Vmware technologies;

• Vmotion
• NSX
• HCX
• VMware SDDC
• NSX-T
• HCX
• vROps
• Documentation and Knowledge Sharing:

• Develop and maintain detailed technical documentation, including design specifications, operating procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
  Conduct training sessions for client IT staff as needed.

• Proven track record of enterprise IT consulting experience
• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP) or higher certification (VCAP, VCDX) is highly desirable.
• 5-8 years of hands-on experience in VMware environments, including;
• Active Directory
• HCX
• NSX
• NSX-T
• SRM
• Vmotion
• vSphere
• vCenter
• vSAN
• vROps
• vRLI
• Vmotion
• Vmware SDDC
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure components, including storage, networking, and security as it relates to virtualization.
• Experience with automation and scripting tools such as PowerCLI, Ansible, or Terraform.
• Familiarity with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies within VMware environments.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills.
• Proven troubleshooting skills and the ability to handle complex issues under pressure.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and hybrid cloud architectures.
• Familiarity with Linux/Windows server administration and Active Directory integration with VMware.
• Migration covering HCX and ideally on-premises to cloud migration experience bringing production workloads across
• Troubleshooting and problem solving production incidents together with workload teams

• Experience deploying and managing public cloud migrations from VMware
• Experience working in the financial services sector
• Professional and/or Specialty level cloud certs
• Experience in migration of Oracle databases on Vmware is highly desirable