AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.
At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.
We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Manager to lead our Virtualization and Cloud Foundation (VCF) team. The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in VMware ecosystem, especially VMware Cloud Foundation, combined with strong leadership, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills. You will be responsible for managing the end-to-end virtualization platform, ensuring high availability, performance, and security of the cloud infrastructure, and driving modernization initiatives.
The Manager works with the peer Managers to ensure that a client’s technical expectations are met appropriately. The Manager will act as coach, guide and mentor to their team members and are responsible for the personal and professional growth of those on their team.
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Lead and manage a team of virtualization engineers responsible for VMware Cloud Foundation stack (vSphere, NSX, vSAN, SDDC Manager, etc.).
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Oversee the planning, implementation, and lifecycle management of virtualization and cloud infrastructure.
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Collaborate with architects and other IT leaders to design scalable, secure, and highly available cloud environments.
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Ensure systems are compliant with enterprise security, patching, and governance standards.
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Manage operations, incidents, change management, and performance tuning of virtualization platforms.
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Drive automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices to improve operational efficiency.
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Lead strategic cloud initiatives such as datacenter modernization, migration, and hybrid/multi-cloud integration.
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Track team deliverables, provide performance feedback, and support career development of team members.
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Partner with cross-functional teams including Security, Network, DevOps, and Application Support for smooth service delivery.
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Maintain vendor relationships and stay updated with new releases, best practices, and technology trends in virtualization/cloud.
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Prepare status reports, metrics, capacity forecasts, and presentations for leadership and stakeholders.
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Empower employees to take responsibility for their jobs and goals. Delegate responsibility and expect accountability and regular feedback.
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Lead employees to meet the organization's expectations for productivity, quality, and goal accomplishment.
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Provide effective performance feedback through employee recognition, rewards, and disciplinary action.
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Consciously create a workplace culture that is consistent with the overall organization that emphasizes the identified values and guiding principles.
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Ensures career pathing for all Engineers/Architects within the discipline. This includes tracking education & certifications.
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Act as technical lead for the technology delivery.
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Assist with developing staffing plan(s) and process improvement.
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Assigns, monitors, and provides technical and analytical support to the team.
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Schedule professional development activities, workshops, and evaluations. Discuss, record, and communicate individual’s long and short-term professional development goals, and make recommendations on training material and methodology.
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Maintain technical credibility within the data center industry and the field through demonstration and thought leadership.
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Work collaboratively with internal product and engineering organizations during the development, launch, and continued refinement of products and solutions.
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Provide expert technical architectural support and guidance for solution opportunities that involve virtualization, cloud infrastructure, mobility, management, and integration with specific select third party products.
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Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred).
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13+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure with at least 3–5 years in a leadership role.
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Expert-level understanding of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), vSphere, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Suite.
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Strong experience with SDDC concepts, automation tools (PowerCLI, Terraform, Ansible), and hybrid cloud (AWS/Azure integration).
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Experience in managing enterprise datacenters, DR solutions, and security hardening.
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Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
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Certifications like VCAP-DCV/VCIX, VMware Cloud Foundation Specialist, or AWS/Azure Architect Associate are highly desirable.
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Effectively communicate solutions architecture to the client, third parties, and the team.
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Encompass strong listening and interpersonal skills, an ability to solve complex problems, a big picture mentality, and an aptitude to visualize the solution.
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Able to foster teamwork among the delivery team(s).
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Proficiency in hardware, software and/or operating systems environments.
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Presentation and facilitation of executive level meetings, group presentations, and collaborative technical workshops.
Why AHEAD:
Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.
We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.
USA Employment Benefits include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid company holidays
- Paid time off
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.
The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings (“OTE”) for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.
