Senior Consultant

Job Summary

VMware vSphere Upgrade & vCloud Foundation Engineer

Key Responsibilities

vSphere & vCF Lifecycle Management

• Plan and execute

  vSphere upgrades (ESXi, vCenter)

  within

  vCF environments

• Perform

  vCF lifecycle management (LCM)

  using

  SDDC Manager

• Upgrade and patch

  vSAN, NSX

  , and other vCF components in line with VMware BOM
• Validate compatibility, interoperability, and pre-checks before upgrades
  
• Execute rolling upgrades with minimal impact to production workloads
  

Design, Planning & Validation

• Assess existing environments and create

  upgrade runbooks and rollback plans

• Coordinate

  maintenance windows and change management approvals

• Perform

  health checks, drift remediation, and compliance validation

• Conduct post-upgrade validation and performance testing
  

Troubleshooting & Operations

• Troubleshoot upgrade failures and LCM issues in SDDC Manager
  
• Analyze logs across

  vCenter, ESXi, NSX, vSAN

• Provide root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective actions
  
• Support day-2 operations post upgrade
  

Automation & Documentation

• Automate routine upgrade and validation tasks using

  PowerCLI / scripting

• Maintain upgrade documentation, SOPs, and knowledge transfer artifacts
  
• Collaborate with infrastructure, network, and security teams
  

Required Skills

Core Technical Skills

• VMware vSphere 7.x / 8.x

• vCloud Foundation (vCF)

  architecture & operations

• SDDC Manager LCM

• vSAN & NSX-T Data Center

• ESXi, vCenter Server (VCSA)
  
• VMware upgrade best practices and rollback strategies
  

Networking & Infrastructure

• Understanding of

  NSX-T networking

  , VLANs, routing, MTU
• Storage integrations and performance considerations
  
• Backup/restore awareness (Veeam, native VMware tools)
  

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Experience with

  Broadcom-VMware enterprise environments

• Automation with

  PowerCLI / Python

• Exposure to

  AVI (NSX Advanced Load Balancer)

  and

  vDefend

• Experience with

  VCF upgrades across multiple workload domains

Certifications (Preferred)

• VMware

  VCP-DCV

• VMware

  VCF certification

• VMware

  vSAN / NSX

  certifications

  Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile