Senior Consultant

10 - 20 years

25 - 37 Lacs

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Remote

Job Type

Full Time

Job Description

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

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