Location: Washington D.C. Area

Remote with a travel expectation of 50% for onsite visits

Clearance Required: Active DoD Secret or higher clearance / US Citizen willing to obtain a DoD clearance

Responsibilities:

• Participate in hands on solution design, integrating both technical and business concepts, and present a transformational journey to project stakeholders.
• Carry activities such as: technical contribution and guidance in project planning, lead in high level and low-level design, solution validation, impact analysis of change requests, etc.
• Leverage technical skillset and help to quickly build trustworthy relationship with customer in pre-sales stages through technical workshops, RFX responses, PS solution customization, scoping exercises and LOE estimation etc.
• Drive efficiency in delivery model.
• Assist with refinement and optimization of customer lifecycle and VMware Telco Cloud portfolio.
• Provide valuable insight to our product teams.

Required Skills:

• Strong client facing experience as a Consulting Architect or Solutions Engineer focused on VMware solutions
• 5 years' experience in architecting and designing data center automation and network function virtualization private cloud solutions.
• Working experience with VMware Cloud Infrastructure - vSphere, ESXi, NSX-T, vCD, etc
• Deep understanding of the telecommunications market, NFV/SDN context, standards, technology and use cases
• Holds VMware certifications
• Cisco CCNA/CCNP or equivalent certification
• Hands on familiarity with scripting using Python and troubleshooting approaches
• Knowledge of cloud native application concepts

Preferred Skills:

• Holds more than one VMware Advanced Professional certification or TOGAF certified
• Experience with Kubernetes, Cloud Native technologies

About PGTEK
PGTEK is a true consulting organization dedicated to helping clients achieve their business and technology objectives utilizing our decades of experience and business relationships. PGTEK invests in the educational advancement of our staff by providing the necessary resources to complete Professional and Business Certifications. Our company is our people, and we treat them like family. EOE, including disability/veterans.