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Cloud
Solutions
Architect
$150K
to
$175K
plus
quarterly
MBO
bonus
($5-‐10K+)
&
stock
options
West
Coast
preferred…though
for
the
right
person
anywhere
USA
Our
Client,
a
leading
national
provider
of
IT
solutions
and
Cloud/Managed
services,
is
seeking
an
experienced
technical
leader
who
wants
be
a
part
of
a
dynamic,
fast
growing
team
of
professionals
delivering
leading-‐edge
cloud
computing
solutions
to
customers
in
both
on-‐premise
and
hosted
delivery
models.
Job
Description
The
Cloud
Solutions
Architect
is
a
senior,
pre-‐sales,
consulting
engineer
who
will
work
closely
with
our
Client's
customers
to
help
architect
and
design
leading-‐edge
cloud
computing
solutions
for
customers
migrating
from
legacy
infrastructure
systems
to
cloud-‐based
computing
hosted
internally
by
the
customer
or
by
our
Client
under
their
Cloud
offering.
The
Cloud
Solutions
Architect
will
also
help
establish
company-‐wide
best
practices
around
cloud
computing
architectures
and
cloud
migration
strategies
and
will
work
with
both
the
Professional
Services
(PS)
and
Managed
Services
(MS)
teams
within
the
Company
to
deliver
both
on-‐premise
and
hosted
cloud
solutions.
In
addition
to
customer-‐facing
technical
architecture
duties,
the
Cloud
Solutions
Architect
will
collaborate
with
our
Client's
Product
Management
and
PS/MS
Engineering
teams
as
the
field
representative
in
support
and
development
of
current
and
future
Company
cloud
solutions.
The
Cloud
Solutions
Architect
will
also
work
closely
with
the
Company's
major
vendor
partners
including
VMware,
Citrix,
Cisco,
EMC,
VCE,
NetApp,
HP,
Microsoft
and
others
to
asses
and
integrate
their
technology,
products
and
best
practices
into
the
Company's
reference
architectures
and
customer
solutions.
Primary
Duties
• Provide
expert,
pre-‐sales
technical
architectural
support
and
consulting
to
the
Company's
field
sales
teams
and
customers
looking
to
integrate
cloud
computing
infrastructure
solutions
into
their
IT
environment
• Help
customers
determine
the
right
cloud
computing
solution
to
meet
their
business
needs,
whether
hosted
by
the
Company
or
by
the
customer
• Create
migration
strategies
for
customers
moving
from
legacy
data
center
architectures
to
cloud
computing
architectures
• Document
best
practices
and
reference
architectures
in
regards
to
cloud
solutions
and
assist
Product
Management
with
the
creation
of
standardized
cloud
computing
offerings
• Function
as
the
"go-‐to"
subject
matter
expert
on
cloud
and
data
center
virtualization
technologies
across
the
company
• Maintain
deep
technical
and
business
knowledge
of
cloud
computing
industry
direction,
vendors,
technologies
and
trends
• Work
collaboratively
with
the
Company's
Product
Management
and
Engineering
during
the
development,
launch
and
continuing
refinement
of
the
Company's
Cloud
solutions
• Research
and
disseminate
technical
and
product
information
on
cloud
computing
solutions
to
the
national
and
regional
teams
• Speak
and
present
on
cloud
and
virtualization-‐related
topics
at
seminars
and
other
events
sponsored
by
the
Company's
Marketing
team
• Travel
is
required
up
to
50-‐70%
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Qualifications/Requirements:
The
ideal
candidate
will
possess
the
following
skills
and
experience:
• 7+
years
in
a
senior
consulting
architect
role
designing
and
implementing
virtualization
and
data
center
solutions
with
a
proven
ability
to
deliver
resulting
working
directly
with
customers
• VMware
VCP
required,
VCDX
(Design
Expert)
preferred
• Citrix
Xen-‐related
certification
is
plus
• A
Bachelor's
Degree
in
Computer
Science
or
Engineering
is
desired
• Must
be
effective
working
both
independently
and
in
a
team
setting
• Strong
listening
and
question
based
selling
skills
• Ability
to
uncover
business
challenges
and
develop
a
custom
solution
to
solve
those
challenges
• Excellent
communication
skills,
both
written
and
oral
are
required
• Proven
track
record
of
selling
services
as
part
of
a
solution
• The
individual
should
have
extensive
architectural
skills
and
experience
with
infrastructure
solutions
including
expert
level
knowledge
of
x86
servers,
operating
systems,
advanced
networking
and
storage
architectures
including
the
following:
VMware
ESX/ESXi,
vSphere,
vCenter,
vCloud
Director,
SRM
and
other
VMware
virtualization
solutions
Citrix
Xen
Server
and
Microsoft
HyperV
experience
desired
Storage
architectures
and
systems
including
storage
virtualization
and
consolidation,
EMC
and/or
NetApp
experience
preferred
Windows
and
Linux
and
Unix
operating
systems
and
architectures
Backup
and
Disaster
Recovery
/
Business
Continuity
architectures
and
best
practices
for
cloud
and
virtualized
environments
Data
center
networking
as
it
relates
to
virtualized
architectures
Data
center
consolidation,
assessment
and
capacity
planning
tools
and
best
practices
Virtualization
and
infrastructure
management
software
If
you
think
you
have
the
drive
and
capability
to
achieve
and
can
demonstrate
this,
then
get
in
touch
now
and
send
your
CV
to
Alaric
Turner
at
alaric@searchtribes.com
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