VMware Virtualization SME

As the founding entity of RAINBOW PARTNERS, Quanteam is a consulting firm specialized in Banking, Finance, and Financial Services. Through our core human values – proximity, teamwork, diversity, excellence – our 1000 expert consultants, hailing from 35 different nationalities, collaborate across 13 international offices: Paris, Lyon, New York, Montreal, London, Brussels, Luxembourg, Geneva, Lisbon, Porto, Casablanca, Madrid and Singapore.

Context

We are looking for a VMware Virtualization Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide expert-level strategy, design, and 24/7/365 support for the Americas region virtualization platform. As part of an infrastructure modernization journey, this role will lead the migration to VMware Cloud Foundation 9 and pioneer AI-driven operational models, ensuring performance, reliability, and cost efficiency across the full VMware ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Lead the migration to VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (VCF 9), ensuring zero downtime, security compliance, and alignment with enterprise baselines
• Design and evolve the integrated VMware stack (vSphere, NSX-T, vSAN, Aria Operations, VRLI, VRNI) to meet high availability and ultra-low latency requirements
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, PowerCLI) to automate provisioning, patching, and lifecycle management
• Deploy agentic AI assistants (LLM-powered ChatOps) for ticket triage, predictive alerting, and automated root cause analysis
• Configure and maintain monitoring thresholds, alarms, and dashboards across Aria Operations, VRLI, and VRNI
• Drive DR planning and execution for critical workloads, maintaining RPO ≤ 5 seconds and RTO ≤ 15 minutes
• Provide Tier 2/3 production support including 24/7 on-call rotation
• Contribute to cost optimization initiatives through VM right-sizing, capacity forecasting, and TCO improvement

Profile

• 5–7 years of hands-on experience designing and supporting large-scale VMware environments (vSphere 8+, NSX-T, vSAN)
• Strong automation background: PowerCLI, Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell / Python
• Experience with the Aria Operations suite (formerly vROps), VRLI, and VRNI
• Solid understanding of enterprise storage (Pure Storage, NetApp, Dell/EMC, iSCSI) and networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, VLANs, NSX-T micro-segmentation)
• Familiarity with AIOps concepts: predictive monitoring, LLM ChatOps, automated RCA, intelligent capacity forecasting
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and mentor junior team members
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
• Certifications appreciated: VCP-CMA · VCAP-CF · ITIL Foundation