Role: VCF Automation Architect
Location: Remote
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Description and Overview
The VCF Automation Architect will design automation strategies, governance, and self-service models to streamline VCF 9 adoption and consumption. This role focuses on automation architecture, integration strategy, and customer enablement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead workshops with customer stakeholders to define automation requirements, governance, and workflows.
- Architect VCF Automation integration with VCF 9, vSphere, NSX, vSAN, and other integration components as needed.
- Design self-service catalogs, approval policies, and role-based access models.
- Define automation blueprints for VM provisioning, lifecycle management, and infrastructure services.
- Integrate VCF Automation with CI/CD pipelines, configuration management tools, and APIs.
- Provide technical roadmap and operational model for automation maturity.
- Oversee consultants performing automation builds and validation.
Required Skills & Experience
- 8+ years VMware experience with deep expertise in automation.
- Hands-on experience architecting and deploying vRealize Automation / VCF Automation.
- Familiarity with VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 and exposure to VCF 9.
- Strong knowledge of scripting and automation frameworks (VMware Orchestator, PowerShell, Python, YAML, REST APIs).
- Proven customer-facing consulting and solution design experience.
- Experience with at least one hybrid cloud integration (VMware/AWS/Azure/GCP).
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and toolchains (Jenkins, GitHub, GitOps).
Certifications
- VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Architect (2V0-13.25)
Skills Checklist
VCF Automation Design
- VCF Automation architecture and sizing
- Integration design with VCF 9, vSphere, NSX, vSAN
- Multi-tenancy and cloud zone strategy
- High availability and disaster recovery design
- Extensibility and custom resource design
Automation Strategy & Governance
- Define automation requirements and maturity roadmap
- Design governance models and approval workflows
- Role-based access control (RBAC) and security policies
- Self-service catalog design and user experience
- Cost management and resource allocation policies
Blueprint & Workflow Design
- Design automation blueprints for VM provisioning
- Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates and standards
- Lifecycle management workflows (Day-0, Day-1, Day-2)
- Custom resource actions and extensibility
- Multi-cloud blueprint strategies
Integration & API Development
- CI/CD pipeline integration (Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab)
- Configuration management tool integration (Ansible, Puppet, Salt)
- REST API design and custom integrations
- Third-party system integration (CMDB, ITSM, ticketing)
- Hybrid cloud integration (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Customer Engagement & Workshops
- Lead automation discovery and requirements workshops
- Define self-service and governance requirements
- Present architecture to executives and technical teams
- Translate business requirements into automation strategy
- Facilitate operational maturity and adoption planning
Scripting & Automation Frameworks
- VMware Orchestrator (vRO) workflow development
- PowerShell and Python scripting expertise
- YAML/JSON template authoring
- REST API consumption and development
- Infrastructure-as-Code best practices
Cross-Workstream Collaboration
- Align with VCF Core Architect on infrastructure automation
- Coordinate with VCF Operations team on monitoring integration
- Work with VKS team on container automation
- Ensure consistency across automation workstreams
- Oversee consultants executing build and configuration
Architecture & Documentation
- Develop VCF Automation architecture artifacts
- Create integration specifications and workflow diagrams
- Document design decisions and tradeoffs
- Build automation runbooks and standards
- Capture functional and non-functional requirements
Operational Excellence
- Day-2 operations strategy for automation platform
- Automation lifecycle management and versioning
- DevOps practices and continuous improvement
- Knowledge transfer and enablement delivery
- Operational maturity progression roadmap
Technical Foundations
- VCF 5.2+ hands-on experience with VCF 9 exposure
- Deep knowledge of vSphere, NSX, vSAN components
- DevOps toolchains and GitOps workflows
- Multi-cloud architecture experience
- Enterprise automation frameworks and patterns
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