VMware vSphere Deployment Engineer

VMware vSphere Deployment Engineer Location: India, Mumbai

Work Experience: 5-8 years of relevant VMware deployment experience.

Technical Skills Experience

• Strong hands-on experience in VMware vSphere deployments, including:
  • ESXi installation and configuration
  • vCenter deployment and configuration
  • Cluster design (HA, DRS, resource management)
• L3-level troubleshooting skills related to vSphere deployment and integration.
• Fair to good understanding of the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) stack, including:
  • vSphere
  • vSAN (deployment and basic design concepts)
  • NSX (basic deployment and integration knowledge)
  • SDDC Manager (conceptual understanding and/or hands-on exposure)
• Experience deploying VMware solutions in enterprise customer environments.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure fundamentals:
  • Server hardware
  • Storage systems
  • Networking concepts (VLANs, routing basics)

Desired / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Hands-on experience with VCF full-stack or partial deployments.
• NSX-T deployment and troubleshooting experience.
• VMware PowerCLI or automation exposure.
• Experience working in partner or professional services organizations.
• VMware certifications such as VCP, VCF-related certifications, or equivalent.

Professional Behavioural Attributes

• Deployment-first mindset (implementation over operations).
• Strong customer-facing and communication skills.
• High ownership and ability to drive deployments independently.
• Motivated to learn advanced VMware Cloud Foundation concepts and architectures.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced project-based environments.
• Team player with the ability to mentor junior engineers.

Travel Requirement

• Willingness and readiness to travel (domestic and/or international) for customer deployments and project engagements.

Qualifications: Bachelor s degree in Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Applications, or equivalent work experience.

• Act as an L3 Deployment Engineer for VMware vSphere and VCF-based solutions.
• Lead and execute end-to-end deployment of VMware vSphere infrastructure in customer environments.

• Participate in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) deployments, including:
  • Planning and executing SDDC Manager-based deployments
  • Deploying and integrating vSphere, vSAN, and NSX components
• Perform greenfield and brownfield deployments, upgrades, and migrations.
• Validate infrastructure readiness (compute, storage, network) prior to deployment.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex deployment and configuration issues during implementation.
• Work closely with customers during:
  • Requirement gathering
  • Design discussions
  • Deployment, validation, and handover
• Produce deployment documentation, runbooks, and as-built reports.
• Collaborate with internal architecture and escalation teams as needed.
• Continuously build expertise in VMware Cloud Foundation, new releases, and best practices.