CALIBRE Systems, inc., an employee owned mission focused solutions and digital transformation company, is looking to fill multiple opportunities within the Washington, DC metro area.
The VCF Design & Architecture Lead is a senior-level, customer-facing expert responsible for designing enterprise-grade VMware Cloud Foundation solutions aligned with mission objectives and long-term transformation strategies.
This role leads end-to-end architecture from discovery through design and governance while acting as a trusted advisor in complex, mission-critical environments.
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead customer discovery sessions, architecture workshops, and requirements gathering
- Design end-to-end VCF solutions, including:
- Management and workload domains
- NSX network & security architecture
- vSAN storage architecture
- SDDC Manager lifecycle integration
- Hybrid cloud integration
- Develop high-level and low-level designs (HLDs/LLDs), blueprints, and roadmaps
- Define:
- Workload segmentation strategies
- Multi-site and disaster recovery architectures
- Operational governance models
- Establish migration and transformation strategies from legacy VMware environments
- Provide leadership and governance across implementation and operational transition
- Review and approve designs aligned with VMware validated architectures
- Act as a trusted advisor to executives and technical stakeholders
- Guide delivery teams to ensure accurate execution of designs
- Support modernization initiatives (hybrid cloud, Kubernetes, automation)
