Principal Consulting Engineer - VMware Cloud Foundation Operations

At CDW, we make it happen, together. Trust, connection, and commitment are at the heart of how we work together to deliver for our customers. It’s why we’re coworkers, not just employees. Coworkers who genuinely believe in supporting our customers and one another. We collectively forge our path forward with a level of commitment that speaks to who we are and where we’re headed. We’re proud to share our story and Make Amazing Happen at CDW. Job Summary The Principal Consulting Engineer ensures solutions are delivered as designed and meet customer approval. We are seeking an experienced VMware Cloud Foundation Architect to design, deploy, and optimize private cloud infrastructure built on VCF 9.0. This role serves as the technical authority for our software-defined data center strategy, driving standardization and automation across compute, storage, and networking management layers. What you will do: Collaborate with the technical architect on training plans and approaches to best equipped staff for successful implementations. Develop standards, best practices and training for team members along with technical architect and technical lead in their area of expertise. Define project strategies or technical options to balance customer project goals and financial constraints. Provide leadership and expert advice/counsel on technical subject matters and architecture design to C [... source excerpt omitted ...] s with executives and stakeholders. Ensure procedures are being followed and assist in resolving complex problems which require professional level input. Regularly interface with customer’s technical and business executive level and project leadership through sales presentations and/or client project solutions in communicating complex ideas, anticipating potential objections and leading discussions to align expectations. Key Responsibilities Size, design, and deploy VCF Ops deployments Define and enforce cloud operating model standards including RBAC, tagging taxonomy, and capacity management Develop VCF Ops components such as dashboards, groups, alerts, costing models, acti [... source excerpt omitted ...] om groupings, alerts, and Costing and costing models Licensing and sizing Experience with SDDC Manager BOM management and async patch workflows They should be able to maintain client relationships as a trusted advisor and mentor engineers for project design and coordination. Excellent communication skills are required, with experience in making technology recommendations. The candidate should have a history of constructive relationships at all organizational levels and the ability to research complex technology solutions and present them to clients. They should remain calm and productive in situations of change, ambiguity, and risk. The ability to multitask and prioritize