VMware Cloud Foundation Automation Architect

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills:

VMware Certified Advanced Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation Automation

• Strong hands-on experience with VMware Cloud Foundation private cloud environments.
• Experience with VMware Aria Automation, VMware Aria Orchestrator, and related cloud automation capabilities.
• Good understanding of VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, NSX, vSAN, SDDC Manager, and lifecycle management.
• Experience developing automation workflows using REST APIs, PowerCLI, scripting, and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
• Ability to design automated provisioning, configuration management, and operational workflows.
• Knowledge of cloud governance, role-based access control, service catalog design, policies, and approval workflows.
• Experience troubleshooting automation pipelines, workflow failures, integration issues, and infrastructure dependencies.
• Understanding of networking, storage, compute, security, and monitoring concepts in VMware-based environments.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills

Roles & Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and manage automation solutions within VMware Cloud Foundation environments.

• Develop and maintain automated workflows for provisioning, configuration, lifecycle management, and operational tasks.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code practices using scripting, APIs, and automation tools.
• Integrate VMware Cloud Foundation components with automation and orchestration platforms such as VMware Aria Automation and VMware Aria Orchestrator.
• Support cloud service catalog creation, policy-based automation, approvals, and self-service provisioning.
• Troubleshoot automation workflows, deployment failures, API integrations, and orchestration issues.
• Collaborate with architecture, operations, network, storage, and security teams to deliver reliable private cloud services.
• Ensure automation solutions meet organizational standards for availability, security, compliance, scalability, and performance.
• Create technical documentation, runbooks, standard operating procedures, and knowledge articles.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve operational efficiency

Salary Range: $80,000 - $140,000 a year