VMwareVirtualizationSME

Talan is an international group that supports its clients in their end-to-end Data & AI transformation by combining management consulting with technological expertise. With over 6,000 employees across five continents, we accelerate our clients' transformations through long-term partnerships, creating measurable and sustainable impact. Our value proposition is built on a structured innovation ecosystem: 2,500 Data & AI experts, proprietary solutions built on advanced models, and an applied research, experimental development, and innovation laboratory. In Americas, our multidisciplinary teams bring over 30 years of experience helping business leaders across key industries achieve measurable performance and strong ROI, designing, building, and scaling solutions that enable companies to grow more efficiently. Location: NYC (Hybrid – 3 days onsite/week) Visa Sponsorship: Talan does not sponsor U.S. work permits or employment visas. We are seeking an experienced VMware Virtualization Engineer SME to join our team and support a large-scale virtualization platform for the Americas region. The ideal candidate has deep hands-on expertise in VMware technologies and a strong background in automation, capacity management, and infrastructure modernization. Role and responsibilities * Lead the migration to VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (VCF 9) and manage the full VMware stack (vSphere, NSX-T, vSAN, Aria Operations, VRLI, VRNI) for high availability and ultra low latency requirements. * Monitor real-time capacity, review and validate all incoming capacity increase requests, and drive the replacement of end-of-life servers to ensure service continuity. * Implement Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, PowerCLI) to automate provisioning, patching, and lifecycle management across the virtualization layer. * Deploy AI-driven monitoring and self-healing playbooks within Aria Operations to anticipate bottlenecks and resolve performance issues without human intervention. * Provide Tier