CDW Corporation

Principal Consulting Engineer - VMware Cloud Foundation

CDW Corporation • $164K — $240K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business or computer science or equivalent; OR 14 years total IT experience including 10 in IT Infrastructure and 3 in large enterprise consulting
  • Minimum 10 years of IT Infrastructure experience, including specific experience in VMware technologies
  • Proficient in multitasking and managing priorities under tight deadlines
  • Demonstrated ability in fostering client relationships and serving as a focal point for communication
  • Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills
  • Extensive hands-on experience architecting VMware Cloud Foundation environments at enterprise scale
  • VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) or VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) certifications preferred

Responsibilities

  • Lead project teams in designing and developing solutions
  • Proactively address or escalate budget issues during projects
  • Oversee quality assurance for SOW requests, ensuring accuracy in technical content
  • Maintain relationships as a trusted Technical Advisor offering virtualization best practices
  • Architect, deploy, and integrate VMware Cloud Foundation solutions
  • Mentor consulting engineers on deploying VMware technologies
  • Contribute to the development of reusable assets like workflows and dashboards

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance
  • 401(k) plan with company matching contributions
  • Generous paid time off and holidays
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible work arrangements
Full Job Description
Job Summary
The Principal Consulting Engineer makes innovative and ingenious contributions to new solution/product design and implementation, based on understanding of applicable technology and how it can be applied to solution design, considerations of system-wide impact and business issues for clients. Provides technical expertise in analyzing client's requirements to develop IT services offerings across multiple technology solutions that provide significant value. Supports complex engagements across multiple geographies.

What you will do:
  • Lead a project team, directing coworker and client teams in solution design and development. Provide leadership in creating business cases, financial justification and solution benefit content for customer ready deliverables and presentations.
  • Proactively addresses or escalates any budget issues that are identified during the project.
  • Quality Assurance for SOW requests that meet triggers for size, cross brand, and complexity. Perform peer review of deliverables from other team members for technical content to ensure accuracy.
  • Maintain client relationships as a trusted Technical Advisor providing best practices for virtualization, high availability, storage integration, and DR/business continuity. Serve as focal point for communications between multiple departments and clients, when necessary, using experience and judgment to communicate effectively to all parties. Recommend solutions supporting client account teams with development of proposals, quotations, and presentations.
  • Architect, deploy, and integrate VMware Cloud Foundation solutions, including comprehensive use of VCF Operations and VCF Automation.
  • Act as a trusted advisor on VMware SDDC technologies (vSphere, vSAN, NSX, VCF Operations and VCF Automation.
  • Develop, document, and enhance service offerings centered on VCF and VCF Automation capabilities, including standardized delivery methodologies and best practices.
  • Lead customer engagements, ensuring successful delivery of projects leveraging VCF Automation for tasks like self-service provisioning, policy-based governance, performance monitoring, and cost optimization.
  • Collaborate with sales and solution architects to design VCF solutions tailored to customer requirements.
  • Mentor consulting engineers on deploying and configuring VMware VCF Automation, VCF Operations, and related tools.
  • Contribute to reusable assets, including VCF workflows, blueprints, dashboards, and integration guides.
  • Analyze engagement trends to identify opportunities for new VMware VCF-focused services.

What we expect of you:
  • The ideal candidate for this position should have a Bachelor's degree in business or computer science or an equivalent field, 10 years of IT Infrastructure experience, including at least 3 years in large enterprise consulting, OR, 14 years total Information Technology experience, to include 10 years of IT Infrastructure experience, including at least 3 years in large enterprise consulting.
  • The candidate must demonstrate the ability to multitask and prioritize workload under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. They should have proven organizational, time-management, problem-solving, and follow-up skills. They should also be able to manage and escalate technical issues to the appropriate vendor support team.
  • The candidate will be expected to maintain client relationships as a trusted Technical Advisor and serve as the focal point for communications between multiple departments and clients when necessary. They should be able to take a lead technical role in reviewing and editing deliverables produced by other Engineering and Consulting teams.
  • The candidate should provide technical expertise in analyzing client's requirements to develop IT services offerings across multiple technology solutions. They should also be able to recommend solutions and support internal account teams with the development of proposals, quotations, and presentations.
  • Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills are required, including demonstrated experience presenting technology recommendations from a business perspective to internal and external clients. The candidate should have a history of engaging with people across levels, functions, culture, and geography, navigating interpersonal and group dynamics, and building constructive relationships.
  • The candidate should have a proven ability to research advanced and complex technology solutions, evaluate alternatives, make recommendations, and present materials to clients in a manner that meets clients' needs. They should be able to act calmly and productively when confronted with change, ambiguity, and risk, and deal constructively with problems that do not have clear solutions or outcomes.
  • The candidate should have demonstrated experience applying lessons learned to unique problems and a history of reskilling on new technologies with the ability to determine benefits for clients. They must be able and willing to work beyond their regularly scheduled shift, select weekends, overtime as necessary or on occasion to meet operational needs. They should also have the ability and willingness to travel as needed to other CDW locations or client sites. A valid U.S. driver's license is required.
  • Extensive hands-on experience architecting and implementing VMware Cloud Foundation environments at enterprise scale.
  • Deep technical proficiency in VMware VCF Automation
  • Strong knowledge of VMware SDDC: vSphere, NSX-T, vSAN.
  • Experience developing professional services methodologies, offerings, SOWs, and delivery frameworks.
  • Excellent communication skills, comfortable engaging technical teams and executives alike.
  • VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) or VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) certifications strongly preferred.


Pay range: $164,000.00 - $240,800.00 depending on experience and skill set
Annual bonus target of 10% subject to terms and conditions of plan

Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/
Salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials

About CDW Corporation

CDW is a provider of IT solutions for business, government, education, and healthcare. It features dedicated account managers who help customers choose the right technology products and services to meet their needs. The company’s solution architects offer expertise in designing customized solutions, while its advanced technology engineers assist customers with the implementation and long-term management of those solutions. Headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, With a balanced portfolio of 250,000 small-, medium- and large-sized customers, CDW generated net sales of $10.1 billion in 2012, and employs more than 6,800 coworkers in 25 locations across the U.S. and Canada. Founded in 1984 by entrepreneur Michael Krasny, CDW pioneered the business model that melds personalized business-to-business technology distribution with advanced technology services. Today, CDW is ranked No. 31 on Forbes’ list of America’s Largest Private Companies and No. 267 on the FORTUNE 500 list of America’s top companies.

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Learn more about CDW Corporation
Size
13,900 employees
Market Cap
$24.1 billion
Industry
Information Technology
Net Income
$788.4 million
Founded
1984
5 Year Trend
+8.8%
Revenue
$18.4 billion
NASDAQ
CDW
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