Greetings from TCS.. TCS is hiring for the role "VCF Cloud Architect" Job Title: VCF Cloud Architect

Experience:
10 to 20 years

Location:
Chennai/Pune /Hyderabad Mode of Interview: Virtual Interview

Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Design:
• Define the target architecture for VCF using standard vs. consolidated models; separate management and VI workload domains where appropriate.
• Model VCF Fleets, Instances, and Domains, and specify growth, multi site patterns, and tenancy (e.g., VPC based isolation) aligned to use cases.
• Select and document platform services across vSphere (compute), vSAN (storage), NSX (network & security), SDDC Manager (LCM), VCF Operations (unified ops), VCF Automation (self service).
• Define network virtualization and micro segmentation patterns, load balancing, and E/W and N/S security controls on NSX.
• Architect observability, capacity, config drift, certificate/password, and security posture management through VCF Operations. Build & Lifecycle Strategy:
• Establish Day 0/1/2 build and lifecycle standards using VCF Installer (for new or converged environments) and SDDC Manager for ongoing patch/upgrade/expand across vSphere, vSAN, and NSX.
• Define repeatable build units (clusters, domains) and JSON based patterns for at scale deployments; institutionalize fleet level LCM.
• Govern identity and access and service roles across vCenter, NSX, VCF Operations, and VCF Automation. Automation & Consumption:
• Lead adoption of VCF Automation tenancy models (All App Org, VM App Org, Provider App Org), service catalogs, and guardrails.
• Define IaC patterns (e.g., Terraform/Aria Blueprints), tagging, placement policies,



quotas, and approvals for self service provisioning. Operations, Security & Compliance:
• Establish SLAs/SLOs, capacity headroom policies, and cost/chargeback via VCF Operations Chargeback.
• Drive security baselines (NSX DFW, segmentation, encryption, cert mgmt), and compliance monitoring using VCF Operations.
• Align platform governance to multi cloud private cloud outcomes (agility, resilience, policy consistency). Migration & Expansion:
• Define migration patterns (e.g., HCX) and domain/VPC landing zones; guide move to VCF waves and validation. Leadership & Enablement
• Lead design reviews, maintain reference architecture, blueprints, runbooks; mentor platform and ops engineers.
• Partner with Security, Network, App, and FinOps teams; provide executive level roadmap and KPI reporting. Job

Requirements:
•15+ years in enterprise infrastructure with 10+ years architecting VMware based platforms; deep expertise across vSphere, vSAN, NSX and SDDC Manager lifecycle patterns. •Proven design experience with VCF architecture models (management vs. workload domains, standard vs. consolidated) and fleet/instance/domain concepts. •Hands on with VCF Installer (recent and converged deployments) and VCF Operations (health, capacity, LCM, certificates, config drift, chargeback). •Strong NSX

skills:
micro segmentation, DFW, routing/LB, VPC integrations inside VCF. •Automation background: VCF Automation tenancy models and self service patterns; IaC (Terraform/Aria). Preffered Certification: VMware VCP/VCAP/VCIX with focus on DCV, NSX, and VCF/VVF streams; practical knowledge of VCF Operations and Automation features.

📌 VCF Cloud Architect (Chennai)
🏢 Tata Consultancy Services
📍 Chennai