Technical Architect - Baton Rouge

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Description
The Technical Architect is a senior level technical resource responsible for architecting cloud based solutions. The Technical Architect is part of a team of pre-sales and consulting staff members that handle design and occasional build of complex cloud based systems. Using a variety of virtualization tools, storage and compute platforms, and our team of highly trained installation engineers, the Technical Architect will build the best solution for our customers, and present that solution to help close sales with our Account Managers. We serve customers across the southeast US, so some travel is involved.
Requirements
The Ideal Candidate will possess the following education, experience and skills:
Must have a BS degree in computer information systems or equivalent experience.
Must have at least 5 years of experience in Virtualization Engineering.
Must have a thorough understanding of networking and storage in a virtualized infrastructure environment.
Must have a thorough understanding of IT architecture and cloud scenarios including, including IaaS and PaaS.
Must have basic storage experience, with past experience working with VMWare with NFS, FiberChannel and iSCSI data stores.
Must have 2 or more years experience with Virtualization VMWare vSphere 4 and 5.
Must have 2 or more years of experience with High Availability systems in a Virtualized environment, including SRM
Must be willing to travel for presentations and sales calls
Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision in order to meet goals and objectives.
Must be well organized in order to handle multiple tasks between multiple complex projects and operational requests.
Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Must be comfortable speaking in front of an audience to sell the value of the proposed architecture.
Must have excellent team member and interpersonal skills.
Must Have VMWare View experience.
VMWare Operations Manager experience preferred.
Cisco UCS, Nexus infrastructure experience is preferred.
EMC and HDS platform experience is preferred.
EMC Avamar and Data Domain experience is preferred.
Citrix XenDesk, XenApp, XenServer experience is desirable.
The following certifications are desirable
Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)
EMC Cloud Architect Expert (EMCCAe)
EMC Commercial Technology Architect (EMCTA)
EMC Information Storage Associate (EMCISA)
EMC Velocity Systems Engineer
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Data Center Administration (VCAP-DCA)
VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Data Center Design (VCAP-DCD)
VMware Certified Professional (VCP4, VCP5)
VMware Certified Professional 4 - Desktop (VCP4-DT)
VMware Technical Sales Professional (VTSP4, VTSP5)
VCE - Vblock Infrastructure Platforms Architecture
VCE - Vblock Infrastructure Platforms Implementation
Compensation commensurate with experience and certifications.
This position is ideally based in Baton Rouge, but we are open to candidates in MS, AL, TN, LA.
About Venture
Venture Technologies is an IT Solutions Provider headquartered in Ridgeland, MS that has been named to the 2011 Best Places to Work in Mississippi and the 2011 Mississippi 100, a list of the top 100 Private Businesses in Mississippi. Venture currently employs 90 engineering, administration, sales and marketing staff in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Florida. The company delivers Premise Infrastructure Solutions, Collaboration Solutions and VTCloud® Services and owns and operates a large, state-of-the-art Data Center in Jackson, MS. Visit
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Why Choose Venture?
2011 Best Places to Work in Mississippi -Mississippi Business Journal
2011 Mississippi 100- Top 100 Private Businesses in Mississippi -Mississippi Business Journal
CRN’s 2012 Tech Elite 250
CRN’s 2012 Service Provider 500 (SP500)
Founded in 1986 with twenty-six consecutive years of profitable operations
Built one of the first commercial Data Centers in the south in 2001
Serve thousands of users throughout the US and internationally from our Data Center
Built one-of-a-kind Mobile Cloud for testing and demonstrating cloud-based technology
Venture Technologies
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