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Posting TitleSr. Product Marketing Manager - Competitive MarketingAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Job DescriptionThe Sr. Product Marketing Manager - Competitive Marketing will support the VMware Cloud Infrastructure Business Unit Competitive Marketing team's activities with a focus on server virtualization and cloud platform vendors that compete with VMware. The VMware Cloud Infrastructure Business Unit develops and markets VMware’s vSphere, vCenter and vCloud product families used by large and small customers as server virtualization and cloud computing platforms. Among VMware’s virtualization and cloud competitors are Microsoft, vendors offering Xen and KVM-based platforms, public Infrastructure as a Service clouds and various cloud management platforms. The Sr. Product Marketing Manager - Competitive Marketing will develop competitive marketing messaging, programs and sales tools that position VMware’s advantages over those competitors.

The Sr. Product Marketing Manager - Competitive Marketing will be a key member of the VMware Cloud Infrastructure Business Unit. The candidate will be closely engaged in supporting product launches, sales training activities, and customer and partner events with competitive marketing programs that highlight VMware product advantages. A successful candidate will enable VMware sales teams and channel partners to communicate the advantages of VMware-managed cloud platforms over alternatives from competitors.

Responsibilities:
- Serve as one of the competitive marketing team’s experts on competitive offerings from server virtualization and IaaS cloud platform competitors. .
- Research and identify the business and high-level technical advantages of VMware’s cloud infrastructure products over competitive offerings.
- Collaborate with other VMware product business units and partner alliance teams to develop competitive messaging that effectively promotes the advantages of VMware virtualization and cloud products.
- Author and produce competitive sales tools in the form of presentations, briefs, white papers and web site content.
- Communicate and evangelize VMware advantages over competing server virtualization and IaaS cloud platform competitors in live training events, speaking opportunities and social media.
- Engage with VMware and partner sales teams to show customers the advantages of VMware products and provide responses to competitor claims to ensure VMware success in competitive sales situations.
- Provide product requirement input to VMware product management and engineering teams to ensure VMware stays ahead of competing server virtualization and IaaS cloud vendors.

Requirements:
- BA/BS or equivalent required
- MBA or MS degree strongly preferred
- Experience in sales, product management, product marketing or development of server virtualization, cloud computing and enterprise data center software products
- Work experience with a vendor in the server virtualization or cloud management platform market is desireable.
- Mastery of written communications and live presentations. English language fluency required as demonstrated by examples of relevant materials written by the applicant.
- Effectiveness in working both independently and in a team setting
- Demonstrated ability to successfully work across functional groups
- Excellent time management skillsLocationPalo Alto, CA, USIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number41817BR
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Posting TitleSr. Engineer NetworkingAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Why work for our DivisionVMware IT provides technology services and support, enabling efficiency, simplicity and productivity for internal business partners and external customers. The VMware IT organization provides two distinct, yet compatible functions. The IT team enables productivity and supports all employees; the organization additionally supports the company in its growth as the global leader in cloud infrastructure by developing and showcasing VMware products and technology. Working in tandem, these two functionalities reduce IT complexity and cost, both within VMware and for its customers.Job DescriptionThe VMware Operations organization enables VMware to function and continue to grow as the founder and leader in the virtualization space. Team members play both key strategic roles for VMware, participate in revenue-generating activity for the company, and own the complete delivery of our products and our community site. The team also has the charter to be a showcase for all of our VMware technology within VMware and also help R&D to make products enterprise ready. Members of the team have a phenomenal opportunity to get a breadth of exposure to VMware’s products and technology. The seasoned team leadership has experience working for leading Fortune 500 and start-up companies and is dedicated to hiring and supporting top IT and engineering talent, creating an intellectually-stimulating and team-oriented environment, and driving VMware Operations organization to be truly cutting edge.
Emerging Solutions & Innovation Engineering Team develops emerging and innovative solutions to meet internal and external customer needs. Utilizing Agile software development methodologies, our Engineering team offers opportunities in developing innovative disruptive solutions using VMware technologies, work with R&D in making the products enterprise ready and building end-to-end Customer solutions focused on Cloud, App Platforms & Frameworks, Big Data and End User Computing
The Sr. Engineer role is to strategically innovate, incubate and design solutions using VMware technologies. Evangelize solutions with the Customers and IT teams on the adoption, benefits and efficiency. This individual will also work for the various M&A Technology evaluations and Alpha, Beta state product evaluations and provide recommendations and feedback. Provide technical leadership in evaluating 3rd party technologies and evolve the over-all VMware IT platform.

Responsibilities:

The role requires a solid technical background and cloud domain expertise and thorough knowledge of VMware and partner technologies, and emerging industry cloud computing trends, including software defined data centers. In addition you will:
- Work with internal engineering, product management and other strategic teams to validate the capabilities of VMware’s Layer 1 Networking Suite products in Alpha and Beta state from an enterprise IT fit to build, manage and operate Private, Hybrid Clouds and provide feedback and help make products enterprise ready
- Develop end to end cloud solutions for the next generation software defined data center, including virtualized cloud network infrastructure systems design, cloud operating models and tools frameworks, and other supporting technologies and processes
- Develop solutions for cloud, automation, provisioning and management of networks and the guiding frameworks for technology investments that can be leveraged as a reference by Customers and internal IT
- Maintain deep technical knowledge of network virtualization, industry directions, and trends
- Drive Software defined data center vision to reality with the creation of end to end solutions with capabilities:
- Resource pooling across Server, Network, Storage virtualization
- Automated provisioning and Management of Virtualized and Physical Network and configurations
- Dynamic Capacity planning and management
- Proactive monitoring
- Performance management
- Policy based network resource allocation
- Security Infrastructure
- Shared Services (IPAM, DNS, etc.)
- Be a presenter to customers showcasing VMware virtualization, cloud and software defined datacenter technologies.

Preferred skills:

- College diploma or university degree in the field of computer science/engineering or information systems (Master’s degree preferred).
- 8+ years work experience
- LAN/WAN design & development.
- Experience in Network systems design and configurations knowledge
- Familiarity with standards, protocols to support an IP network
- A detailed understanding of communication protocols
- Detailed understanding of Routing protocols and QoS mechanisms.
- Experience in Multisite network configuration
- Experience in Virtualization technologies (VLAN, VXLAN, Firewall, VMware vShield Manager, vShield Edge, Open Flow etc.) preferred
- Strong Experience on Data Center Infrastructure: Cisco Nexus, high-end data center LAN switches, load balancers, firewalls
- Experience in Data Center Operation Systems platforms: Microsoft Server, Unix, Linux
- Experience on strong Scripting – Shell, Python, Powershell, Puppet
- Knowledge of SAN and NAS technologies (iSCSI, FCP, CIFS, NFS, etc)
- Understanding of Security Standards and concepts
- Experience with hypervisor and compute virtualization technologies (VMware, VSphere, VCenter, VCloud, Vmware View)
- Experience or good understanding of any of the following cloud management systems: OpenStack, CloudStack, DyanmicOps
- Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to conduct research into emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products as required.
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Key Reasons to Join:

Our reputation for high quality, highly reliable, innovative, award-winning, industry-leading products, solutions and services helps VMware to attract and retain great people. Other key reasons to consider joining the VMware team include the opportunity to:

- Work for the global leader in cloud infrastructure and virtualization solutions from the desktop to the data center
- Make an impact on your career, your team, the company, the industry and the world by fundamentally transforming how people and organizations use laptops, desktops, servers and data centers
- Voice your creative solutions to new and existing problems and watch them become initiatives
- Learn from an approachable, responsive executive management team and high caliber colleagues
- Thrive in a unique work environment where the emphasis is on excellence, innovation, openness, collaboration and balance
- Earn a competitive salary and performance-based bonuses and increases
- Grow professionally and personally by accessing our in-house learning & development opportunities & education assistance program
- Advance your career in our strong promote-from-within cultureLocationSofia, BG
Requisition Number42084BR
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Posting TitleSr. Systems Engineer, Embedded OEM ProgramAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Job DescriptionSr. Systems Engineer, Embedded OEM Program

VMware (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in Business Infrastructure Virtualization, delivers proven virtualization solutions —from the desktop through the datacenter and to the cloud—that energize business, while saving energy. IT organizations in companies of all sizes rely on VMware and its industry-leading platform, VMware vSphere^TM, to achieve a more efficient, controlled and flexible IT environment. With 2012 revenues of $4.61 billion and more than 400,000 customers and 25,000 partners, VMware delivers the world’s most trusted solutions for virtualization, a strategic initiative that consistently ranks as a top priority among CIOs. VMware’s award-winning technology, market-leading position and culture of excellence provide our 13,000+ employees in 50+ locations worldwide with a platform for professional growth and the excitement of being an early-stage innovator.

The Embedded OEM Program Sr. Systems Engineer will be the primary technical interface between VMware partner CTOs, architects and other technical contacts on discussions of embedding VMware products in their solutions. This individual will work closely with the Strategic Partner Development Manager to define and execute the technical aspects of our OEM strategy. This strategy will align VMware’s corporate objectives for our embedded OEM Program with that of our partners to enable VMware to increase our market in 2013 and beyond.

Responsibilities:
- Evangelize technical value of the VMware platform with target partner accounts
- Serve as the primary interface with partner CTOs, architects and other technical contacts on embedded discussions
- Educate partners on why embedding VMware products into their solutions reduces COGS, TCO while increasing competitiveness.
- Develop and drive opportunities in the available customer budget for the OEM partner’s solution. Cultivate new opportunities and expand upon existing.
- Possess a general understanding of the Embedded OEM legal agreement and related roles and responsibilities.
- Coordinate closely with Alliance Managers to recognize and harvest new EOM opportunities within a Partner’s organization.
- Design blueprint technical engagement criteria for embedded OEMs
- Document segment best practices using VMware offerings
- Develop a level of industry specialization to “talk-the-talk” within our chosen segments
- Engage with solution architects at OEM Distributors and Systems Integrators
- Act as primary technical interface between our OEM partners and internal VMware groups such as Product Management, Ecosystem Engineering, Validation Services, Global Support Services etc
- Educate and evangelize to VMware sales teams and channel sales teams on VMware + partner technologies and solutions
- Serve as technical evangelist for OEM partners at VMware conferences and other industry events
- Create technical collateral (whitepapers, presentations etc.) to enable sales opportunities
- Develop both internal and Partner-facing collateral to help grow the EOEM business. Recognize opportunities for improvement across the business and develop plans to implement.
Requirements:
- 8+ years’ experience in technology-related field, three to five of which should be as in a field facing role (SE/Consulting/Alliances)
- VMware VCP Certified (vSphere 5)
- Experience with embedded software technology, ideally at the pre-sales solution design level and/or post-sales implementation level
- He or she will often be the sole VMware representative in interactions with the partner. He or she should be an accomplished communicator of business solutions and technical concepts. The ability to present extemporaneously is required
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral are required. He or she should have the ability to articulate technical concepts in terms of business value to a VMware partner
- Present VMware product features and benefits to Managers and Director Level prospects as well as Systems Managers and Administrators
- Provide technical and strategic vision about the VMware product family and be able to describe customized solutions to address complex customer requirements, utilizing VMware and partner products and professional services
- Must be able to describe VMware’s key messages and vision and discuss key benefits for our partners
- Must maintain current knowledge of complete VMware product set and be able to describe key features and benefits of each
- Keeps abreast of developments within industry and the organization
- Establish positive working relationships – internal and external
- Acts as a VMware Product Advocate
- Pro-actively seek out new sales opportunities by developing new and existing technical relationships within accounts
- Evangelize current and future VMware products and technologies with an emphasis on large enterprise deployments and/or vertical solutions
- Ensure success of customer proof-of-concepts (PoCs)
- Documentation of client feature requests and issues
- Drive the design of customer oriented solutions using VMware
Technical skills:
- VMware’s core virtualization products and technology
- Knowledge and demonstrated proficiency on one major server operating systems (Windows Server, Unix/Linux) and good working knowledge of Windows Server OS’s
- Strong understanding of Enterprise technology including SMP servers, storage arrays, storage networking, network protocols, and general connectivity in multi-platform enterprise environments
- Cloud computing concepts (Infrastructure-as-a-service, software-as-a-service etc)
- End-User Computing concepts (enterprise desktop management and control with VMware desktop and application virtualization)
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience is required. Master’s Degree Preferred
- Up to 30% travelLocationBoston, MA, US
Requisition Number41267BR
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Posting TitleSpecialist Systems Engineer (Cloud Architect)About UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Job DescriptionPosition: Specialist Systems Engineer (Cloud Architect)

Job Summary :

Provide support to the VMware sales team and channel partners in pursuit of Cloud Computing business opportunities. Gain prospects' technical recommendation to develop a business relationship with VMware and its channel partners. Expected to help define, accelerate and close enterprise private cloud business within a geographic territory or defined set of accounts by promoting the benefits of a private or hybrid cloud strategy. Must perform a variety of tasks including business value based propositions, customized presentations and demonstrations, complex solution design, infrastructure surveys, proposal development, advanced product evaluations and product feature/benefit discussions.

Main Duties

- Present VMware Cloud Computing solutions and benefits to Managers and Director Level prospects as well as Systems Managers and Administrators
- Provide technical and strategic vision about the VMware product family and be able to describe customized solutions to address complex customer requirements, utilising VMware and partner products and professional services
-Articulate the steps and changes a customer must make to effectively deploy and exploit private cloud and ensure they are ready to deploy hybrid cloud solutions as appropriate.
- Must be able to describe VMware’s key messages and vision and discuss key benefits for our customers
- Must be recognised and utilised as a strong technical resource within the region
- Must maintain current knowledge of complete VMware product set and be able to describe key features and benefits of each
- Keeps abreast of developments within industry and the organization
- Establish positive working relationships – internal and external
- Acts as a VMware Product Advocate
- Pro-actively seek out new sales opportunities by developing new and existing technical relationships within accounts
- Evangelise current and future VMware products and technologies with an emphasis on large enterprise deployments and/or vertical solutions
- Pro-actively drive new and incremental business with the OEM and Channel Partners
- Ensure success of customer proof-of-concepts (PoCs)
- Documentation of client feature requests and issues
- Drive the design of customer oriented solutions using VMware
- Author white papers on technology and industry specific topics for use both internally and for customers
- Participate on a consistent basis in the SE discussion forum
- Assume the role of a mentor to other system engineers when appropriate
- Create training content for the SE organisation when appropriate

The role, responsibilities and geographical focus will change and develop over time along with the company’s rapid growth.

Key Interfaces

- Strategic Account Manager(s)
- Other SE’s
- Regional Manager

Required Skills

- Qualification in business or engineering discipline or equivalent training and industry experience
- Demonstrated proficiency at developing private cloud solutions with large (Tier 1) Enterprise customers and supporting sales to drive significant private cloud opportunities to closure.
- Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships at Infrastructure Manager, Senior IT Manager and CxO level coupled with a track record of influencing key technology decisions at these levels.
- Demonstrated technical ability with at least one data-centre automation technology, (e.g. main software houses – IBM, HP, BMC, CA, or VMware)
- Preferred candidates will have proven track record with VMware Cloud technologies including vCO, vCD and vCAC (Dynamic Ops)
- Knowledge and demonstrated proficiency with at least one major server operating system (UNIX/Linux or Windows Server): good working knowledge of Windows Server OSs (minimum Windows XP Professional)
- Good understanding of Cloud Computing concepts and competitive positioning knowledge is essential
- Strong understanding of Enterprise technology including SMP servers, storage arrays, storage networking, network protocols, and general connectivity in multi-platform enterprise environments
- Open systems administration and management, technical sales or consulting experience prioritising and organising skills
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally including excellent presentation skills, (experience of presenting to large audiences e.g. seminars an advantage); communicate clearly in writing; strong relationship building skills
- Ability to build and present high quality product demonstrations to both technical and executive audiences
- Must be fluent in English, additional European languages an advantage
- Creative thinking ‘outside of the box’
- Demonstrates high ethics and integrity, is respected
- Ability to travel up to 50 percent of the time across the UK&I, including international if necessary

VMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 400,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to imagine, define and deliver the future of IT through cloud computing. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group of people inspired by the opportunity to actively learn and contribute something back to the broader community. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.

Before you join, VMware will require you to go through a pre-employment screening process. This means that we will want to verify your details and the information you have given us to ensure your suitability for a certain role considering its nature, seniority and other relevant factors.LocationFrimley, GBIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number40197BR
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Posting TitleSr. Systems Engineer, Embedded OEM ProgramAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Job DescriptionSr. Systems Engineer, Embedded OEM Program

VMware (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in Business Infrastructure Virtualization, delivers proven virtualization solutions —from the desktop through the datacenter and to the cloud—that energize business, while saving energy. IT organizations in companies of all sizes rely on VMware and its industry-leading platform, VMware vSphere^TM, to achieve a more efficient, controlled and flexible IT environment. With 2012 revenues of $4.61 billion and more than 400,000 customers and 25,000 partners, VMware delivers the world’s most trusted solutions for virtualization, a strategic initiative that consistently ranks as a top priority among CIOs. VMware’s award-winning technology, market-leading position and culture of excellence provide our 13,000+ employees in 50+ locations worldwide with a platform for professional growth and the excitement of being an early-stage innovator.

The Embedded OEM Program Sr. Systems Engineer will be the primary technical interface between VMware partner CTOs, architects and other technical contacts on discussions of embedding VMware products in their solutions. This individual will work closely with the Embedded OEM Business Development Manager to define and execute the technical aspects of our OEM strategy. This strategy will align VMware’s corporate objectives for our embedded OEM Program with that of our partners to enable VMware to increase our market in 2013 and beyond.

Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the Embedded OEM Business Development Manager to technically support business development plans in the Embedded OEM sector.
- Work closely with Global Embedded OEM technical teams to share best practice and strategy
- Evangelize technical value of the VMware platform with target partners
- Serve as the primary interface with partner CTOs, architects and other technical contacts on embedded discussions and approving high level designs
- Educate partners on why embedding VMware products into their solutions reduces COGS, TCO and competitiveness.
- Develop and drive opportunities in the available customer budget for the OEM partner’s solution. Cultivate new opportunities and expand upon existing.
- Possess a general understanding of the Embedded OEM legal agreement, roles and responsibilities.
- Coordinate closely with Alliance Managers to recognize and harvest new EOM opportunities within a Partner’s organization.
- Design blueprint technical engagement criteria for embedded OEMs
- Document segment best practices using VMware offerings
- Develop a level of industry specialization to “talk-the-talk” within our chosen segments
- Engage with solution architects at OEM Distributors and Systems Integrators
- Act as primary technical interface between our OEM partners and internal VMware groups such as Product Management, Ecosystem Engineering, Validation Services, Global Support Services etc
- Educate and evangelize to VMware sales teams and channel sales teams on VMware + partner technologies and solutions
- Serve as technical evangelist for OEM partners at VMware conferences and other industry events
- Create technical collateral (whitepapers, presentations etc) to enable sales opportunities
- Develop both internal and Partner-facing collateral to help grow the EOEM business. Recognize opportunities for improvement across the business and develop plans to implement.
Requirements:
- Extensive experience in technology-related fields, a large portion of which will be from a field facing role (SE/Consulting/Alliances)
- Experience with embedded software technology, ideally at the pre-sales solution design level and/or post-sales implementation level
- Experience of the Product Development lifecycle
- He or she will often be the sole VMware representative in interactions with the partner. He or she should be an accomplished communicator of business solutions and technical concepts. The ability to present extemporaneously is required
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral are required. He or she should have the ability to articulate technical concepts in terms of business value to a VMware partner
- Present VMware product features and benefits to Managers and Director Level prospects as well as Systems Managers and Administrators
- Provide technical and strategic vision about the VMware product family and be able to describe customized solutions to address complex customer requirements, utilizing VMware and partner products and professional services
- Must be able to describe VMware’s key messages and vision and discuss key benefits for our customers
- Must be recognized and utilized as a technical resource within the region
- Must maintain current knowledge of complete VMware product set and be able to describe key features and benefits of each
- Keeps abreast of developments within industry and the organization
- Establish positive working relationships – internal and external
- Acts as a VMware Product Advocate
- Pro-actively seek out new sales opportunities by developing new and existing technical relationships within accounts
- Evangelize current and future VMware products and technologies with an emphasis on large enterprise deployments and/or vertical solutions
- Ensure success of customer proof-of-concepts (PoCs)
- Documentation of client feature requests and issues
- Drive the design of customer oriented solutions using VMware
- Ability to travel regularly across EMEA (up to 50%), including at short notice
- Ability to speak German is advantageous
Technical skills:
- VMware’s core virtualization products and technology (at least VCP or equivalent proven experience)
- Knowledge and demonstrated proficiency on one major server operating systems (Windows Server, Unix/Linux) and good working knowledge of Windows Server OS’s
- Strong understanding of Enterprise technology including SMP servers, storage arrays, storage networking, network protocols, and general connectivity in multi-platform enterprise environments
- Cloud computing concepts (Infrastructure-as-a-service, software-as-a-service etc)
- End-User Computing concepts (enterprise desktop management and control with VMware desktop and application virtualization)LocationFrimley, GBIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number42020BR
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Posting TitleSr. Systems Engineer, Embedded OEM ProgramAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Job DescriptionSr. Systems Engineer, Embedded OEM Program

VMware (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in Business Infrastructure Virtualization, delivers proven virtualization solutions —from the desktop through the datacenter and to the cloud—that energize business, while saving energy. IT organizations in companies of all sizes rely on VMware and its industry-leading platform, VMware vSphere^TM, to achieve a more efficient, controlled and flexible IT environment. With 2012 revenues of $4.61 billion and more than 400,000 customers and 25,000 partners, VMware delivers the world’s most trusted solutions for virtualization, a strategic initiative that consistently ranks as a top priority among CIOs. VMware’s award-winning technology, market-leading position and culture of excellence provide our 13,000+ employees in 50+ locations worldwide with a platform for professional growth and the excitement of being an early-stage innovator.

The Embedded OEM Program Sr. Systems Engineer will be the primary technical interface between VMware partner CTOs, architects and other technical contacts on discussions of embedding VMware products in their solutions. This individual will work closely with the Embedded OEM Business Development Manager to define and execute the technical aspects of our OEM strategy. This strategy will align VMware’s corporate objectives for our embedded OEM Program with that of our partners to enable VMware to increase our market in 2013 and beyond.

Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the Embedded OEM Business Development Manager to technically support business development plans in the Embedded OEM sector.
- Work closely with Global Embedded OEM technical teams to share best practice and strategy
- Evangelize technical value of the VMware platform with target partners
- Serve as the primary interface with partner CTOs, architects and other technical contacts on embedded discussions and approving high level designs
- Educate partners on why embedding VMware products into their solutions reduces COGS, TCO and competitiveness.
- Develop and drive opportunities in the available customer budget for the OEM partner’s solution. Cultivate new opportunities and expand upon existing.
- Possess a general understanding of the Embedded OEM legal agreement, roles and responsibilities.
- Coordinate closely with Alliance Managers to recognize and harvest new EOM opportunities within a Partner’s organization.
- Design blueprint technical engagement criteria for embedded OEMs
- Document segment best practices using VMware offerings
- Develop a level of industry specialization to “talk-the-talk” within our chosen segments
- Engage with solution architects at OEM Distributors and Systems Integrators
- Act as primary technical interface between our OEM partners and internal VMware groups such as Product Management, Ecosystem Engineering, Validation Services, Global Support Services etc
- Educate and evangelize to VMware sales teams and channel sales teams on VMware + partner technologies and solutions
- Serve as technical evangelist for OEM partners at VMware conferences and other industry events
- Create technical collateral (whitepapers, presentations etc) to enable sales opportunities
- Develop both internal and Partner-facing collateral to help grow the EOEM business. Recognize opportunities for improvement across the business and develop plans to implement.
Requirements:
- Extensive experience in technology-related fields, a large portion of which will be from a field facing role (SE/Consulting/Alliances)
- Experience with embedded software technology, ideally at the pre-sales solution design level and/or post-sales implementation level
- Experience of the Product Development lifecycle
- He or she will often be the sole VMware representative in interactions with the partner. He or she should be an accomplished communicator of business solutions and technical concepts. The ability to present extemporaneously is required
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral are required. He or she should have the ability to articulate technical concepts in terms of business value to a VMware partner
- Present VMware product features and benefits to Managers and Director Level prospects as well as Systems Managers and Administrators
- Provide technical and strategic vision about the VMware product family and be able to describe customized solutions to address complex customer requirements, utilizing VMware and partner products and professional services
- Must be able to describe VMware’s key messages and vision and discuss key benefits for our customers
- Must be recognized and utilized as a technical resource within the region
- Must maintain current knowledge of complete VMware product set and be able to describe key features and benefits of each
- Keeps abreast of developments within industry and the organization
- Establish positive working relationships – internal and external
- Acts as a VMware Product Advocate
- Pro-actively seek out new sales opportunities by developing new and existing technical relationships within accounts
- Evangelize current and future VMware products and technologies with an emphasis on large enterprise deployments and/or vertical solutions
- Ensure success of customer proof-of-concepts (PoCs)
- Documentation of client feature requests and issues
- Drive the design of customer oriented solutions using VMware
- Ability to travel regularly across EMEA (up to 50%), including at short notice
- Ability to speak German is advantageous
Technical skills:
- VMware’s core virtualization products and technology (at least VCP or equivalent proven experience)
- Knowledge and demonstrated proficiency on one major server operating systems (Windows Server, Unix/Linux) and good working knowledge of Windows Server OS’s
- Strong understanding of Enterprise technology including SMP servers, storage arrays, storage networking, network protocols, and general connectivity in multi-platform enterprise environments
- Cloud computing concepts (Infrastructure-as-a-service, software-as-a-service etc)
- End-User Computing concepts (enterprise desktop management and control with VMware desktop and application virtualization)LocationFrimley, GB
Requisition Number41589BR
]]>Tue, 28 May 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Frimley-Sr_-Systems-Engineer%2C-Embedded-OEM-Program-Job/2570569/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Frimley-Sr_-Systems-Engineer%2C-Embedded-OEM-Program-Job/2570569/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Posting TitleProduct Marketing Manager, Cloud Infrastructure ServicesAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Why work for our DivisionHybrid Cloud is one of VMware’s three corporate missions with an estimated $12B in total market opportunity, making this business unit one of the fastest growing divisions in the company.

VMware vCloud Hybrid Service, a solution that helps organizations accelerate their expansion to the public cloud by coupling the value and reliability of VMware virtualization with software-defined data center technologies, enables businesses to take a huge step forward with a cloud that delivers the apps they need, when and where they need them, with no changes required. We are hiring talented people to build upon this invaluable offering to our customers.

Are you interested in being part of an employee community that is once again defining what’s next in IT? We are further building Hybrid Cloud Services organization and searching for people who fit our culture – instigators of innovation, catalysts of creativity, and transformers of technology in Engineering, Data Center Operations, Sales, Systems Engineering, Professional Services, Marketing, Product Management and more!

The great people that make up VMware continue to be relentlessly curious with a bias towards disruptive thinking. If this sounds like a place for you, come join us and help us define what’s next!Job DescriptionVMware’s hybrid cloud service offering extends VMware’s software-defined data center solution allowing its 500,000 customers to reap the benefits of the public cloud without changing their existing applications while using a common management, orchestration, networking and security model. VMware vCloud Hybrid Service is expected to launch later this year and we are seeking to add an outstanding individual with strong prior product experience to our product marketing team.

As the Product Marketing Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Services, you will be responsible for defining, positioning and driving the execution of the go-to-market plan for vCloud Hybrid Service. Your primary job will be to enable VMware’s sales, technical sales, and channel partners, helping them to understand how to deliver the compelling value proposition of vCloud Hybrid Service to our customers and explain how VMware is uniquely positioned in the market to deliver the future of cloud for VMware’s 500,000+ customers.

This is a hands-on, high profile role requiring a strong understanding of infrastructure-as-a-service, service delivery, and strong product marketing fundamentals. You will help define VMware’s vision and position in the market, and help train and support sales, technical sales, and channel partners on that vision. You must be a self-starter who can deliver on projects after being given high-level objectives and an appropriate amount of guidance. Strong presentation and written communication skills are critical, as well as strong inter-personal skills to work successfully with sales and customers. Building deep understanding of customers, their problems and how the VMware product and service strategy solves those with durable competitive differentiation must be second nature.

Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with the Product Management, Sales, and Channel teams in the development of sales/technical sales/partner support materials for next generation cloud services at VMware
- Drive enablement activities across sales, technical sales, and partner organizations.
- Deliver sales collateral to assist with field activities.
- Create and deliver sales content on short notice for time-critical sales situations.
- Advocate and evangelize VMware’s next generation of hybrid cloud services through speaking, blogging, industry and community events
General Requirements:

- BA/BS in Computer Science preferred, or equivalent experience
- MBA or equivalent business experience
- Willing to travel up to 25% in order to evangelize VMware technologies and solutions with sales, partners and customers

Technical Skill Requirements:

- Experience with VMware virtualization technology, including premium services such as backup and monitoring of virtual environments
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-a-Service offerings and/or service delivery / service provider environments
- Minimum of 5 years experience in marketing with experience in enterprise infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud services

Communication Skills:

- Strong ability to communicate precisely in written, presentation, and verbal forums
- Ability to communicate and translate technical issues for business users
- Works well with peers and team members both inside and outside of the assigned area of responsibilityLocationPalo Alto, CA, USIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number42072BR
]]>Sat, 25 May 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Palo-Alto-Product-Marketing-Manager%2C-Cloud-Infrastructure-Services-Job-CA-94301/2618892/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Palo-Alto-Product-Marketing-Manager%2C-Cloud-Infrastructure-Services-Job-CA-94301/2618892/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Posting TitleContract VMware ConsultantAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 400,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to imagine, define and deliver the future of IT through cloud computing. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group of people inspired by the opportunity to actively learn and contribute something back to the broader community. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Why work for our DivisionThe global VMware Professional Services Organization (PSO) influences the success of each VMware implementation. The PSO team is dedicated to the success of the customer and their virtualization strategy and implementation. The PSO team ensures that VMware customers are successfully implementing their business plans from adoption all the way to a fully functioning virtualized datacenter. The VMware PSO team includes Implementation/Managed Services, Project/Engagement Management, Education Services, Partner Management and Technical Account Management (TAM) Services.Job DescriptionRole Purpose:
A VMware Consultant is an innovative, results-focused individual who will be engaged in the Professional Services team in the delivery of projects that help enhance our customers business based around VMware’s product suites, specifically in the virtual desktop, server virtualization and Cloud space. The VMware Consultant is responsible for taking an active role in the delivery of the projects ranging from plan, design, build and deliver through to solution generation and implementation of unsolved problems.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

- Provide technical leadership and guidance in the installation, configuration and implementation of VMware products and technologies
- Plan, Design, Build & Deliver core infrastructure solutions, specializing in virtual desktop solutions
- A sound, constructive and understanding approach to client problems, aiming to be seen as a trusted advisor
- An innovative approach to solving client problems for the betterment of the client and the advancements of VMware
- Adhering to time, cost and quality constraints of each project
- Contributing to the progression of the Professional Services team by sharing IP, advising best practices and delivering the best possible solutions
- Build and maintain the confidence of colleagues and customers
- Achieving productive and billable utilisation targets
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Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

Role Specific Technical Skills:
- Sound understanding of solution generation and implementation within the IT architecture space
- Experience in Plan, Design, Build & Deliver of core infrastructure solutions desktop solutions
- Excellent technical documentation skills
- Demonstrable experience with VMware’s products (VMware ESX, View & vCenter) within modern IT production data centres and infrastructure environments
- Windows Server Operating system knowledge
- Network and Storage design and implementation
- Familiar with systems management concepts, processes & standards, capacity/performance management & tuning, and storage & network management.

Previous Experience:
- Strong experience in a client facing, technical or application consulting role
- Experience working as a Desktop Administrator (implementing either VMware View or Citrix solutions)

Education:
- BS or equivalent
- ITIL v3 certification (preferred)
- VCP

Personal Attributes and Competencies:
- Is personable and well presented
- Is political/social astuteness aware (read the non-verbal’s)
- Ability to speak and present to both business and technical audiences
- Motivated, driven individualLocationCanberra, Australian Capital Territory, AU
Requisition Number40113BR
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Posting TitleSr Cloud Services Automation EngineerAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Why work for our DivisionVMware’s world-class, award-winning R&D team is comprised of thousands of top-notch computer scientists and software engineers that are transforming computing through virtualization. Members of the R&D team voice their creative ideas and watch them become initiatives, participate in exciting short-term and long-term products on the VMware roadmap, initiate advanced research projects, and/or write and test code that ships. At VMware, our engineers continue to learn and grow by working with top professionals from around the world and recent graduates of top universities and by taking advantage of our extensive internal training opportunities and generous external education assistance program. R&D team members work on the latest computing equipment and have access to the ACM and IEEE libraries. VMware has R&D offices in: Silicon Valley; Cambridge, MA; Broomfield, CO; Sofia, Bulgaria; Aarhus, Denmark; London, UK; Herzliya, Israel; Bangalore, India; and Beijing, China.Job DescriptionVMware's Cloud Automation Center (VCAC) team is looking for a senior software engineer / cloud automation architect who will be responsible for the design and development of the next generation of VMware's hybrid cloud management products. VCAC engineers work with a broad range of state-of-the-art technologies, programming languages and open-source frameworks to build VMware's market-leading products for the cloud.

The ideal candidate must have a strong technical background and extensive experience developing rich web applications using modern web technologies and frameworks.

Responsibilities:
- Design and develop hybrid cloud automation features for the next major release of the VCAC product
- Interact with product managers to understand customer requirements and translate into features for the application
- Develop a deep understanding of cloud architectures and ensure that product performs and scales in large deployments at enterprises and service-providers
- Work closely with other team members in a geographically dispersed team using Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Demonstrate periodic progress to senior management and executives at VMware
- Mentor junior engineers and help lead development efforts for the overall product
Desired Skills & Experience:
- BS or MS in Computer Science
- 6-10 years of experience developing enterprise web-based applications
- Experience in developing products for the cloud
- Excellent programming skills in Java, HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Familiarity with Spring and Hibernate (or equivalent) frameworks
- Familiarity with RDBMSes, especially PostgreSQL
- Basic knowledge of web-based frameworks like jQuery or ExtJS
- Basic knowledge of the virtualization space
- Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows systems
- Ability to work in a geographically dispersed team
- Prior experience working with Agile/Scrum methodologiesLocationPalo Alto, CA, USIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number40664BR
]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Palo-Alto-Sr_-MTS-Job-CA-94301/2489360/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Palo-Alto-Sr_-MTS-Job-CA-94301/2489360/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Posting TitleSenior Technical Marketing Manager, Cloud Application DevelopmentAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Why work for our DivisionHybrid Cloud is one of VMware’s three corporate missions with an estimated $12B in total market opportunity, making this business unit one of the fastest growing divisions in the company.

VMware vCloud Hybrid Service, a solution that helps organizations accelerate their expansion to the public cloud by coupling the value and reliability of VMware virtualization with software-defined data center technologies, enables businesses to take a huge step forward with a cloud that delivers the apps they need, when and where they need them, with no changes required. We are hiring talented people to build upon this invaluable offering to our customers.

Are you interested in being part of an employee community that is once again defining what’s next in IT? We are further building Hybrid Cloud Services organization and searching for people who fit our culture – instigators of innovation, catalysts of creativity, and transformers of technology in Engineering, Data Center Operations, Sales, Systems Engineering, Professional Services, Marketing, Product Management and more!

The great people that make up VMware continue to be relentlessly curious with a bias towards disruptive thinking. If this sounds like a place for you, come join us and help us define what’s next!Job DescriptionVMware’s hybrid cloud service offering, announced recently, extends VMware’s software-defined data center solution allowing its 480,000 customers to reap the benefits of the public cloud without changing their existing applications while using a common management, orchestration, networking and security model. VMware vCloud Hybrid Service is expected to launch later this year and we are seeking to add an outstanding individual with strong prior product experience to our product marketing team.

As the Senior Technical Marketing Manager, Cloud Application Development, you will serve as both a technical expert as well as a VMware evangelist. You will demonstrate a strong understanding of next generation application frameworks and development environments, as well as application developer requirements as they relate to cloud infrastructure, infrastructure-as-a-service, and platform-as-a-service. Your primary job will be to collaborate with product management to help define the vision for VMware’s products and services in cloud application development, and to define and deliver messaging and enablement content to VMware’s sales, technical sales, and channel partners.

This is a hands-on, high profile role requiring credibility with developers along with strong marketing skills. You will help define VMware’s vision and position in the market, and help train and support sales, technical sales, and channel partners on that vision. You will be responsible for the development of technical enablement materials including demos, technical collateral, onboarding, and proof of concept materials. You will also be heavily engaged in outreach to target customers and the developer community.

You must be a self-starter who can deliver on projects after being given high-level objectives and an appropriate amount of guidance. Strong presentation and written communication skills are critical, as well as strong inter-personal skills to work successfully with sales and customers. Building deep understanding of customers, their problems and how the VMware product and service strategy solves those with durable competitive differentiation must be second nature.

Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with the Product Marketing, Product Management, Sales, and Channel teams in the development of technical sales/partner support materials for next generation cloud services at VMware
- Help define VMware vision and strategy for supporting the needs of next generation scale-out applications
- Drive technical enablement activities across sales, technical sales, and partner organizations.
- Deliver technical collateral to assist with field activities.
- Create and deliver technical sales content on short notice for time-critical sales situations.

General Requirements:

- BA/BS in Computer Science preferred, or equivalent experience
- MBA or equivalent business experience
- Willing to travel up to 25% in order to evangelize VMware technologies and solutions with technical sales, partners and customers

Technical Skill Requirements:

- Experience with VMware virtualization technology
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-a-Service offerings at scale, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure
- Minimum of 12 years of experience in presales or technical marketing with experience in enterprise infrastructure with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degrees

Communication Skills:

- Strong ability to communicate precisely in written, presentation, and verbal forums
- Ability to communicate and translate technical issues for business users
- Works well with peers and team members both inside and outside of the assigned area of responsibilityLocationPalo Alto, CA, USIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number41336BR
]]>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Palo-Alto-Senior-Technical-Marketing-Manager%2C-Cloud-Application-Development-Job-CA-94301/2554394/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Palo-Alto-Senior-Technical-Marketing-Manager%2C-Cloud-Application-Development-Job-CA-94301/2554394/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Posting TitleSenior Technical Marketing Manager – Cloud Automation SolutionsAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Why work for our DivisionVMware’s world-class, award-winning R&D team is comprised of thousands of top-notch computer scientists and software engineers that are transforming computing through virtualization. Members of the R&D team voice their creative ideas and watch them become initiatives, participate in exciting short-term and long-term products on the VMware roadmap, initiate advanced research projects, and/or write and test code that ships. At VMware, our engineers continue to learn and grow by working with top professionals from around the world and recent graduates of top universities and by taking advantage of our extensive internal training opportunities and generous external education assistance program. R&D team members work on the latest computing equipment and have access to the ACM and IEEE libraries. VMware has R&D offices in: Silicon Valley; Cambridge, MA; Broomfield, CO; Sofia, Bulgaria; Aarhus, Denmark; London, UK; Herzliya, Israel; Bangalore, India; and Beijing, China.Job DescriptionSenior Technical Marketing Manager – Cloud Automation Solutions

The Senior Technical Marketing Manager will focus the Cloud Automation suite of products. This person
is expected to be a technical expert who brings a commanding understanding of the market’s cloud automation and management needs and how VMware solutions create and deliver value across private, public and hybrid cloud environments.

From this foundation, the senior technical marketing manager articulates VMware’s unique value proposition in cloud automation ranging from infrastructure and application provisioning across automated hybrid cloud configuration options informed by financial analytics and benchmarks.

Communicating and coordinating with product management, product marketing and field and channel enablement teams is a key component of this role. In addition to these business unit or corporate teams, the Senior Technical Marketing Manager interacts regularly with the global field and key strategic customers to understand and develop materials and strategies for enabling the VMware field, partners and customers to realize the benefits of our marketing leading cloud automation solutions. In short, the role serves as a technical liaison between VMware’s Cloud Management Business Unit and the VMware field, partners and customers, helping to train and support the VMware field and partners on the cloud automation and management strategy, the product portfolio and competitive positioning.

This person will be responsible for the deliver technical enablement strategy and materials including demos, presentations, blogs, technical white papers, videos and field training courses. Also, this person will be heavily engaged in technical customer meetings, training and evangelism to technical sales, partners, and customers.

The candidate must be a self-starter, be able to deliver on projects after being given high-level objectives, work in a goal oriented, distributed team environment and most importantly, have a strong understanding and appreciation for the requirements of the virtualization and cloud management market.

Strong presentation and written communication skills are a must. Also, the candidate must have strong inter-personal skills to work successfully with the sales and partner organizations.

Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with the Product Marketing and Product Management teams in the development of technical sales/partner support materials.
- Drive technical enablement activities supporting the VMware field, including training initiatives.
- Demonstrate technical credibility to be able to create and deliver technical operations management content on short notice for time-critical sales situations

Requirements:

- Must be able to demonstrate passion and understanding of cloud automation technologies and VMware's solutions that address the requirements of the cloud automation & management market.
- Must have detailed knowledge and hands on experience with vSphere, vCenter and VMware’s overall virtualization portfolio is a plus.
- Strong Unix/Linux skill set including installation, mgmt, administration and shell scripting is a plus.
- Experience with installation, mgmt and administration of applications and components such as Oracle, MySQL, tc-server, Apache, Tomcat, Java apps, LAMP stacks, etc., is a plus.
- Willing to travel up to 30% (depending on time of year) in order to evangelize VMware technologies and solutions with technical sales, partners and customers.
- Minimum of 10 years experience in presales or technical marketing with experience in architecting and implementing enterprise management/enterprise systems management solutions.
- Minimum of 10 years experience in the high-tech industry or IT experience
- Demonstrated ability to successfully work across teams.
- Exceptional people, presentation and written skills are a prerequisite.
- The position is based in Silicon Valley.LocationPalo Alto, CA, USIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number42147BR
]]>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Palo-Alto-Senior-Technical-Marketing-Manager-Cloud-Automation-Solutions-Job-CA-94301/2659392/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Palo-Alto-Senior-Technical-Marketing-Manager-Cloud-Automation-Solutions-Job-CA-94301/2659392/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Posting TitleSr. Consultant/Federal - Washington DC Metro areaAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 400,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to imagine, define and deliver the future of IT through cloud computing. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group of people inspired by the opportunity to actively learn and contribute something back to the broader community. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Why work for our DivisionThe global VMware Professional Services Organization (PSO) influences the success of each VMware implementation. The PSO team is dedicated to the success of the customer and their virtualization strategy and implementation. The PSO team ensures that VMware customers are successfully implementing their business plans from adoption all the way to a fully functioning virtualized datacenter. The VMware PSO team includes Implementation/Managed Services, Project/Engagement Management, Education Services, Partner Management and Technical Account Management (TAM) Services.Job DescriptionAs a VMware Sr. Consultant, you will provide customers technical leadership in the design, installation, configuration, and implementation of VMware products and services. You will help to document best practices in developing and deploying VMware solutions, and feed them into our knowledge base of best practices got customers and partners. Services include (but not limited to) Operational Readiness, Business Continuance, Disaster Recovery, and Storage, and IT services Delivery.

Responsibilities:
- Independently conduct enterprise engagements with customers
- Maintain current knowledge of the entire VMware product line
- Conduct pre-packaged VMware consulting solutions in a timely and effective manner
- Assist in the development of standard reusable VMware “productized” consulting service offerings, including definition of tasks, deliverables and standard estimates
- Help to document best practices in developing and deploying VMware solutions

Requirements:
- 8+ years of relevant experience, including customer-facing experience with Federal customers
- Strong technical knowledge of VMware products: vSphere 4 and SRM (Site Recovery Manager) and/or View
- VCP 4 a strong plus
- Experience with current software development methodologies, with emphasis on software and hardware architecture, and infrastructure design and development
- 3+ years experience in infrastructure architecture and design of complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and application partitioning
- Understanding of storage architectures, including peripheral interfaces (SCSI, RAID, Ethernet) and multi-processor designs (SMP)
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
- Experience virtualizing enterprise applications (Exchange, SQL, ORACLE, Web severs, etc.)
- B.S./B.A./M.S. degree or equivalent technical training

- * Active TS/SCI security clearance with CI poly required

Benefits:
VMware offers great compensation, work-life balance, health insurance coverage, insurance for your financial protection, and savings/investment plans. This includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short Term and Long Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, and 401(k).

EEO:
VMware is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental handicaps or disabilities, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, nor any other basis prohibited by lawLocationReston, VA, US
Requisition Number41673BR
]]>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Reston-Sr_-ConsultantFederal-Washington-DC-Metro-area-Job-VA-20190/2612161/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Reston-Sr_-ConsultantFederal-Washington-DC-Metro-area-Job-VA-20190/2612161/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Posting TitleManager, Alliances Systems EngineersAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Why work for our DivisionVMware’s world-class, award-winning R&D team is comprised of thousands of top-notch computer scientists and software engineers that are transforming computing through virtualization. Members of the R&D team voice their creative ideas and watch them become initiatives, participate in exciting short-term and long-term products on the VMware roadmap, initiate advanced research projects, and/or write and test code that ships. At VMware, our engineers continue to learn and grow by working with top professionals from around the world and recent graduates of top universities and by taking advantage of our extensive internal training opportunities and generous external education assistance program. R&D team members work on the latest computing equipment and have access to the ACM and IEEE libraries. VMware has R&D offices in: Silicon Valley; Cambridge, MA; Broomfield, CO; Sofia, Bulgaria; Aarhus, Denmark; London, UK; Herzliya, Israel; Bangalore, India; and Beijing, China.Job DescriptionVMware Global Strategic Alliances – Sr. Manager – ISV Alliances
Overview of the position:
- Support VMware’s mission to build a strong ecosystem of ISV partners who support and promote VMware’s technology and vision for virtualization, cloud computing and end-user computing.
- Serve as a key member of the business development team in helping to ensure ISV success in building and migrating applications, software and services on VMware’s virtualization and cloud platforms.
- Develop and manage technical relationships with major software ISVs who are integrating with or testing their software on VMware products
- Drive alliances relationships with VMware ISV partners through the technology partnership lifecycle – education, enablement and go-to-market.
- Possess a deep understanding of the software industry as it pertains to ISVs who sell their software into the diverse mix of vertical (healthcare, education, financial services etc) and horizontal (telco, manufacturing, ERP etc) industries. Understand who the major ISV players are in each industry, understand their products and understand how they can help VMware achieve success in a given industry through strategic partnerships, technical integrations and go-to-market activities.
- Articulate and promote the VMware vision to ISV partners, persuading partners and their developers to extend and adapt their products to be compliant with and/or integrate with VMware products. Lead a team of technical SE’s and architects to achieve design and deployment wins with many different types of software companies.
- Identify larger trends in the software technology landscape, define how VMware should evangelize its offerings to partners, and define technical enablement and program opportunities that help them adopt and build to the VMware platform.
Responsibilities:
- Work with partners to educate them on VMware products, advise them on their partnering strategy with VMware
- Work with traditional ISVs to move their products into the cloud through adoption of VMware’s IaaS and PaaS platforms
- Assemble technical proofs of concept to illustrate the value of integrating with or running on VMware products
- Drive the creation of content (value propositions, solutions, marketing messages, datasheets, whitepapers etc.) aimed at customers that sharpen and crisply communicate the value of using VMware products alongside those of our partners
- Support partner GTM activities such as field readiness training, webinars and event support.
- Mentor and lead a peer team of architects and field technical alliances managers.
- Be a technical thought leader in the area of application platform technologies (Java, .NET, database, middleware) within the Alliances team and across VMware.

Requirements:
- 10 years experience architecting / developing solutions in Java, .NET or open source development environments
- Experience participating in all aspects of large-scale Enterprise Architecture projects including ideation, identification, planning and cost estimation through requirements, design, development, testing, implementation and production.
- Recognition and technical credibility in the developer community
- Subject matter expertise in cloud computing, application development, and architecture
- Experience leading small teams on software development projects using agile methodologies
- 5 years experience in partner relationship management, either in field technical presales, technical evangelism or technical alliance management
- Familiarity and experience with a variety of software market segments. Deep experience within a specific industry such as Financial Services would be a plus
- Understanding of software architects and developers and what it takes to persuade and drive them toward VMware technologies
- Demonstrated ability in public speaking, program management, creating complex alliances and win-win relationships with large partners
- Strategic thinking and planning skills: demonstrated effectiveness in conducting market analysis, prioritizing investments, and measuring outcomes
- Deep knowledge and understanding of technology trends and competitive dynamics
- Graduate degree in a technical discipline preferred
- MBA is plusLocationSan Francisco, CA, USIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number42002BR
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Posting TitleConsultant, Cloud ManagementAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Why work for our DivisionThe global VMware Professional Services Organization (PSO) influences the success of each VMware implementation. The PSO team is dedicated to the success of the customer and their virtualization strategy and implementation. The PSO team ensures that VMware customers are successfully implementing their business plans from adoption all the way to a fully functioning virtualized datacenter. The VMware PSO team includes Implementation/Managed Services, Project/Engagement Management, Education Services, Partner Management and Technical Account Management (TAM) Services.Job DescriptionJob Summary

As a VMware Consultant, you help our strategic clients to achieve their business goals with virtualized IT Systems Infrastructure technology and accompany them on their journey to the cloud. You execute our Virtual Infrastructure Methodology and help in developing more intellectual capital. Based on your previous experience in desktop and server operating systems (Windows and Linux), networking and storage systems (SAN), you are a competent advisor to datacenter/desktop infrastructure managers and IT Directors. Ideally you will have some background Cloud Management and Monitoring.

Responsibilities

-Assess client's desktop/server/network/storage infrastructure and IT management processes
-Plan large virtualized systems infrastructure roll-outs and migrations with a particular focus on vCloud Director
-Demonstrate thought leadership in cloud computing and virtualization and their application
-Independently conduct small to medium engagements with customers
-Maintain current knowledge of the entire VMware vSphere-based product stack and Cloud concepts
-Assist in the development of standard reusable VMware "productized" consulting service offerings and enhancements to our methodology, including definition of tasks, deliverables and standard estimates

Requirements:

-Ability to travel up to 80 percent of the time, including international
-Experience in customer-facing positions as a professional services consultant or engineer, preferably with an IT consulting firm or a software vendor
-At least several years experience in designing, implementing and managing desktop solutions and/or virtual desktop technologies
-Understanding of application virtualization technologies and challenges
-Familiarity with systems management concepts, processes and standards (e.g. SNMP); capacity/performance management and tuning; and storage and network management
-Experience in IT Cloud Concepts in general and vCD in particular
-B.S./B.A./M.S. degree or equivalent technical training
-Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
-Fluent in English and one other European language (German required for Central Europe positions)

Before you join, VMware will require you to go through a pre-employment screening process. This means that we will want to verify your details and the information you have given us to ensure your suitability for a certain role considering its nature, seniority and other relevant factors.LocationUnterschleissheim, DEIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number41551BR
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Posting TitleGroup Product Marketing Manager - Competitive Marketing Job (Cloud Automation)About UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Why work for our DivisionProduct Managers are the CEOs of their products and are responsible for defining, prioritizing, planning and driving the execution of the vision for their product lines. Product Managers must possess business acumen as well as engineering wherewithal in order to be able to strategize, drive and bring their product to market. Product Managers must work extensively with customers while working cross functionally with Product Marketing, Engineering, Sales, Corporate Marketing and Alliance Partners in order to successfully prioritize features and develop the products that our customers need.Job DescriptionJob Description:
The Group Product Marketing Manager - Competitive Marketing (Cloud Automation) will support the VMware Management Business Unit Competitive Marketing team's activities with a focus on cloud service provisioning and automation offerings from the Big4, Microsoft and various niche vendors. The VMware Management Business Unit develops and markets VMware’s Cloud Automation Suite of products (vCloud Automation Center, vCloud Application Director) used by large and small customers in their virtual and cloud deployments. An important aspect of virtualization and cloud environments are the dynamic nature and scale at which they operate. In such an environment having robust infrastructure, and application development and lifecycle management (including deployment, patching, performance monitoring, retiring) becomes critical to operations. Key competition includes the Big 4, Microsoft, Cisco, RedHat, Dell and niche vendors. The candidate should be familiar with those offerings so that he or she can develop product marketing messaging, programs and sales tools that effectively communicate VMware’s unique advantages.

The Group Product Marketing Manager - Competitive Marketing will be a key member of the VMware Management Business Unit. The candidate will be closely engaged in supporting product launches, sales training activities, and customer and partner events with competitive marketing programs that highlight VMware product advantages. A successful candidate will enable VMware sales teams and channel partners to communicate the advantages of VMware-management products over competitive offerings from other vendors.

Responsibilities:

- Serve as the competitive marketing team’s expert on competitive application lifecycle and performance management offerings.

- Able to contribute to competitive initiatives beyond application lifecycle and performance management and within other areas of infrastructure and operations management, as well as cloud operations management

- Look at competitive marketing from beyond the lens of technical stack/feature/future comparison. In addition, be able to evaluate competitive approaches to positioning, GTM and sales motions. Identifying how VMware and MBU strategies (not just sales and technical) and business models differ from competition (e.g. service provider programs, tech alliances, partner ecosystems), as well as recommending optimal strategies to displace competition (co-exist then upsell)

- Own Win/Loss database, research and analysis, as well as disseminate broader learning for future leverage

- Own and proactively plan to deliver around competitor events and announcements, displacement promotions and incentives

- Collaborate with other VMware product business units and partner alliance teams to develop competitive messaging that effectively promotes the advantages of VMware virtualization and cloud products.

- Author and produce competitive sales tools in the form of presentations, briefs, white papers and web site content.

- Communicate and evangelize VMware advantages over competing offerings in live training events, speaking opportunities and social media.

- Provide product requirement input to VMware product management and engineering teams to ensure VMware stays ahead of competition products and services.

Requirements:

- BA/BS or equivalent required

- MBA or MS degree strongly preferred

- Experience in sales, marketing, product marketing or development of cloud service (infrastructure, application) provisioning and management, cloud automation, infrastructure and operations management, server virtualization, cloud computing and enterprise data center software products

- Mastery of written communications and live presentations. English language fluency required as demonstrated by examples of relevant materials written by the applicant.

- Effectiveness in working both independently and in a team setting. Collaboration within and across business units is critical to achieving success

- Demonstrated ability to successfully work across functional groups

- Excellent time management skillsLocationPalo Alto, CA, USIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number42144BR
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Posting TitleCandidate Development Recruiter, SofiaAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 400,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to imagine, define and deliver the future of IT through cloud computing. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group of people inspired by the opportunity to actively learn and contribute something back to the broader community. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Why work for our DivisionThe purpose of the VMware Human Resources team is to continue to make VMware a great place to work and to be strong stewards of the VMware culture.Job DescriptionWe are currently recruiting for an exciting opportunity in our Global Candidate Development Recruitment team at VMware in Sofia for a Candidate Development Recruiter.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward thinking dynamic Talent Acquisition team and model utilizing the most up to date recruitment tools and techniques including constantly changing new areas of social media.

The Global Core Staffing Services Team is responsible for various tasks: (Research, reporting, Employee Referral Programs, passive candidate development, etc.) on an international scale.
The group is an integral part of the staffing providing support across all business lines of VMware: (R&D, Sales, Marketing, Finance, IT, Product Management, Product Marketing, etc.)

The role is based at VMware’s EMEA R+D headquarters in Sofia, working within the wider Candidate Development Recruitment Team based out of Cork, Ireland.

A key requirement of the role is to develop strong pipelines of candidates, and actively recruit by getting them interested in pursuing work at VMware.
The role applies to individuals who are focused on existing reqs and also to those who are building pipeline for future hiring needs.

Working closely with the Recruiters, responsibilities include:
-Sourcing and developing candidate pipelines for open roles globally via the most up to date sourcing tools and techniques
-Identifying qualified candidates through creative channels: (User Groups, Network, Conferences etc)
-Ownership of multifaceted research and research sourcing projects
-Working with Full Life Cycle Recruiters to create solid partnerships for the business line

Requirements:
-3 years + years recruiting/sourcing experience, preferably within a corporate environment
-User experience and knowledge of internet sourcing
-Ability to utilize web aggregator tools, eg LinkedIn
-BA / BS degree desired
-Strong analytical skills and ability to work well with metrics, numbers and trends
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills
-Experience and familiarity with Tracking Systems and Prospect Tracking Systems
-Research experience a definite plus

VMware Global Candidate Development Recruitment Team - Utilizing the most progressive recruitment techniques, including web 2.0 and social media, giving access to over 100 million professionals worldwide.

VMware (NYSE: VMW) is the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, two areas that consistently rank as top priorities among CIOs. VMware delivers award-winning, customer-proven solutions that accelerate IT by reducing complexity and enabling more flexible, agile service delivery. Our solutions help organizations of all sizes, lower costs, increase business agility and ensure freedom of choice. We are searching for people who are ready to accelerate, innovate and lead to join our team of more than 12,000 employees in 50+ locations worldwide working to develop innovative solutions that deliver the future of IT through cloud computing. Having the audacity to challenge constraints and problem-solve for tomorrow starts today, and it starts with you. Learn more at www.vmware.com/careersLocationSofia, BG
Requisition Number42178BR
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Posting TitleSr. Engineer StorageAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Why work for our DivisionVMware IT provides technology services and support, enabling efficiency, simplicity and productivity for internal business partners and external customers. The VMware IT organization provides two distinct, yet compatible functions. The IT team enables productivity and supports all employees; the organization additionally supports the company in its growth as the global leader in cloud infrastructure by developing and showcasing VMware products and technology. Working in tandem, these two functionalities reduce IT complexity and cost, both within VMware and for its customers.Job DescriptionThe Sr. Engineer role is to strategically innovate, incubate and design solutions using VMware technologies. Evangelize solutions with the Customers and IT teams on the adoption, benefits and efficiency. This individual will also work for the various M&A Technology evaluations and Alpha, Beta state product evaluations and provide recommendations and feedback. Provide technical leadership in evaluating 3rd party technologies and evolve the over-all VMware IT platform.

Responsibilities:

The role requires a solid technical background and cloud domain expertise and thorough knowledge of VMware and partner technologies, and emerging industry cloud computing trends, including software defined data centers. In addition you will:
- Work with internal engineering, product management and other strategic teams to validate the capabilities of VMware’s Layer 1 products in Alpha and Beta state from an enterprise IT fit to build, manage and operate Private, Hybrid Clouds and provide feedback and help make products enterprise ready
- Develop end to end cloud solutions for the next generation software defined data center, including cloud infrastructure systems and storage virtualization design, cloud operating models and tools frameworks, and other supporting technologies and processes.
- Develop solutions for cloud, automation and management and the guiding frameworks for technology investments that can be leveraged as a reference by Customers and internal IT.
- Maintain deep technical knowledge of cloud computing and storage virtualization industry directions, and trends
- Drive Software defined data center vision to reality with the creation of end to end solutions with capabilities:
- Self-service Service Catalog
- Resource pooling across Server, Network, Storage virtualization
- Automated provisioning leveraging Storage virtualization
- Dynamic Capacity planning and management
- Proactive monitoring
- Self-healing systems
- Application performance management
- Policy based resource allocation of Tiered Storage
- Storage infrastructure, including data protection, archiving, DR, Cloning, Replication, Back-up/Restore file and block storage
- Be a presenter to customers showcasing VMware virtualization, cloud and software defined datacenter technologies.

Preferred skills:

- College diploma or university degree in the field of computer science/engineering or information systems (Master’s degree preferred)
- 8+ years work experience
- Hands on experience with hypervisor and compute virtualization technologies (VMware, VSphere, VCenter, VCloud, Vmware View, Redhat KVM, Citrix XenServer)
- Experience in Architecture, Design, and Implementation of highly scalable, highly available, Cloud (IaaS) services and solutions
- Hand-on Experience in Storage virtualization and API’s (VMware vSphere Storage API, VAAI etc.), Thin Provisioning, Linked Cloning etc.
- Strong knowledge on Storage platforms: Storage Area Networking (SAN), Network Attached Storage (DAS) and SSD - NetApp, EMC, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Brocade, FusionIO, SuperMicro etc.
- Data Center Operation Systems platforms: Microsoft Server, Unix, Linux
- Experience in Programming using Java, Spring, Web Services etc.
- Strong Scripting – Shell, Python, Powershell, Puppet
- Strong knowledge on Server platforms: HP, Cisco Unified Computing Systems, Dell, IBM server infrastructure
- Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to conduct research into emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products as required
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

Key Reasons to Join:

Our reputation for high quality, highly reliable, innovative, award-winning, industry-leading products, solutions and services helps VMware to attract and retain great people. Other key reasons to consider joining the VMware team include the opportunity to:

- Work for the global leader in cloud infrastructure and virtualization solutions from the desktop to the data center
- Make an impact on your career, your team, the company, the industry and the world by fundamentally transforming how people and organizations use laptops, desktops, servers and data centers
- Voice your creative solutions to new and existing problems and watch them become initiatives
- Learn from an approachable, responsive executive management team and high caliber colleagues
- Thrive in a unique work environment where the emphasis is on excellence, innovation, openness, collaboration and balance
- Earn a competitive salary and performance-based bonuses and increases
- Grow professionally and personally by accessing our in-house learning & development opportunities & education assistance program
- Advance your career in our strong promote-from-within culture
- Enjoy a generous benefits package that really take care of your needs and unexpected perks that make working here funLocationSofia, BG
Requisition Number42085BR
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Posting TitleSr Cloud Services Quality EngineerAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Why work for our DivisionVMware’s world-class, award-winning R&D team is comprised of thousands of top-notch computer scientists and software engineers that are transforming computing through virtualization. Members of the R&D team voice their creative ideas and watch them become initiatives, participate in exciting short-term and long-term products on the VMware roadmap, initiate advanced research projects, and/or write and test code that ships. At VMware, our engineers continue to learn and grow by working with top professionals from around the world and recent graduates of top universities and by taking advantage of our extensive internal training opportunities and generous external education assistance program. R&D team members work on the latest computing equipment and have access to the ACM and IEEE libraries. VMware has R&D offices in: Silicon Valley; Cambridge, MA; Broomfield, CO; Sofia, Bulgaria; Aarhus, Denmark; London, UK; Herzliya, Israel; Bangalore, India; and Beijing, China.Job DescriptionVMware's Cloud Automation Center (VCAC) team is looking for a senior quality engineer who will be responsible for the testing of the next generation of VMware's hybrid cloud management products. VCAC engineers work with a broad range of state-of-the-art technologies, programming languages and open-source frameworks to build VMware's market-leading products for the cloud. The ideal candidate must have a strong technical background and extensive experience testing rich web applications using automation technologies and frameworks.

Responsibilities:
- Participate in requirement analysis and development process to develop Test Design Specification documents and Test Plans for product features
- Take complete ownership of features from the QE perspective; design, develop, and execute automated tests
- Participate in architecture & design discussions within R&D community and come up with necessary tools that fit in the end-to-end automation framework
- Work with developers to replicate, triage defects
- Analyze test results with timely reporting of quality metrics
- Develop a deep understanding of cloud architectures and test the product at cloud scale
- Work closely with other team members in a geographically dispersed team using Agile/Scrum methodologies
Desired Skills & Experience:
- BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent
- 6-10 years of experience testing multi-tier enterprise web applications
- Experience in testing products for the cloud
- Experience with automated test frameworks/tools such as Selenium
- Programming skills in Java to write automated tests
- Familiarity with RDBMSes, especially PostgreSQL
- Basic knowledge of the virtualization space
- Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows systems
- Ability to work in a geographically dispersed team
- Prior experience working with Agile/Scrum methodologiesLocationPalo Alto, CA, USIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number40799BR
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Posting TitleTechnical Account Manager RussiaAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Why work for our DivisionThe global VMware Professional Services Organization (PSO) influences the success of each VMware implementation. The PSO team is dedicated to the success of the customer and their virtualization strategy and implementation. The PSO team ensures that VMware customers are successfully implementing their business plans from adoption all the way to a fully functioning virtualized datacenter. The VMware PSO team includes Implementation/Managed Services, Project/Engagement Management, Education Services, Partner Management and Technical Account Management (TAM) Services.Job DescriptionAs one of our Technical Account Managers (TAM), you will be responsible for building and maintaining post-sales relationships with VMware's largest and most complex customers. These customers are typically Fortune 500 accounts adopting VMware virtualization software across their datacenters. You will serve as a project manager to ensure successful implementations and as an account manager to ensure that the customers serve as a positive reference and continue their standardization on VMware technology. Additionally, you will become the customer's single point of contact into all of VMware. As such, your technical abilities are critical in identifying solutions, troubleshooting issues, and answering technical questions as they arise.

Main Duties

- Provide project leadership for the customer's major VMware initiatives (This would include project management and solutions consulting)

- Manage cross-functional VMware project teams, which could consist of VMware consultants, engineers, marketing, and support staff

- Design and develop innovative solutions to customer requirements using our server and desktop products, with assistance from our internal engineering group and consulting architects as required

- Maintain current functional and technical knowledge of the entire VMware product line

- Manage and drive competing requests across simultaneous client engagements

- Provide clear and constructive product feedback to VMware product management teams based on customer requirements

- Help to document best practices in developing and deploying VMware solutions

- Function as a frontline technical resource for "best practice" and informal customer questions

- Travel is required up to 30 percent of the time, including internationally

- The role, responsibilities and geographical focus will change and develop over time along with the company's rapid growth

Required Skills

- Demonstrated ability in customer-facing positions, preferably as a professional services consultant, pan-EMEA and Germany-based

- Knowledge of modern software development methodologies, with emphasis on software and hardware architecture, and infrastructure design and development

- Strong technical skills, specifically in Linux system administration and/or software development and technical architecture

- Strong analytical skills regarding technical and project management issues

- Good understanding of strategic sales process

- Strong organizational skills with an ability to manage competing client demands

- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills, including ability to interact and communicate with CxO level personnel

- B.S./B.A./M.S. degree or equivalent technical training or industry experience preferred

- Background in management consulting or "Big 5" consulting organization is desirable

- Fluent in EnglishLocationMoscow, RU
Requisition Number40654BR
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Posting TitleTechnical Account Manager Czech RepublicAbout UsVMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 500,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era by simplifying, automating and transforming the way they build, deliver and consume IT. As a team, our employees thrive on forward momentum. We are an engine of opportunity fueled by the transformative products and solutions we bring to market, the passion and trust we inspire in our customers, and our collaborative drive to architect what’s next for the future of IT. With 13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide, we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities. Connect with us at www.vmware.com/careers.Why work for our DivisionThe global VMware Professional Services Organization (PSO) influences the success of each VMware implementation. The PSO team is dedicated to the success of the customer and their virtualization strategy and implementation. The PSO team ensures that VMware customers are successfully implementing their business plans from adoption all the way to a fully functioning virtualized datacenter. The VMware PSO team includes Implementation/Managed Services, Project/Engagement Management, Education Services, Partner Management and Technical Account Management (TAM) Services.Job DescriptionAs one of our Technical Account Managers (TAM), you will be responsible for building and maintaining post-sales relationships with VMware's largest and most complex customers. These customers are typically Fortune 500 accounts adopting VMware virtualization software across their datacenters. You will serve as a project manager to ensure successful implementations and as an account manager to ensure that the customers serve as a positive reference and continue their standardization on VMware technology. Additionally, you will become the customer's single point of contact into all of VMware. As such, your technical abilities are critical in identifying solutions, troubleshooting issues, and answering technical questions as they arise.

Main Duties

- Provide project leadership for the customer's major VMware initiatives (This would include project management and solutions consulting)

- Manage cross-functional VMware project teams, which could consist of VMware consultants, engineers, marketing, and support staff

- Design and develop innovative solutions to customer requirements using our server and desktop products, with assistance from our internal engineering group and consulting architects as required

- Maintain current functional and technical knowledge of the entire VMware product line

- Manage and drive competing requests across simultaneous client engagements

- Provide clear and constructive product feedback to VMware product management teams based on customer requirements

- Help to document best practices in developing and deploying VMware solutions

- Function as a frontline technical resource for "best practice" and informal customer questions

- Travel is required up to 30 percent of the time, including internationally

- The role, responsibilities and geographical focus will change and develop over time along with the company's rapid growth

Required Skills

- Demonstrated ability in customer-facing positions, preferably as a professional services consultant, pan-EMEA and Germany-based

- Knowledge of modern software development methodologies, with emphasis on software and hardware architecture, and infrastructure design and development

- Strong technical skills, specifically in Linux system administration and/or software development and technical architecture

- Strong analytical skills regarding technical and project management issues

- Good understanding of strategic sales process

- Strong organizational skills with an ability to manage competing client demands

- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills, including ability to interact and communicate with CxO level personnel

- B.S./B.A./M.S. degree or equivalent technical training or industry experience preferred

- Background in management consulting or "Big 5" consulting organization is desirable

- Fluent in EnglishLocationPrague, CZ
Requisition Number38911BR
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