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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. 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 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
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Posting TitleVMware On-site Support Engineer - SAPAbout 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 VMware Global Support Services (GSS) team supports over 250,000 companies running VMware in over 100 different countries. GSS provides time-zone optimized coverage throughout five support centers globally. The GSS team supports the entire suite of VMware products for global customers and partners and participates in developing new products and new versions of current products. GSS team members also participate in product delivery strategy, product documentation, discussion forums with customers, and expert documents publishing. A commitment to excellence and customer advocacy pervades the GSS team, and the work environment fosters intellectual stimulation through exchanges with internal and external customers. The VMware GSS team members are the “best of the best” supporting business-critical applications in a virtual infrastructure.Job DescriptionJob Description:
The VMware Support Engineer will report to VMware’s Global Support Services Organization and serve as part of the SAP Support delivery team troubleshooting and resolving VMware and SAP’s joint customer technical issues. This role will be based at SAP’s facilities in St. Leon Rot, Germany and will be responsible for managing customer support tickets that require VMware product support in an SAP environment. The individual will work closely with both the SAP support team and the VMware expert and with VMware Global Support Services to ensure a high quality support experience is delivered to the customer.
Responsibilities:
- Provide cooperative support with SAP to VMware support entitled customers running SAP products in a VMware virtualized environment.
- Perform root cause analysis (research, reproduction, and troubleshooting) to solve support tickets raised through the SAP and VMware support systems. Ensure that customers are receiving the highest level of technical support when they encounter an interoperable issue.
- Stay current on best practices for SAP virtualization. Assist SAP with ensuring SAP OSS support notes and whitepapers pertaining to VMware are being properly updated and maintained.
- Serve as one of the internal subject matter experts on SAP virtualization.
- Stay current on emerging SAP products and understand how customers will be using these products alongside VMware products.
- Be a trusted advisor to VMware’s SAP Alliance team when requested for input during VMware product development and support life cycles review.
- Understand the support process between VMware and SAP and identify areas for improvement. Work with GSS and Alliances to implement these improvements.
- Escalate technical matters (bugs, compatibility issues, feature/functionality improvements etc) pertaining to SAP virtualization to the appropriate internal VMware stakeholders (Product Management, Performance Engineering, Alliances etc.) as required
- Act as primary VMware representative communicating both support processes and technical updates to SAP.

Requirements:
- 5+ years experience in technology-related field.
- Must be able to communicate in German and English.
- Strong understanding of SAP System Architectures, SAP BASIS/NetWeaver.
- He or she will often be the sole VMware representative interacting with SAP. Must be an accomplished communicator of business and technical concepts.
- Strong understanding of x86 computing and data center technology including operating systems like Linux and Microsoft Windows, servers, storage and networking concepts.
- Experience in customer facing roles (Pre-sales Technical Consultant, SE, post-sale Implementation Engineer etc) is a plus.
- Hands-on experience with virtualization technologies (VMware and/or Citrix).
- Experience with multi-tier applications; understanding of client/web tier, database tier and middleware architectures.
- SAP Certified Technology Associate certification is a plus
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience is required.
- Up to 30% travelLocationKarslruhe, DE
Requisition Number41684BR
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Posting TitleGlobal Strategic Alliances – Partner ArchitectAbout 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 DescriptionGlobal Strategic Alliances – Partner Architect

The Alliances Partner Architect will work within VMware’s Global Strategic Alliances Organization to create, develop, manage, and execute solutions exploiting VMware's virtualization portfolio. This role includes business development, technical architecture, and joint go-to-market responsibility to develop highly valued and differentiated joint solutions between VMware and our global strategic partners.
This individual must be comfortable working across the entire datacenter infrastructure stack, from hardware to network to storage to security to management tools, and be able to articulate VMware’s product strategy and roadmap, identify technology integration opportunities, and oversee the development of joint solutions. This individual must be able to build executive level relationships with partners, collaborate, motivate, and influence key technical constituencies both inside and outside the company.
Responsibilities:
- Work with VMware alliance, product and field teams as well as partners and customers to formulate, maintain, and update VMware alliances technology strategy and roadmap for joint technology initiatives with our global partners.
- Influence roadmap alignment between VMware and partners. This requires an understanding of VMware and partners product roadmaps, gaps and the intersections between them
- Communicate progress on projects to various stakeholder groups in VMware and partners
- Influence the development of technical collateral such as white papers, solution briefs, and best practices across different groups within VMware (as well as the partner)
- Educate VMware’s field and channel sales teams, the partner’s field and channel sales teams, and the industry at large on the solution and the business problem that it solves through whitepapers, webcasts, presentations and other forms of outbound awareness. Track the results of the solution and its impact on VMware business.
- Use your knowledge of the IT industry to create and maintain a segment analysis identifying where VMware should look to build/partner to expand our footprint in this market, ultimately opening up new revenue streams for the company.

Requirements:
- Candidates must have a solid background of at least 10-15 years with IT datacenter infrastructure, in functions such as operations, consulting, product management, technical marketing, developer relations or engineering
- Experience with virtualization technologies and converged infrastructure stack across storage, networking, backup, and security is a must
- Demonstrated ability in managing the technical relationship with a Global technology partner, and guiding partner through complex technology initiatives.
- Experience in building executive-level relationships, defining a common strategic vision, communicating effectively, and obtaining buy-in at the senior levels
- Strong technical writing and presentation skills are required. Must have the ability to communicate complex technical solutions to all types of audiences through whitepapers and presentations.
- Where necessary, the candidate must also be able to perform the hands-on technical work on their own and deliver partner readiness training to VMware and partner’s field, channel and customers.
- Leadership skills in managing and coordinating activities of a team towards delivering on project milestones and objectives.
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience is required. Master’s Degree Preferred
- Willingness and experience in worldwide travel as required for inter-company solution development, speaking at conventions and education conferences, and executive presentations required.LocationSan Francisco, CA, US
Requisition Number41365BR
]]>Sat, 25 May 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/San-Francisco-Global-Strategic-Alliances-Partner-Architect-Job-CA-94101/2568506/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/San-Francisco-Global-Strategic-Alliances-Partner-Architect-Job-CA-94101/2568506/?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 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
]]>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 08:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Moscow-Technical-Account-Manager-Russia-Job/2531653/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Moscow-Technical-Account-Manager-Russia-Job/2531653/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
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
]]>Sat, 25 May 2013 08:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Praha-Technical-Account-Manager-Czech-Republic-Job/2400963/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Praha-Technical-Account-Manager-Czech-Republic-Job/2400963/?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 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 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 full scope 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 Number39753BR
]]>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Reston-Sr_-ConsultantFederal-Washington-DC-Metro-area-Job-VA-20190/2434076/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Reston-Sr_-ConsultantFederal-Washington-DC-Metro-area-Job-VA-20190/2434076/?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 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 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
]]>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Canberra-Contract-VMware-Consultant-Job/2433885/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/Canberra-Contract-VMware-Consultant-Job/2433885/?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
]]>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/San-Francisco-Manager%2C-Technical-Alliances-Job-CA-94101/2618889/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.vmware.com/job/San-Francisco-Manager%2C-Technical-Alliances-Job-CA-94101/2618889/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
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 TitleSystems Engineer(Osaka)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 DescriptionJob Description
The Account SE is an expert in VMware technologies, and can recognize opportunities for the technology in customer accounts, perform technical presentations of VMware technology and solutions, and map this back to the benefits. The Account SE will perform and support tasks such as technical sales calls, presentations, proof-ofconcepts, proposals capacity planning and technical ROI models. The Account SE will assist the customer to understand VMware technology, its impact on their business and the benefits that can be realized.
Responsibilities
- VMware Product Advocate
Spokesperson for VMware Enterprise products in general
Marketing and trade shows
Liaison with Product Management (VMware and third-party)
- Present VMware’s technical value proposition to customers and partners
- Ensure partners use of POC methodology
- Support VMware and partner seminars and industry trade shows
- Drive the design of customer oriented solutions using VMware
- Develop technical knowledge of VMware and associated technologies
- 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 organization when appropriate
- Support direct sales force
Recognize opportunities
Design solutions
Qualify opportunities from technical perspective
Understand customers’ business and IT challenges
Share business strategies with sales force
- Architect solutions in pre-sales context Consult to customers on business and technical requirements
Develop VMware technical solutions – unsolicited proposals, presentations etc
Perform planning and pre-sales tasks, for example capacity planning assessment
Assist sales in development of ROI studies
- Support channel sales force as needed
- Set up demonstrations of VMware products and deliver these to customers and also potentially peer SE’s, Sales and Channel partners
- Develop and maintain own skills in VMware Products
- Assist in strategic PSO work as neededLocationOsaka, JPIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number40959BR
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Posting TitleSystems 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.Job DescriptionJob Description
The Account SE is an expert in VMware technologies, and can recognize opportunities for the technology in customer accounts, perform technical presentations of VMware technology and solutions, and map this back to the benefits. The Account SE will perform and support tasks such as technical sales calls, presentations, proof-ofconcepts, proposals capacity planning and technical ROI models. The Account SE will assist the customer to understand VMware technology, its impact on their business and the benefits that can be realized.
Responsibilities
- VMware Product Advocate
Spokesperson for VMware Enterprise products in general
Marketing and trade shows
Liaison with Product Management (VMware and third-party)
- Present VMware’s technical value proposition to customers and partners
- Ensure partners use of POC methodology
- Support VMware and partner seminars and industry trade shows
- Drive the design of customer oriented solutions using VMware
- Develop technical knowledge of VMware and associated technologies
- 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 organization when appropriate
- Support direct sales force
Recognize opportunities
Design solutions
Qualify opportunities from technical perspective
Understand customers’ business and IT challenges
Share business strategies with sales force
- Architect solutions in pre-sales context Consult to customers on business and technical requirements
Develop VMware technical solutions – unsolicited proposals, presentations etc
Perform planning and pre-sales tasks, for example capacity planning assessment
Assist sales in development of ROI studies
- Support channel sales force as needed
- Set up demonstrations of VMware products and deliver these to customers and also potentially peer SE’s, Sales and Channel partners
- Develop and maintain own skills in VMware Products
- Assist in strategic PSO work as neededLocationTokyo, JPIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number40962BR
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Posting TitlePartner Technology Strategist for NetApp - Ecosystem 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.Job DescriptionEcosystem Engineering works proactively and collaborates with partners in aligning technology roadmaps and driving innovative joint engineering projects to delivery. It has programs focused on hardware/software enablement, optimization, and solution certification. These programs contribute greatly to VMware's robust partner ecosystem and result in virtualization solutions that improve computing for our partners and their customers.

Does the idea of a high visibility and high impact role working with one of VMware’s most important partners excite you? Are you looking for an opportunity to own strategic product planning and manage the execution of engineering focused deliverables with X86 industry platform leaders?

Then consider this opportunity to join the Partner Technology Strategist team; chartered with driving the identification, evaluation, and execution of all product management and engineering focused work streams between VMware and its partners. As part of the Ecosystem Engineering group (an organization within VMware R&D), the Partner Technology Strategist team is responsible to being an advocate within VMware for the partner and driving engineering alignment between VMware and the partner ecosystem.

Responsibilities:
- Develop strategic, ongoing relationships with highly influential individuals at VMware and NetApp, building trust and respect across the two companies.
- Collaborate with and provide leadership and guidance to VMware storage product management and engineering teams.
- Work closely with VMware and NetApp engineering teams to build tighter product alignment.
- Work closely with key stakeholders at VMware and NetApp to identify detailed product requirements and drive timely review of these within VMware.
- Provide strategic insight for VMware/NetApp product direction and plans.
- Drive projects through completion defining aggressive but realistic milestones, checkpoints, and escalations
- Work cross boundaries with various functional teams to understand deliverables, timelines, and perspectives

Qualifications: To be deemed a viable candidate for this high impact position, the individual needs to have a minimum of 7 years work experience and demonstrated track record of success in one or more of the following storage product focused areas: product management, product development, technical alliance management, or systems engineering. Candidates should be agile at developing strong working relationships across internal and external stakeholders and virtual teams, work well with ambiguity and across highly complex and matrix organizations. Location: Palo Alto, CA Headquarters

The ideal candidate will possess the following:
- Exceptional skill in communicating with executives and strong presentation skills
- Proven success in dealing with strategic, highly complex issues, problems and challenges in dynamic and ambiguous environments
- Highly motivated, results-driven, strategic thinker, who has strong leadership, technical and business fundamentals
- Proven experience and technical depth in storage products and storage technology directions relevant to NetApp and VMware

A bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline is required. MBA is preferred.LocationPalo Alto, CA, USIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number41969BR
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Posting TitleAlliance System Engineer - Wireless InfrascructureAbout 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 Alliances System Engineer, Wireless Infrastructure will be the primary technical interface between VMware and telecommunications equipment manufacturers (TEMs) to work on projects to virtualize wireless infrastructure components (which offer 3G/UMTS and 4G/LTE services). This individual will work closely with the Strategic Account Manager to define and execute the technical aspects of our wireless infrastructure strategy. This strategy will align VMware’s corporate objectives for this vertical with that of our partners to enable VMware to increase our sales in 2013 and beyond.

Responsibilities:
- Evangelize technical value of the VMware platform with target accounts
- Serve as the primary interface with partner technical contacts on wireless infrastructure projects
- Design blueprint technical engagement criteria
- Document segment best practices using VMware offerings
- Develop a level of industry specialization to “talk-the-talk” within the wireless infrastructure segment
- Engage with solution architects at TEMs
- Act as primary technical interface between TEMs 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 TEMs at VMware conferences and other industry events
- Create technical collateral (whitepapers, presentations etc) to enable sales opportunities

Requirements:
- 8+ years experience in technology-related field, three to five of which should be as in a field facing role (SE/Consulting/Alliances)
- Deep knowledge of the advanced features of VMware vSphere technology, ideally at the pre-sales solution design level or post-sales implementation level. Specific knowledge of the workings of the following features needed:
- vSphere Network I/O control
- VMware High Availability
- Understanding of the impact of different vSphere networking designs on packet latency
- Understanding of scheduler latency and timing issues, and how to mitigate them
- Understanding of best practices in network design (L2 redundancy, QoS, traffic segmentation)
- Knowledge of how Software-Defined Networking (SDN) works in a WAN environment
- 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 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
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience is required. Master’s Degree Preferred
- Wireless protocols (3G/UMTS, 4G/LTE)
- Wireless infrastructure applications (IMS, GGSN, CSCF)LocationBeijing, Beijing, CN
Requisition Number39073BR
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Posting TitleSenior Director Engineering - PerformanceAbout 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 DescriptionJob Description
VMware is looking for an experienced and seasoned Senior Director Engineering - Performance with an established record of success in high quality corporate organizations. Significant current domain experience within the industry, in performance optimization and scalability, as well as in system software is required. Experience with virtualized environments preferred. The successful candidate will have both broad engineering/development and managerial experience. He/She will have experience in successfully reviewing and adjusting organizational structure and augmenting the organization as appropriate. The Senior Director Engineering - Performance will have proven and significant team building, communication & leadership skills.

Responsibilities

The Senior Director Engineering - Performance will develop and implement a comprehensive development strategy for the Performance team within VMware. He/she will establish a culture of excellence in execution for VMware. This executive will define realistic targets and milestones, focus the engineering team, establish a high level of team participation and interaction, serve as an inspiring mentor and coach, ensure that quality is a high priority at every stage, and support moving of products into production in the desired timeframes. Directly manage the people performance of the Performance development team to ensure that the organization is meeting customer needs on time and on quality and contributing positively to the profitability and margin requirements for VMware.
- Responsible for the performance and scalability of VMware’s flagship virtualization products. Analyze product performance and resource utilization. Work closely with other development teams and business units within VMware to set a high bar for the performance of VMware products
- Responsible for VMware’s competitive benchmarking program. This includes development of virtualization benchmarks and publishing competitive benchmarking results.
- Expand the scope of the Performance team to take on the performance evaluation and tuning of new products as part of an expanding VMware suite.
- . Develop performance analysis and profiling tools .
- Participate in and lead the evaluation of competitive products and maintain VMware’s leadership position in all aspects of virtualization and related solutions.
- Evangelize best practices and reference architectures for obtaining maximum performance. Educate customers on the performance characteristics of VMware products. Guide and advise VMware partners on tuning their systems for a high performing VMware environment
- Build rapport, develop, lead, and inspire the Performance team and engender trust and confidence. Be a magnet for software development talent and accelerate the hiring of strong engineering professionals. Solidify succession plans and enhance management capabilities to meet strategic and operating objectives.
- Be a respected engineering leader in the company and quickly internalize VMware’s policies and processes. Establish a strong collaborative culture with peers and other functions within VMware. Promote a culture of success, pride, performance, discipline, and creativity. Be an effective spokesperson and champion for the Performance team.
- Possess a comprehensive understanding and knowledge of the complexities and needs of running a software development organization such as making technology and architectural trade-offs, competitive analysis, market gap analysis, life-cycle management, etc.
- Work closely and engage with VMware executives and direct reports to establish an environment that is motivating and entrepreneurial in nature.

- Represent the Performance team effectively both internally at VMware and externally with partners and customers, with excellent communication skills.

Qualifications and Experience
- 10 - 15+ years of progressively broadening software development leadership experience with a strong track record of success in the architecture, performance tuning, development, and delivery of highly complex, enterprise class systems.
- Has inherent knowledge of development processes and best practices to manage multiple, large scale, and co-dependent software development projects consistently on time and on budget.
- Specific experience organizing and/or reorganizing a product development and performance evaluation function for growth into highly competitive new markets and product lines such as Cloud computing where taking advantage of strategic opportunities requires short product life cycles and flexible and adaptable product architectures.
- Demonstrated track record of implementing enhanced product development processes that shorten release cycles and improve “time to market” for new products.
- Proven leadership experience setting the vision and building, leading, and motivating development teams. Trained in software development organization and leadership from a company well known and widely respected for world-class software development processes and practices.
- Experience working across multiple teams towards a common goal. Ability to influence others and take responsibility for cross-functional projects.
- Knowledge and experience of System Software and Virtualization technologies.
Managerial Competencies
- Demonstrates a “high organizational IQ”.
- Has successfully managed highly technical teams of at least 60 - 100 people.
- Stays abreast of key competitor actions and their implications or threats to the business.
- Experienced managing geographically distributed teams.
- Conveys an understanding of the organization's global market position, opportunities, capabilities, and competitive threats.
- Identifies and anticipates customer requirements, expectations, and needs.
- Prepares realistic estimates of resource requirements (e.g., budget, headcount) needed to accomplish team or work group objectives.
- Holds people accountable for achieving their goals.
- Fosters a customer-focused environment.
- Leads by example, creating a sense of energy, ownership, and personal commitment to the work.
- Inspires others to stretch beyond what they thought they could do.

Education
Technical undergraduate degree required. An advanced degree is highly desirable.LocationPalo Alto, CA, US
Requisition Number42011BR
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Posting TitleTechnical Instructor, ASEANAbout 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 DescriptionPosition/Responsibilities
This position, reporting to the Manager of Education Services, is responsible for developing, delivering, and maintaining technical courses for VMware customers, channel partners, distributors, and internal employees. Courses will be delivered in traditional lecture/lab settings, and, at times, on-line. Responsibilities include:
Instruction
-Teaching courses for customers, channel partners, distributors, and internal employees,
-Conducting train the trainer sessions for our training partners, and internal employees,
-Working with fellow instructors to improve training materials and delivery.
Other
-Working with VMware’s Technical Publications and Systems Engineering group to ensure consistency of product documentation and training materials, and to exploit opportunities for reuse of these materials,
-Investigating, developing, and implementing programs for alternative education channels for customers and strategic partners, such as online “webinars”, eLearning, and technical awareness seminars,
-Supporting VMware sales by acting as a strong advocate for VMware products both inside and outside classes, and
-Supporting technical and teaching skill to instructors at Education Partners.LocationSingapore, SGIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number40164BR
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Posting TitlePartner Technology Strategist for Strategic Partners - Ecosystem EngineeringAbout 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 DescriptionEcosystem Engineering works proactively and collaborates with partners in aligning technology roadmaps and driving innovative joint engineering projects to delivery. It has programs focused on hardware/software enablement, optimization, and solution certification. These programs contribute greatly to VMware's robust partner ecosystem and result in virtualization solutions that improve computing for our partners and their customers.

Partner Technology Strategist for Strategic Partners - Ecosystem Engineering

Does the idea of a high visibility and high impact role working with one of VMware’s most important partners excite you? Are you looking for an opportunity to own strategic product planning and manage the execution of engineering focused deliverables with X86 industry platform leaders?

Then consider this opportunity to join the Partner Technology Strategist team; chartered with driving the identification, evaluation, and execution of all product management and engineering focused work streams between VMware and its partners. As part of the Ecosystem Engineering group (an organization within VMware R&D), the Partner Technology Strategist team is responsible to being an advocate within VMware for the partner and driving engineering alignment between VMware and the partner ecosystem.

Responsibilities:
- Develop strategic, ongoing relationships with highly influential individuals at VMware and a strategic OEM partner, building trust and respect across the two companies.
- Collaborate with and provide leadership and guidance to VMware compute, networking, and storage product management and engineering teams.
- Work closely with VMware and the partner engineering teams to build tighter product alignment.
- Work closely with key stakeholders at VMware and the partner to identify detailed product requirements and drive timely review of these within VMware.
- Provide strategic insight for VMware/partner product direction and plans.
- Drive projects through completion defining aggressive but realistic milestones, checkpoints, and escalations
- Work cross boundaries with various functional teams to understand deliverables, timelines, and perspectives

Qualifications: To be deemed a viable candidate for this high impact position, the individual needs to have a minimum of 7 years work experience and demonstrated track record of success in one or more of the following server/storage product focused areas: product management, product development, technical alliance management, or systems engineering. Candidates should be agile at developing strong working relationships across internal and external stakeholders and virtual teams, work well with ambiguity and across highly complex and matrix organizations. Location: Palo Alto, CA Headquarters
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
- Exceptional skill in communicating with executives and strong presentation skills
- Proven success in dealing with strategic, highly complex issues, problems and challenges in dynamic and ambiguous environments
- Highly motivated, results-driven, strategic thinker, who has strong leadership, technical and business fundamentals
- Proven experience and technical depth in one or more of virtualization compute, networking, or storage disciplines. Previous product or alliance experience with a major manufacturer such as HP, DELL, IBM, Cisco, NetApp or EMC is required.

A bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline is required. MBA is preferred.LocationPalo Alto, CA, USIs this a remote or multiple location position?No
Requisition Number41892BR
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