Principal Consulting Engineer – VMware Cloud Foundation Automation

CDW

Principal Consulting Engineer ensuring VMware Cloud Foundation Automation solutions are effective at CDW. Collaborating with teams to implement and optimize automation in software-defined data center strategy.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $158,000 - $240,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleCloudPythonServiceNowTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Ensure solutions are delivered as designed and meet customer approval
Collaborate with the technical architect on training plans and approaches to best equipped staff for successful implementations
Develop standards, best practices and training for team members along with technical architect and technical lead in their area of expertise
Define project strategies or technical options to balance customer project goals and financial constraints
Provide leadership and expert advice/counsel on technical subject matters and architecture design to Customers, the Infrastructure Solutions Team, and other Extended Sirius Teams
Escalate and communicate alternatives with associated risks with executives and stakeholders
Ensure procedures are being followed and assist in resolving complex problems which require professional level input
Regularly interface with customer’s technical and business executive level and project leadership through sales presentations and/or client project solutions in communicating complex ideas, anticipating potential objections and leading discussions to align expectations
Deliver VCF Automation engagements end-to-end on VCF9 — design through deployment
Design and build automation patterns using Terraform, PowerShell, and Python — including third-party integrations with ServiceNow, Active Directory, and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub/GitLab)
Lead customer-facing discovery and road-mapping conversations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in business or computer science or an equivalent field
10 years of IT Infrastructure experience, including at least 3 years in large enterprise consulting
14 years total Information Technology experience, to include 10 years of IT Infrastructure experience
7+ years in enterprise virtualization/private cloud architecture
Hands-on expertise with VCF 9.0 and building automations in this environment
Deep proficiency deploying VCF 9 Automation components such as:
Authoring Blueprints / Cloud Templates
Building catalogs with approval policies
Terraform and Ansible integrations
Authoring workflows
Orchestrator deployment models
Maintain client relationships as a trusted advisor and mentor engineers for project design and coordination
Excellent communication skills are required, with experience in making technology recommendations
Ability to research complex technology solutions and present them to clients

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual bonus target of 10% subject to terms and conditions of plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

VCF 9.0TerraformPowerShellPythonAnsibleCI/CD pipelinesCloud TemplatesOrchestrator deployment modelsAutomation patternsBlueprints

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationmentoringcustomer relationship managementstrategic planningadvisory skillspresentation skillsproject coordination

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in businessBachelor’s degree in computer science