• Lead end‑to‑end design engagements, including discovery workshops, requirement analysis, and solution planning. • Develop and defend High‑Level Designs (HLDs) and Low‑Level Designs (LLDs) for complex, multi‑site VCF environments. • Serve as the highest‑level technical escalation point for VMware solutions (vSphere, vSAN, NSX, Aria, HCX, and DR) while actively training on the broader VCF stack. • Plan hybrid cloud integrations with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, including migration strategies and HCX‑based mobility. • Define security, compliance, and operational standards aligned with frameworks such as PCI‑DSS, HIPAA, and FedRAMP. • Produce reference designs, validated configurations, best‑practice guides, and internal enablement materials. • Partner with sales, delivery leadership, and customer executives to shape program scope, success criteria, and modernization roadmaps. • Ensure solution alignment across compute, storage, networking, automation, and cloud management platforms. • Mentor senior engineers and contribute to internal capability development.