Application Platform Architect

Role: Application Platform Architect Work Location: Open in Multiple Locations Reports to: Director of Solution Engineering and Application Platform Architecture Job Description In Swahili, ’tanzu’ means the growing branch of a tree. In Japanese, ’tansu’ refers to a modular form of cabinetry. At VMware, Tanzu represents our growing portfolio of solutions to help you build, run and manage modern apps. We help customers develop cloud-native apps and maintain existing apps side-by-side, on the same enterprise-grade platform on any cloud. Ready to build? So are we! Join VMware’s Tanzu Application Platform Architecture team, which focuses on driving business value for customers through Application Modernisation and Platform Building. Covering the whole of Asia, Pacific, and Japan the team leverages a platform thinking approach to help organizations deal with scale and velocity while increasing quality in the systems they build. The focus is thus: Customer, Open-Source Software, and Product Innovation. The practice works to solve new challenges with our customers and leverage the resources within VMware engineering and Public Communities to produce the best solution for Modern Application Platforms. This role suits engineers who possess a multi-disciplinary background and a desire to adapt their skillset to the next challenge at hand. Are you equally comfortable meeting with business leaders as you are in contributing code to Open-Source Software Communities? Do you see yourself as a pioneer? A lifetime student? Do you enjoy new challenges and overcoming uncertainty through analysis and experimentation? If you have a passion for software and derive satisfaction from seeing it in the hands of the user, then the role of the Application Platform Architect is ideal for you. Success in the Role: What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing? To be successful in this role, you should be an expert in software architecture, development practices, and the ability to design and implement platform systems to improve these. The Application Platform Architect will leverage their background to assess how software is built, how to facilitate scale, feature velocity, and quality; as well as help adapt customer organizations in building an operating model to fully leverage their investment. In the first 30-60 days you will get extensive training on the VMware product sets You will get introduced to the APJ region and work closely with the pre-sales team across that region Within 90 days you will have commenced working on initiatives that improve the way the field teams engage with customers helping them with existing and future business opportunities You will be starting to build value propositions and presenting technical solutions to the field, customers, and the wider community. Within 180 days you will be working with engineering teams, be more interactive around using the technology and start to showcase more of VMware Tanzu’s capabilities. The Work: What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis? As an Application Platform Architect, you are responsible for a number of regular activities, and these will vary depending on your professional strengths but could include: Preparation of presentations Building technical proposals and leading initiatives Leading regular cadence discussions around current and future projects Building and helping run a greater team strategy with different business units Tie VMware Tanzu technology to how it can assist customers business outcomes Working with engineering teams in architecture and solutions to meet customer needs Assist with regular business reviews Category : Sales Subcategory: Systems Engineering Experience: Business Leadership Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time Posted Date: 2022-05-25 Sales: VMware’s Sales team focuses on two primary goals: helping customers solve their biggest business problems and hitting our bookings targets to keep our company growing and strong. We begin by forging deep relationships with our customers, so we can truly understand their business challenges and opportunities. We help drive their digital transformation by bringing VMware solutions that provide the speed, agility, and efficiency needed to compete and grow in the Internet economy. We also try to make the world a better place by hosting and participating in community activities. Are you inspired by the chance to solve your customers’ biggest challenges? You can make that kind of difference with VMware’s portfolio of industry-leading solutions. Join our team, and you can grow your career and share in the success of an industry pioneer that’s turning companies into truly digital enterprises. VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. 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