Director | Data center | Bengaluru | Engineering

Director | Data center | Bengaluru | Engineering Job requisition ID : 98454 Location : Bengaluru Entity : Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP Your work profile Own end-to-end Private Cloud strategy, architecture design, and delivery governance across large enterprise environments. Define Private Cloud reference architecture, standards, and reusable blueprints. Lead evaluation, selection, and integration of Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) technologies including VMware NSX, VMware vSAN, Cisco ACI, Nutanix, and other relevant platforms. Collaborate with infrastructure, network, security, and application teams to implement SDDC strategies aligned with business objectives. Develop architecture blueprints, design standards, and best practices for SDDC deployment and operations. Drive automation and orchestration initiatives using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes-based platforms. Assess existing data center environments and define transformation roadmaps toward software-defined infrastructure. Oversee proof-of-concepts, pilot implementations, and enterprise-scale SDDC deployments. Perform workload discovery, capacity modeling, TCO/ROI analysis, and hardware sizing for infrastructure planning. Design end-to-end architecture covering compute clusters, storage (SAN/HCI/Object), network (leaf-spine/SDN/micro-segmentation), backup & disaster recovery, container platforms, and security/compliance controls. Lead multi-site disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity planning (BCP) architecture. Provide pre-sales support, solutioning, and customer-facing proposal development. Define automation-first strategies based on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles. Standardize operational frameworks aligned with SRE and ITIL practices. Mentor delivery teams and conduct architecture/design reviews. Drive cloud modernization and hybrid cloud integration initiatives Key skills required Deep expertise in Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) and Private Cloud architecture. Strong knowledge of enterprise virtualization platforms. Expertise in storage architecture and performance engineering. Advanced networking knowledge including SDN and micro-segmentation. Experience with Kubernetes and OpenShift container platforms. Strong understanding of backup, disaster recovery, and BCP strategies. Security hardening and compliance implementation experience. Strong solutioning, consulting, and customer engagement skills. Experience delivering large-scale environments (500+ VMs, multi-PB storage systems). Financial modeling, capacity planning, and infrastructure sizing expertise. Automation-first mindset with strong IaC adoption experience