VMware Architects are required to be competent to conceptualize, create, and design complex IT architectures. Their knowledge on the subject should be practical and exhaustive. They should also be very conversant with their domain so that they can provide guidance and professional instructions to support their clients. They should be capable of incorporating proficiency into architecture design and should comprehend the issues, contexts, and effects very well to know how to move ahead by providing appropriate support to their clientele.

VMware Architect must possess excellent interpersonal skills to communicate with customers and for instilling confidence within them, as they need to convey their plans verbally and through documentation to technical as well as non-technical users at each level in an organization. Moreover, they need to have the talent for exchanging ideas, making suggestions and being able to persuade the team they are working with proceeding further.

Besides being the point of contact for technical issues, they must lead a team of engineers and designers to institute standard operating procedures with an aim to mitigate the project associated risks. They should interact with the senior management, project managers, and cost accountants because they are responsible for the pricing of projects, to develop plans for testing and deployment, and to develop project plans. Most importantly, they hold the responsibility for troubleshooting issues and ensuring that projects will be executed within the stipulated period and well within the budget allocated.

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