Gerald C. Saliens

About Gerald C. Saliens

Gerald Saliens, Jr. is a seasoned Solutions/Cloud Architect with 15 years of experience in the VMware/vSphere, Cloud technology space. Gerald has worked with some of the top companies in the virtualization space. Companies such as VCE, EMC, IBM and Dell and VMware by Broadcom.As a Senior Solutions Architect, I work with customers to design and deliver cloud, network, and datacenter virtualization solutions that meet their business needs and goals. I have over 15 years of experience in the IT field, and I hold multiple VMware certifications, including VMware Certified Specialist - Cloud Foundation 2024, VMware Certified Professional - Network Virtualization 2024 and VMware Cloud on AWS.Specialties:VMware Aria Operations for NetworkVMware Aria Operations for LogsNSX Micro-SegmentationVMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 CertificationVMware vSphere FoundationVMware HCXVMware NSXDell EMC VxRailVMware Automation SuiteEMC VxRailVMware Cloud on AWSGoogle Cloud VMware Engine

Experience

1. Sr Solutions Consultant

   Vmware

   Mar 2023 — Present · Palo Alto, CA, US

   Working as a sub contractor for VMware. Supported VMware Cloud Foundation design and deployment. HCX design and deployment. Implemented micro-segmentation using Aria Operations for Networks. Architected and deployed NSX 4 based multi-site implementations supporting disaster recovery.

Education

• Prairie View A&M University

  BS, Electrical Engineering Technology

Skills

• Vmware Vcloud Suite
• Emc Storage
• San
• Vcenter Operations Manager
• Servers
• Iscsi
• Vmware Infrastructure
• Server Consolidation
• Netscaler Vpx Load Balancer
• Vmware Vsphere
• Storage Area Networks
• Network Security
• Dell Poweredge Servers
• Vsphere
• Vmware Log Insight
• Dhcp
• Active Directory
• Windows Server
• Data Center
• Citrix
• Infrastructure
• Disater Recovery to the Cloud
• Vmware Esx
• Dell Computers
• Vpn
• Vcp 4
• Vmware Nsx
• Dellemc Vxrail
• Firewalls
• Cloud Computing
• Virtual Private Network (Vpn)
• Vblock Infrastructure Technology
• Vcloud Director 5.1
• Microsoft Technologies
• Microsoft Exchange
• Virtualization
• Enterprise Software
• Networking
• Storage
• Emc Vipr