Platform Engineer (Virtualization)

Virtualisation Platform Engineer

Location: Manchester

Rate: £650 (a day)

Duration: 6 Months (Initially)

Ir35: Inside (Must use an umbrella company)

About the Role:
We're seeking an experienced Virtualisation Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain the platforms and tooling that underpin our infrastructure provisioning and delivery lifecycle. You'll work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to automate infrastructure, enhance observability, and embed best practices in VMware Hypervisor and DevOps.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain on-prem and cloud infrastructure (VMware Hypervisor, vSphere, OpenStack, AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Apply deep knowledge of operating systems and networking (Windows, Linux, firewalls, and load balancers - Palo Alto, F5).
• Manage and optimise containerised environments (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and performance across all systems.
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform and scripting languages.
• Promote DevOps and SRE principles across the engineering function.

What We're Looking For:

• Proven experience as a Virtualisation Platform Engineer or similar role.
• Strong understanding of virtualisation platforms and container orchestration tools.
• Proficiency with automation and scripting (Terraform, Bash, Python).
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and incident response tools.
• A passion for engineering excellence, automation, and operational efficiency.