Senior Platform Engineer - VMware Cloud Foundation

Senior Platform Engineer (VMware Cloud Foundation) - DV Cleared

Location: Yeovil (3 days onsite per week)
Rate: £650-£750 per day (Inside IR35)
Contract: Long-term opportunity
Clearance: Must hold active MOD DV Clearance

We're looking for an experienced Senior Platform Engineer with strong VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) expertise to join a high-profile defence programme delivering secure, mission-critical infrastructure.

This role offers an excellent work-life balance, with 3 longer onsite days per week while being paid for a full 5-day week, making it ideal for contractors looking to maximise their time.

The Role

You'll play a key role in designing, building and supporting secure on-premise and hybrid platforms within highly secure environments. Working as part of an experienced engineering team, you'll lead technical delivery, support platform integration, and help shape modern software-defined infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and support secure VMware Cloud Foundation platforms
• Lead technical delivery across platform engineering work packages
• Produce and review technical designs and documentation
• Integrate, test and optimise platform components
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership
• Work closely with project teams and stakeholders to deliver secure, resilient solutions
• Drive automation and continuous improvement across the platform estate

Essential Skills

• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) including:
  • vSphere
  • vSAN
  • NSX-T
  • Aria Suite
• VMware and Hyper-V virtualisation
• Windows and Linux administration
• Software Defined Datacentre (SDDC) design and operation
• NSX networking and micro-segmentation
• Strong networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Firewalls)
• Automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible or Terraform
• Systems engineering across the full project life cycle
• Cyber security principles within secure enterprise or defence environments
• Experience integrating compute, storage and networking into enterprise platforms

Desirable

• VMware VCP certification
• AWS or other cloud platform experience
• Infrastructure as Code
• Active Directory, PKI, PAM, SIEM integration
• VxRail/Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
• VCF life cycle management (deployment, patching and upgrades)
• Kubernetes and Docker
• DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines

Requirements

• Active MOD Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance is essential.
• Ability to work onsite in Yeovil three days per week (extended days can be worked to condense the week).

If you're a DV-cleared VMware Cloud Foundation specialist looking for a well-paid contract on a secure programme with a condensed working pattern, we'd love to hear from you.