Virtualisation Engineer - DV Cleared
Virtualisation SME
+ DV Cleared role
+ Working out of Corsham
+ £600 to £675 per day - Inside IR35
+ Initially 7 months but will be long term
The Role:
Deliver hands-on engineering support to the OpNET programme, designing, building, and automating VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) platforms.
We are seeking an experienced VMware VCF / Virtualisation Engineer to design, build, automate and support enterprise virtualisation and software-defined infrastructure within a secure/regulated environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, deploy and manage VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) platforms.
- Implement and support vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, NSX, vSAN, VCF Operations, VPC and VKS.
- Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and API-driven automation using Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI or SaltStack.
- Support platform lifecycle activities including builds, upgrades, patching, scaling and operational handover.
- Integrate virtualisation platforms with enterprise networking, DNS, identity and DevOps/CI/CD services.
- Translate architecture designs into secure, automated and deployable solutions.
- Produce LLDs, build guides and operational runbooks.
- Support integration, testing, troubleshooting and continuous improvement.
- Ensure solutions follow secure-by-design, hardening and organisational security standards.
Essential Skills
- Strong VMware experience across vSphere, ESXi and vCenter.
- Proven experience with VMware Cloud Foundation and SDDC technologies.
- Strong automation and Infrastructure as Code experience.
- Experience with Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI or similar.
- Knowledge of enterprise networking and services including DNS and load balancing.
- Experience integrating platforms with DevOps and CI/CD toolchains.
- Experience working in secure or regulated environments.
- Strong technical documentation, troubleshooting and communication skills.
Desirable
- Kubernetes / VKS experience.
- Hybrid cloud and multi-platform environments.
- GitOps and IaC best practices.
- Backup, disaster recovery and resilience.
- Agile delivery / Atlassian tools.
- VMware certifications such as VCP, VCAP or VCF Specialist.