Senior VMware VCF Engineer - South West - Contract - Up to £650 PD (Outside IR35)
Senior VMware VCF Engineer - South West - Contract - Up to £650 PD (Outside IR35)
DV Clearance or to be eligible
4 Days onsite
Overview
Fuel Recruitment is supporting a leading high-assurance technology organisation that is looking for a Senior VCF Engineer to join its expanding infrastructure engineering team. This role will focus on delivering and operating a secure VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.x private cloud environment. You'll act as the technical lead for deployment, integration and life cycle management across a modern, security-focused private cloud platform. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced VCF specialist looking to work on complex, high-security infrastructure projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the deployment of VCF 9.x Management and Workload Domains using SDDC Manager, VCF Operations and Cloud Builder.
- Design and implement advanced NSX networking topologies, including Tier-0/Tier-1 routing, load balancing and DFW micro-segmentation.
- Configure and optimise the VCF Operations suite, covering monitoring, log insights and automation.
- Integrate and map storage platforms (eg, NetApp ONTAP) to ensure performance and redundancy.
- Manage end-to-end life cycle operations for ESXi, vCenter, NSX and Aria components using VCF LCM workflows.
- Work with internal security and identity teams to implement secure authentication across the management stack.
Key Skills/Experience
- Expert knowledge of VMware VCF (8.x/9.x) including multi-site and multi-cluster architectures.
- Deep experience with VMware NSX, particularly in security-driven designs and overlay/underlay integration.
- Strong proficiency across Aria Operations, Aria Operations for Logs and Aria Automation.
- Background working in UK high-security environments (MOD, Government, or National Infrastructure).
- Proven ability to lead complex private cloud deployments and manage operational environments.
- Strong understanding of networking, security, automation and virtualised infrastructure technologies.