Senior Product Engineer - VMware
We are looking for an experienced Senior Product Engineer - VMware to deliver hands-on engineering across VMware-based private cloud and managed service platforms.
The role will focus on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), VCF 9+, Kubernetes, multi-tenant private cloud environments, Infrastructure as Code and automation.
Working alongside Product Engineering, Architecture, Operations and Delivery teams, you will design and enhance scalable, secure and operationally robust platforms while providing technical guidance to other engineers.
Key Responsibilities- Design, build, configure and enhance VMware-based private cloud platforms.
- Deliver engineering solutions across VMware Cloud Foundation, virtualisation, networking, storage and Kubernetes.
- Translate architecture and product requirements into practical technical solutions.
- Lead complex platform enhancements and implementation activities.
- Troubleshoot platform, deployment and operational issues.
- Develop automation using Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, Scripting and YAML.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and release processes.
- Support Kubernetes clusters, container workloads, namespaces, worker nodes, storage policies and networking.
- Improve platform security, resilience, monitoring, observability and operational supportability.
- Produce technical documentation, runbooks and build standards.
- Conduct technical reviews and promote engineering best practice.
- Mentor and support other engineers.
- Identify technical debt and opportunities to improve automation and standardisation.
- Strong hands-on Experience with VMware-based infrastructure, private cloud or managed service environments.
- Experience delivering solutions using VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
- Strong VMware knowledge across technologies such as:
- vSphere
- vCenter
- ESXi
- vSAN
- NSX
- VMware Cloud Director
- VCF Operations
- VCF Automation
- Experience working with Kubernetes and Linux-based container workloads.
- Experience provisioning and managing Kubernetes clusters, namespaces, worker nodes, storage and networking.
- Strong Infrastructure as Code Experience, particularly Terraform and YAML.
- Experience integrating infrastructure automation with GitHub, GitLab or similar version-control platforms.
- Experience with CI/CD, automation and DevSecOps practices.
- Strong understanding of networking, compute, storage, security and identity concepts.
- Experience producing technical documentation, operational runbooks and handover materials.
- Ability to independently own technical workstreams and guide other engineers.
- Experience with VCF 9+ environments.
- Building or supporting multi-tenant private cloud platforms.
- Tenant onboarding, RBAC, delegated administration and resource allocation.
- Service catalogues and self-service infrastructure.
- VPC-style networking and tenant isolation.
- Kubernetes ingress, service mesh, registries, DNS and certificates.
- Monitoring, observability, resilience and security controls.
- Platform life cycle management and governance.
Relevant certifications are desirable but not essential. Practical Experience will also be considered.
Examples include:
- VCP-DCV
- VCP-NV
- VCAP-DCV Deploy
- VCP-VCF Administrator
- VCAP-VCF Operations
- VCAP-VCF Automation
Job Title: Senior Product Engineer - VMware
Location: Leeds, UK
Job Type: Permanent
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