VMware vRA Consultant

VMware vRA Consultant Banking / Financial Services

Contract: 6 months

Rate: 500 per day (Outside IR35)

Location: Remote with occasional visits to London (Bishopsgate)

Sector: Banking / Financial Services (candidates must pass full bank vetting)

Overview

Were seeking an experienced VMware vRealize Automation (vRA) Consultant to work within an established financial-services environment, supporting ongoing enhancement, remediation, and automation initiatives. The role combines hands-on development , workflow refactoring , and knowledge transfer , helping modernise and stabilise the existing vRA estate.

Youll partner closely with internal engineering teams through pair programming , unit testing , and workflow documentation , ensuring solutions are secure, repeatable, and fully aligned with operational standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical remediation, refactoring, and workflow optimisation within the existing VMware vRA environment.
• Deliver automation and self-service capabilities for DRaaS failover testing, morning checks, and other Day-2 operational tasks.
• Collaborate in pair-programming sessions to review and maintain high-quality, efficient code.
• Develop and execute unit tests to ensure code quality, reliability, and compliance with platform standards.
• Document workflows, configurations, and operational runbooks in Confluence.
• Produce and maintain onboarding and training materials , supporting upskilling of existing engineering teams.
• Support and mentor internal staff through knowledge transfer and best-practice guidance.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, enhancing automation, reliability, and operational visibility.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a VMware vRA Consultant , DevOps Engineer , or Automation Specialist in enterprise or financial environments.
• Hands-on expertise with VMware vRealize Automation (vRA) , vRO , and infrastructure automation workflows .
• Strong understanding of unit testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, NUnit, pytest) and version control tools ( Git , GitHub , GitLab ).
• Demonstrable experience in workflow documentation and producing technical runbooks and Confluence pages .
• Strong communication and mentoring skills with the ability to deliver training and onboarding for engineering teams.
• Familiarity with DRaaS , automation of failover testing , and self-service portal development .

Desirable

• Experience within banking or financial-services environments with exposure to bank vetting and compliance standards .
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines , DevOps practices , and agile delivery frameworks.
• Prior experience in Test-Driven Development (TDD) or continuous-integration environments.
• Understanding of Zero-Trust and secure-by-design principles for automated infrastructure delivery.

Summary

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on VMware vRA Consultant with automation and documentation experience to join a large, regulated financial institution. Youll play a key role in enhancing automation, improving reliability, and enabling self-service within a complex vRA environmentwhile supporting knowledge transfer and operational excellence across the wider engineering team.