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 life cycle 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.