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 .