Summary: The Senior VMware Infrastructure Engineer will play a crucial role in a major infrastructure transformation program, focusing on the design, integration, and deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) within large-scale environments. This contract position requires extensive expertise in VMware technologies and collaboration with various teams to ensure a scalable and resilient infrastructure. The role is centered around delivering a modernized VMware-based platform that meets operational and security standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and engineer enterprise VMware platforms using VMware Cloud Foundation, spanning compute, storage, networking, and security.
- Lead the evaluation, validation, benchmarking, and integration of VCF into existing and new infrastructure estates.
- Develop detailed architecture, integration, and migration plans, including risk assessments and operational readiness.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, security, operations, and vendor teams to deliver highly available, secure, and compliant platforms.
- Implement automation and Infrastructure as Code principles using tools such as Ansible and Python.
- Drive platform reliability through performance optimisation, hardening, and security compliance.
Key Skills:
- Strong background designing and delivering large-scale VMware virtualisation environments, with hands-on VMware Cloud Foundation experience.
- Deep expertise in VMware ESXi, vSphere, vSAN, and associated technologies, including design, implementation, and troubleshooting.
- Experience contributing to or supporting a VMware Cloud Foundation rollout or transformation programme.
- Proven capability in capacity planning, infrastructure sizing, and multi-vendor integration.
- Solid understanding of Linux, networking, storage, and enterprise hardware platforms.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convert business requirements into clear technical designs and documentation.
Salary (Rate): £650.00 daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Senior VMware Infrastructure Engineer – VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Contract: 6 Months | Inside IR35 | £650 per day My client, a Technology client are looking for a Senior VMware Infrastructure Engineer with strong VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) expertise to support a major infrastructure transformation programme on a 6 Month Contract. This contract role is central to a multi-year modernisation initiative , focused on delivering a scalable, automated, and resilient VMware-based infrastructure platform . You’ll work closely with internal engineering teams, vendors, and specialist partners to design, integrate, and deploy VCF across large-scale on-premises environments , both greenfield and brownfield.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and engineer enterprise VMware platforms using VMware Cloud Foundation , spanning compute, storage, networking, and security.
- Lead the evaluation, validation, benchmarking, and integration of VCF into existing and new infrastructure estates.
- Develop detailed architecture, integration, and migration plans , including risk assessments and operational readiness.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, security, operations, and vendor teams to deliver highly available, secure, and compliant platforms.
- Implement automation and Infrastructure as Code principles using tools such as Ansible and Python .
- Drive platform reliability through performance optimisation, hardening, and security compliance .
Required Experience & Skills
- Strong background designing and delivering large-scale VMware virtualisation environments , with hands-on VMware Cloud Foundation experience.
- Deep expertise in VMware ESXi, vSphere, vSAN , and associated technologies, including design, implementation, and troubleshooting.
- Experience contributing to or supporting a VMware Cloud Foundation rollout or transformation programme .
- Proven capability in capacity planning, infrastructure sizing, and multi-vendor integration .
- Solid understanding of Linux, networking, storage, and enterprise hardware platforms .
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convert business requirements into clear technical designs and documentation .
