Infrastructure Architect (VMWare) DV CLEARED

Summary: The Infrastructure Architect role focuses on designing, implementing, and optimizing VMware-based environments, requiring a strong background in virtualization. The position involves leading technical solution delivery and ensuring high performance, scalability, and security of infrastructure solutions. Candidates must possess valid DV clearance and extensive experience with VMware technologies. This role is ideal for those passionate about virtualization and architecture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and optimise VMware vSphere environments (6.7 / 7) for performance and scalability.
• Create High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), Bills of Materials (BOMs), and support documentation.
• Oversee the design, build, and deployment phases, ensuring best practices are followed.
• Identify and resolve ESX performance issues to maintain system efficiency.
• Work with storage solutions including Veeam, NetApp, iSCSI, FC, NFS, and preferably Eternus.
• Ensure seamless integration with Windows Server 2019, including troubleshooting and optimisation.

Key Skills:

• Valid DV Clearance.
• Extensive VMware experience, including vSphere 6.7 / 7 and VCP-DCV 2019+ certification (or VCP5/6 equivalent).
• Deep understanding of virtualisation challenges and best practices for optimising VMware environments.
• Experience with ESX performance analysis and fault resolution.
• Strong Microsoft infrastructure experience, including Windows Server 2019 troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of ISODE messaging products, SQL database management, and Network Data Diode solutions.
• Experience with Splunk for monitoring and analysis.
• MCSE or equivalent experience.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Basingstoke

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT