Vmware Consultant
Posted 1 day ago by Click Recruitment
£96 Per hour
Inside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The VMWare vDefend Architect role is a fully remote contract position focused on providing VMware Cybersecurity expertise for a leading Government organization. The successful candidate will work within an experienced team on the design and deployment of advanced security features, specifically related to VMware vDefend and Advanced Threat Protection (ATP). Key responsibilities include assisting with policy creation, operational metrics, and threat assessment. The role is set to begin ideally in January 2026.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist deployment of the vDefend platform to support NSXi
- Assist DFW policy creation and rule migrations
- Define operating model and standardization goals
- Define/scaling policy structure and operations
- Build Common Services Policy (Macro), Infrastructure Policy (Meso), and Application Policy (Micro)
- Assist with Identity Firewall, Logging and Monitoring, and Operational Metrics
- Assist with Capacity management and Visibility
- Enable ATP and assist with policy enablement (IPS/IDS)
- Test and validate ATP features, including Malware Prevention tuning
- Conduct threat assessments and assist with logging and monitoring
- Support operational metrics and advanced use cases to detect attacks
- Assist with initial investigations and threat scenario development
- Help with product upgrades, patching, and custom dashboards
- Assist with attack lifecycle evidence chain and day two activities
Key Skills:
- Expertise in VMware technologies and Cybersecurity
- Experience with Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
- Knowledge of firewall policy creation and management
- Ability to define operational models and standardization goals
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with logging, monitoring, and operational metrics
- Familiarity with threat assessment and incident response
- Ability to work collaboratively in a remote team environment
Salary (Rate): £96.00/hr
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
VMWare vDefend Architect - Fully Remote - £715 per day Umbrella - CONTRACT
We are recruiting for a VMWare Cyber SME for a leading Government organisation. The role will be fully remote for the duration of the contract. You will join an experienced VMware team who work with the business on two core workstreams, detailed below:
Workstreams a: Focused on the Design and Deployment of ATP security features
Workstreams b: Focused on overall VMware vDefend security features.
Backlog vDefend Firewall (DFW):
- Assist deployment of the platform to support NSXi
- Assist DFW policy Creation
- Assist DFW Rule Migrations
- Assist in defining the operating model
- Assist in defining standardization goals
- Assist in defining/scaling policy structure
- Assist in defining/scaling policy operations
- Assist in building Common Services Policy (Macro)
- Assist in building Infrastructure Policy (Meso)
- Assist in building Application Policy (Micro)
- Assist with Identity Firewall
- Assist with Logging and Monitoring
- Assist with Operational Metrics
- Assist with Capacity management
- Assist with Visibility
vDefend Advance Threat Protection (ATP):
- Assist with enabling ATP
- Assist policy enablement (IPS/IDS)
- Assist in testing and validate
- Assist Malware Prevention tuning
- Assist threat assessment
- Assist logging and monitoring
- Assist operational metrics
- Assist in advance use cases to detect attacks
- Assist with Initial investigation using evidence chain
- Assist with Threat Scenario Development
- Assist with Logging and Monitoring
- Assist with Product upgrades and patching
- Assist with the Initial Investigation
- Assist with Custom dashboards
- Assist with Attack Lifecycle Evidence Chain
- Assist Day two activities
- NSX vDefend Assist enablement
Interviews ASAP, Ideally start in January 2026.