The role
You will work as part of a senior engineering team supporting the design, build and delivery of a large-scale VMware Cloud Foundation environment.
Responsibilities
- VMware Cloud Foundation design, build and implementation.
- Supporting the transition from design into engineering delivery.
- Deployment, configuration and optimisation of VCF environments.
- Working across VMware networking, storage, automation and resilience technologies.
- Troubleshooting complex virtualisation and infrastructure issues.
- Producing and working from technical design documentation.
- Supporting migration, upgrade and transformation activity.
- Working collaboratively with architects, engineers and wider project teams.
- Operating within a highly secure and restricted technical environment.
Core experience: The primary requirement is strong, demonstrable experience with:
- VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
Strong experience across some of the following would also be highly desirable:
- VMware NSX / NSX-T
- vSAN
- Aria Operations
- Aria Automation
- vDefend
- Site Recovery Manager / SRM
- VMware vSphere / vCenter
- Infrastructure automation
- Complex enterprise virtualisation environments
Active SC clearance
Active SC clearance is a key requirement for this programme and will be prioritised heavily in the selection process.
Due to the nature of the environment and the need to mobilise engineers quickly, preference will be given to candidates who already hold current, active SC clearance and have used it recently within a secure customer environment.
- Whether your SC clearance is active.
- When it was last used.
- The type of secure environment you have worked within.
- Whether you have previously worked in restricted or highly controlled infrastructure environments.
Location
The work will be based across secure customer sites in Derby.
Candidates should expect the role to be predominantly onsite, potentially up to five days per week depending on the project phase and environment being worked on.
This is therefore best suited to people based within a realistic commuting distance of Derby or those comfortable travelling to site regularly.
Contract
- Rate: £500-£552.50/day
- IR35: Inside IR35
- Location: Derby
- Working pattern: Predominantly onsite
- Duration: Long-term programme, expected to run through December 2027
- Indicative starts: Late October and late November
- Clearance: Active SC clearance strongly preferred / likely required
The project is currently progressing through its final stages before mobilisation, so we are speaking to relevant engineers now to understand availability and build an initial shortlist.
If you are an experienced VMware Cloud Foundation Engineer with active SC clearance and would be interested in a long-term secure infrastructure programme in Derby, we would be keen to hear from you.