VMWare Infrastructure Engineer (Outside IR35)
Posted 2 days ago by Searchability NS&D
£70 Per hour
Outside
Onsite
Farnborough, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The VMWare VCF Engineer role is a contract position focused on designing, building, and improving a private cloud platform using VMware Cloud Foundation. The engineer will work on-site in Farnborough and is required to have active security clearance. This position emphasizes expertise in infrastructure and application engineering within the Defence and National Security sectors. The role is classified as outside IR35 with a competitive day rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the primary Infrastructure/Application engineer with deep expertise in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) to design, build, operate, and continuously improve the private cloud platform.
- Support a Data-Centric Security LoE by translating business and application requirements into scalable VCF reference architectures (Management/WLD domains, VI WLD design).
- Execute detailed capacity planning and create BOM and HCL-compliant designs covering compute, storage, and networking, including Edge design.
- Maintain, secure, and improve multi-classification, virtualised, collaboration, and development environments.
- Stand up and configure VCF, ensuring automated deployments and integration of platform services.
- Establish and document templates, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and baselines for application teams to ensure operational excellence.
Key Skills:
- VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
- vSphere
- NSX-T
- vSAN
- SDDC Manager
- Aria Suite
- Infrastructure Design
- Capacity Planning
- Edge Computing
- Data-Centric Security
- Automation
- Networking
- Storage
- Platform Monitoring
- Logging
- MOD Standards
- NSD
Salary (Rate): £70.00/hr
City: Farnborough
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role Summary:
Job Title: VMWare VCF Engineer
Job Type: Contract
Day Rate: £500 - £550 Outside IR35
Duration: 3 Month rolling
Location: Farnborough (On-site)
Security Clearance: Active SC or DV Clearance
About the client:
This client is a highly specialised technology consultancy operating at the forefront of the Defence and National Security sectors. They function as an innovation partner to the government, specialising in "Secure by Design" digital transformation and rapid prototyping. They are renowned for delivering agile, tactical, and strategic infrastructure solutions that bridge the gap between commercial technology and complex, high-classification environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the primary Infrastructure/Application engineer with deep expertise in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) to design, build, operate, and continuously improve the private cloud platform.
- Support a Data-Centric Security LoE by translating business and application requirements into scalable VCF reference architectures (Management/WLD domains, VI WLD design).
- Execute detailed capacity planning and create BOM and HCL-compliant designs covering compute, storage, and networking, including Edge design.
- Maintain, secure, and improve multi-classification, virtualised, collaboration, and development environments.
- Stand up and configure VCF, ensuring automated deployments and integration of platform services.
- Establish and document templates, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and baselines for application teams to ensure operational excellence.
Key Skills:
- VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
- vSphere
- NSX-T
- vSAN
- SDDC Manager
- Aria Suite
- Infrastructure Design
- Capacity Planning
- Edge Computing
- Data-Centric Security
- Automation
- Networking
- Storage
- Platform Monitoring
- Logging
- MOD Standards
- NSD
How to apply:
Please either apply through this advert or emailing me directly via jon.mills@searchability.com. For further information please call me: +44 7441 342136. By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.