Senior VCF Engineer
Rate: £600-650pd | Location: Onsite - Somerset | Contract: 6 months - possible extension
Are you looking for an opportunity to take the lead on high-assurance VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.x deployments? We have an exciting role for a Senior VCF Engineer to join a high-security UK project onsite. You'll drive VCF orchestration, NSX networking & security, Aria Operations, and storage integration, ensuring a secure, resilient, and fully managed private cloud. This role is ideal for engineers with expert-level VCF/NSX experience and experience in MOD, government, or national infrastructure environments.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead end-to-end deployment of Management and Workload Domains using SDDC Manager, VCF Installer (Cloud Builder), and VCF Operations.
* Design and implement NSX virtual networking topologies, including Tier-0/Tier-1 gateways, load balancers, and Distributed Firewall (DFW) micro-segmentation policies.
* Configure and optimize Aria Operations, Aria Logs, and Aria Automation for proactive management and automation.
* Integrate NetApp ONTAP storage with performance and path redundancy in mind.
* Manage patching and upgrades of the full VMware stack (ESXi, vCenter, NSX, Aria) via VCF's Lifecycle Management (LCM) workflows.
* Collaborate on identity and authentication security for all management planes.
Essential Skills & Experience:
* Expert-level knowledge of VMware Cloud Foundation (v8.x/9.x) and multi-site/multi-cluster architectures.
* Deep experience with VMware NSX, particularly security-driven networking and overlay-to-underlay integration.
* Proficient with Aria Operations, Aria Logs, and Aria Automation.
* Experience in UK High-Security environments (MOD, Government, or National Infrastructure).
Preferred Certifications:
* VCP-VMC - VMware Certified Professional: VMware Cloud
* VCIX-NV - VMware Certified Implementation Expert: Network Virtualization
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