Job Description
Senior VCF Engineer
Rate: £600-650pd | Location: Onsite - Bristol | 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:
1. Lead end-to-end deployment of Management and Workload Domains using SDDC Manager, VCF Installer (Cloud Builder), and VCF Operations.
2. Design and implement NSX virtual networking topologies, including Tier-0/Tier-1 gateways, load balancers, and Distributed Firewall (DFW) micro-segmentation policies.
3. Configure and optimize Aria Operations, Aria Logs, and Aria Automation for proactive management and automation.
4. Integrate NetApp ONTAP storage with performance and path redundancy in mind.
5. Manage patching and upgrades of the full VMware stack (ESXi, vCenter, NSX, Aria) via VCF’s Lifecycle Management (LCM) workflows.
6. Collaborate on identity and authentication security for all management planes.
Essential Skills & Experience:
7. Expert-level knowledge of VMware Cloud Foundation (v8.x/9.x) and multi-site/multi-cluster architectures.
8. Deep experience with VMware NSX, particularly security-driven networking and overlay-to-underlay integration.
9. Proficient with Aria Operations, Aria Logs, and Aria Automation.
10. Experience in UK High-Security environments (MOD, Government, or National Infrastructure).
Preferred Certifications:
11. VCP-VMC – VMware Certified Professional: VMware Cloud
12. VCIX-NV – VMware Certified Implementation Expert: Network Virtualization