Infrastructure Engineer (Virtualisation)

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Sheffield - UK

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 19 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: November 30 2026
Work set up: Hybrid

Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for an Infrastructure Engineer (Virtualisation) to join the Virtualization Engineering Team within Distributed Compute in CTO Enterprise Services. This role focuses on guiding the development and delivery of VMware products ensuring they meet business needs and customer expectations. The position drives VMware product vision and strategy with emphasis on automation availability reliability performance and scale while supporting business-critical services hosted on a shared VMware platform.

What you will do:

  • Lead and mentor VMware engineers within the POD structure.
  • Manage team performance and support professional development.
  • Define and drive VMware product vision and strategy focusing on automation reliability performance and scalability.
  • Design deploy and manage VMware technologies including vSphere vCenter vROPS vRO vRLI and vRLCM.
  • Oversee day-to-day operations troubleshooting and performance tuning of the virtual environment.
  • Establish and enforce engineering standards and SRE best practices through platform constraints and system modelling.
  • Drive automation initiatives using PowerCLI Python Ansible and vRealize Suite tools.
  • Collaborate with operations applications engineering connectivity teams and vendors to deliver infrastructure solutions aligned to business needs.
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation standards and best practices.
  • Participate in capacity planning disaster recovery and business continuity activities.
  • Implement robust monitoring and alerting systems to proactively manage platform health.
  • Ensure system availability and performance in line with defined SLAs and SLOs.
  • Monitor compliance mitigate risks using tools such as vRealize Operations and ensure adherence to regulatory standards and internal policies.
  • Manage and improve platform offerings throughout their lifecycle using Agile methodologies.
  • Assess resource requirements for critical services and support sustainability and transformation initiatives.
  • Communicate product updates supported version compliance and CVEs to stakeholders.
  • Provide technical direction across VMware products distributed systems servers and storage technologies.
  • Represent the team during major incidents and provide technical expertise in crisis situations.
  • Plan future capacity needs and optimise system performance through tuning and scaling activities.
  • Manage hardware and software lifecycle activities from planning and deployment to maintenance and decommissioning.

Qualifications :

  • Minimum fifteen years of total IT experience in large-scale infrastructure environments and at least twelve years of experience in distributed systems including Linux Windows high availability solutions server hardware and VMware products.
  • Proven experience managing VMware platforms including vSphere vCenter vROPS vRO vRLI and vRLCM within banking or financial services environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and drive engineering delivery through automation in large-scale virtualisation infrastructures.
  • Strong understanding of networking and storage technologies in relation to distributed systems particularly within VMware environments.
  • Proven leadership and team management capabilities.
  • Experience working within Agile methodologies and service transformation initiatives.
  • Strong knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering practices and platform governance.
  • Excellent communication interpersonal leadership and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Degree or diploma in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or equivalent experience preferred.

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Candidates must be legally authorized to live and work in the country where the position is based without requiring employer sponsorship.

HelloKindred is committed to fair transparent and inclusive hiring practices. We assess candidates based on skills experience and role-related requirements.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. While we review every application carefully only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

HelloKindred is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race colour religion sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation age national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.


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Employment Type :

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Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: November 30 2026Work set up: HybridOur client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for an Infrastructure Engineer (Virtualisation) to join the Virtualization Engineering Team within Distributed Compute in CTO Enterprise Services. This r...
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