Senior VMWare Engineer

Manchester - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

Senior VMware Engineer

Duration: 4 Months

Location: Manchester & remote (hybrid)

Rate: 570 per day

Start: ASAP

IR35 Status: Inside

Role Overview:

A Senior VMware Engineer is required to support our higher education clients virtual infrastructure modernisation and operational support initiatives. You will possess a minimum of 5 years hands-on experience provisioning and managing Linux and Windows virtual machines in enterprise VMware environments. You will be proficient in providing advanced engineering expertise across VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) VMware ESXi VMware vSphere and VMware NSX-T; ensuring stability scalability and performance of mission critical academic and research systems.

Essential Skills & Experience required:

As the Senior VMware Engineer you will possess the following:

A minimum of 5 years of enterprise VMware engineering experience.

A proven track record provisioning Linux (RHEL Ubuntu etc.) and Windows Server VMs.

Strong hands-on expertise in VCF ESXi vSphere and NSX-T.

Experience in higher education research institutions or large multi-tenant environments preferred.

Solid understanding of storage networking and security integration.

Automation and scripting skills (PowerCLI PowerShell Bash Python).

Experience with vCenter administration and cluster design.

Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning capabilities.

Desirable Qualifications

VMware certifications (VCP-DCV VCAP).

Experience with automation/orchestration (VMware Aria/vRealise Ansible).

Hybrid cloud experience (Azure AWS VMware Cloud).

Experience supporting research computing or HPC workloads.

Familiarity with ITIL-based change management processes.

Responsibilitiesinclude:

Provision configure and manage Linux and Windows VMs in enterprise clusters.
Deploy and manage workloads within VMware Cloud Foundation environments.
Install configure patch and upgrade VMware ESXi hosts.
Administer and optimise VMware vSphere clusters including HA DRS and vMotion.
Design and manage network virtualisation using VMware NSX-T.
Perform VM lifecycle management (build template creation cloning migration decommissioning).
Conduct performance monitoring capacity planning and resource optimisation.
Support storage integration (SAN/NAS/vSAN) and ensure optimal IOPS performance.
Implement and support backup replication and disaster recovery solutions.
Provide advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
Document architecture configurations and operational procedures.
Collaborate with infrastructure security networking and research computing teams.

Deliverables

Fully provisioned and optimised virtual machine environments.
Updated and documented VMware architecture diagrams and configurations.
Performance optimisation and capacity planning reports.
Resolved infrastructure incidents within agreed SLAs.
Knowledge transfer documentation and handover sessions (if required)

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Job DescriptionSenior VMware EngineerDuration: 4 MonthsLocation: Manchester & remote (hybrid)Rate: 570 per dayStart: ASAPIR35 Status: InsideRole Overview:A Senior VMware Engineer is required to support our higher education clients virtual infrastructure modernisation and operational support initiati...