Automation Engineer

Pearson Whiffin Recruitment Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for an Automation Engineer to design test strategies, create automated scripts, and test vRA configurations. Candidates should have strong experience with VMware and vRA, and understand CI/CD integration. This role involves collaboration in Agile environments, requiring excellent troubleshooting skills and a solid understanding of automation tools.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter.
• Proven experience with vRealize Automation (vRA), preferably version 8.x.
• Familiarity with vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) and NSX.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement test strategies for vRA automation workflows.
• Create and maintain automated test scripts for infrastructure-as-code solutions.
• Perform functional, regression, and performance testing on vRA configurations.

Skills

VMware vSphere

vRealize Automation (vRA)

PowerCLI

Python

Ansible

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Automation Engineer - vRA

We are looking for someone with solid vRA, who can refactor existing code backlog as well as Unit Testing & workflow documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement test strategies for vRA automation workflows, blueprints, and custom resources.
• Create and maintain automated test scripts for infrastructure-as-code solutions.
• Perform functional, regression, and performance testing on vRA configurations.
• Identify and troubleshoot deployment issues across vCenter, vRA, and associated components.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams in Agile environments.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter.
• Proven experience with vRealize Automation (vRA) (version 8.x preferred).
• Familiarity with vRealize Orchestrator (vRO), NSX, and infrastructure automation tools.
• Knowledge of test automation frameworks or scripting (e.g., PowerCLI, Python, or Ansible).
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integration with automation workflows.
• Experience in testing infrastructure provisioning, lifecycle management, and policies.