Cloud Engineer - VMWare Cloud Foundation

VMware; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

VMware is seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer to design, deliver and modernise an enterprise private cloud built on VMware Cloud technologies. You will lead end-to-end engagements, perform hands-on builds, automation and migrations within a client MSP environment.

The role focuses on implementing VCF, NSX and vSAN, creating high-level and low-level designs, and driving automation through Terraform, Ansible and PowerCLI, with a strong emphasis on stakeholder communication and documentation.

Qualifications

• Deep VCF design/build/operate experience.
• Strong NSX (T0/T1, DFW, VRFs, EVPN), vSAN (ESA/OSA).
• Automation with Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI, APIs.
• Observability with Aria Ops / Ops for Networks / Logs.
• Migration experience with HCX.
• Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Produce HLD/LLD, implementation plans, and operational runbooks
• Own VCF bring up, SDDC Manager config, lifecycle & compliance
• Engineer NSX, vSAN, workload domain builds
• VCF Operations design, config and analysis
• Execute migrations using HCX/vMotion
• Automate day 0/1/2 operations with Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI
• Enable modern workloads such as VKS and platform guardrails

Skills

VCF design

NSX-T

vSAN

Automation

Terraform

Ansible

PowerCLI

HCX

Migrations

Stakeholder comms

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

PowerCLI

Job description

I am working very closely with an MSP who are embarking on a long term programme to help their end clients with migrating/upgrading/enhancing their private cloud which is built within VMWare so in turn looking for highly skilled cloud engineers to assist.

This role is to design, deliver and modernise enterprise private cloud on VMWare Cloud 9. You'll lead the end-to-end engagements, hands on builds, automation and migrations.

What you'll do

• Produce HLD/LLD, implementation plans, and operational runbooks
• Own VCF bring up, SDDC Manager config, lifecycle & compliance
• Engineer NSX, vSAN, workload domain builds
• VCF Operations design, config and analysis
• Execute migrations using HCX/vMotion
• Automate day 0/1/2 operations with Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI
• Enable modern workloads such as VKS and platform guardrails

• Deep VCF design/build/operate experience
• Strong NSX (T0/T1, DFW, VRFs, EVPN), vSAN (ESA/OSA)
• Automation with Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI, APIs
• Observability with Aria Ops / Ops for Networks / Logs
• Migration experience with HCX
• Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement