Dual-Site VMware Cloud Storage & Compute Engineer

Sword Group; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sword Group is seeking an experienced infrastructure engineer to join the Compute & Storage workstream for a major Critical National Infrastructure virtualisation programme. The role covers low-level design authoring through to build and commissioning of a dual-site VMware Cloud Foundation / vSAN platform.

You will operate hands-on with vSphere/vSAN, HPE ProLiant and Rubrik, coordinate with identity and security teams, and produce audit-ready design documentation (LLDs, diagrams, build guides).

Qualifications

• Experience with VMware vSphere and vSAN in production environments.
• Hands-on with HPE ProLiant servers and iLO.
• Familiarity with enterprise backup platforms (Rubrik a plus).
• Experience with Windows Server services (AD, PKI/AD CS, RDS) to coordinate with Identity.
• Ability to author design docs (LLDs, diagrams, build guides) to audit-ready standards.
• Comfort working in regulated, security-conscious environments with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support low-level design authoring through to build and commissioning of a dual-site VMware Cloud Foundation / vSAN platform.
• Design and review technical design documentation to audit-ready standards.
• Collaborate with customer stakeholders and third-party vendors in a regulated security environment.

Skills

Cluster design

RAID/FTT policy

Encryption configuration

Backup concepts

Active Directory

PKI/AD CS

RDS

Documentation authoring

Stakeholder engagement

Security/compliance

Tools

VMware vSphere

VMware vSAN

HPE ProLiant

iLO

Rubrik

Windows Server

Job description

Sword Group is seeking an experienced infrastructure engineer to join the Compute & Storage workstream for a major Critical National Infrastructure virtualisation programme. The role covers low-level design authoring through to build and commissioning of a dual-site VMware Cloud Foundation / vSAN platform.

You will operate hands-on with vSphere/vSAN, HPE ProLiant and Rubrik, coordinate with identity and security teams, and produce audit-ready design documentation (LLDs, diagrams, build guides).