DV Cleared VMware Cloud Foundation Engineer

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler; Corsham; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler seeks an experienced VMware VCF / Virtualisation Engineer to work from Corsham on a DV Cleared, inside IR35 contract. The role covers designing and delivering VMware Cloud Foundation platforms and hands-on engineering for the OpNET programme.

Initial term is 7 months with potential to extend, offering work in secure, regulated environments and enterprise virtualization. Daily rate £600–£675; DV clearance required for eligibility.

Qualifications

• Strong VMware experience across vSphere, ESXi and vCenter.
• Proven experience with VMware Cloud Foundation and SDDC technologies.
• Strong automation and Infrastructure as Code experience.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI or similar.
• Knowledge of enterprise networking and services including DNS and load balancing.
• Experience integrating platforms with DevOps and CI/CD toolchains.
• Experience working in secure or regulated environments.
• Strong technical documentation, troubleshooting and communication skills.
• Kubernetes / VKS experience is desirable.
• Experience in hybrid cloud and multi-platform environments is desirable.
• GitOps and IaC best practices experience is desirable.
• Backup, disaster recovery and resilience experience is desirable.
• Agile delivery / Atlassian tools experience is desirable.
• VMware certifications such as VCP, VCAP or VCF Specialist are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver hands-on engineering support to the OpNET programme.
• Design, build, automate and support VMware Cloud Foundation platforms.
• Design, deploy and manage VMware Cloud Foundation platforms.
• Implement and support vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, NSX, vSAN, VCF Operations, VPC and VKS.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code and API-driven automation using Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI or SaltStack.
• Support platform lifecycle activities including builds, upgrades, patching, scaling and operational handover.
• Integrate virtualisation platforms with enterprise networking, DNS, identity and DevOps/CI/CD services.
• Translate architecture designs into secure, automated and deployable solutions.
• Produce low-level designs, build guides and operational runbooks.
• Support integration, testing, troubleshooting and continuous improvement.
• Ensure solutions follow secure‑by‑design, hardening and organisational security standards.

Skills

VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter

VMware Cloud Foundation

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Ansible

PowerCLI

DNS & Load Balancing

DevOps/CI/CD tooling

Security/regulatory environments

Kubernetes / VKS

GitOps / IaC

Disaster recovery

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

PowerCLI

SaltStack

Job description

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler seeks an experienced VMware VCF / Virtualisation Engineer to work from Corsham on a DV Cleared, inside IR35 contract. The role covers designing and delivering VMware Cloud Foundation platforms and hands-on engineering for the OpNET programme.

Initial term is 7 months with potential to extend, offering work in secure, regulated environments and enterprise virtualization. Daily rate £600–£675; DV clearance required for eligibility.