Senior VMware Cloud Foundation Engineer | Automation

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

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.