Virtualization Patch & Automation Engineer

Infoplus Technologies UK Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Infoplus Technologies UK Limited is hiring a Hybrid Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and maintain automation for VMware Cloud Foundation and vSphere platforms. You will focus on automating patching, upgrades, and compliance to ensure secure, reliable operations across global virtualization environments.

Working with architects, security, and operations teams, you will translate requirements into scalable automation workflows, contribute to standards, and help continuously improve platform

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience in hybrid cloud/infrastructure automation.
• Expertise with VMware Cloud Foundation and vSphere platforms.
• Experience with automation tools and IaC (PowerCLI, Terraform, Python).
• Strong knowledge of change, config, compliance management and security remediation.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain automation for VCF lifecycle management.
• Automate patching, upgrades, and compliance across virtualization environments.
• Develop automation workflows, scripts, and procedures.
• Collaborate with global teams and security to align with standards.
• Analyze integrations with management, security, and monitoring systems.

Skills

5+ years experience

Compliance and Security Remediation

Troubleshooting and Operational Help

Process Automation

Enterprise Infrastructure Operations

Tools

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)

vSphere

SDDC Manager Lifecycle Management

ESXi

vRO

vCenter

NSX

vSAN

PowerCLI

Python

Terraform

GitHub

Job description

Must have:

• Years of experience: 5+ years
• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
• vSphere (7 and 8)
• SDDC Manager Lifecycle Management
• ESXi, vRO, vCenter, NSX and vSAN Patching & Upgrades
• Infrastructure Automation (PowerCLI, Python)
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• GitHub and Version Control
• Compliance and Security Remediation
• Change and Configuration Management
• Troubleshooting and Operational Support
• Process Automation and Continuous Improvement
• Enterprise Infrastructure Operations

• 1. As a member of the Hybrid Cloud Engineering team, you are responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining automation solutions that support the lifecycle management of the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) platform and VMware vSphere (VHS) platforms. Your focus is on automating patching, upgrade, and compliance processes across the virtualisation environments to ensure secure, reliable, and efficient platform operations.
• 2. You translate infrastructure and operational requirements into automated, scalable, and repeatable solutions that support the deployment, configuration, patching, and maintenance of virtualisation components, including vSphere, vRO, ESXi, vCenter, NSX, vSAN, and SDDC Manager.
• 3. You develop and maintain automation workflows, scripts, and operational procedures that streamline platform lifecycle activities, reduce manual effort, and improve consistency across global Virtualisation environments. This includes supporting patch validation, remediation activities, and compliance reporting.
• 4. To deliver these solutions, you analyse existing integrations with infrastructure management, configuration management, change management, security, and monitoring systems. You understand the dependencies between these systems and ensure that automation solutions align with established operational, security, and compliance requirements.
• 6. Working within a global engineering team, you collaborate with architects, platform engineers, security teams, and operations teams to support the continuous improvement of Virtualisation services and automation capabilities.
• 7. You contribute to the development of standards, best practices, and reusable automation frameworks that enhance platform stability, security, patch compliance, and operational efficiency across the enterprise.