VMware Consultant

Anglia IT Recruitment; City of Edinburgh, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A Recruitment Company is seeking a VMware Consultant for a hybrid role in London with occasional travel to Edinburgh. The position involves leading workshops to gather operational data, delivering executive summaries, and selecting appropriate tools. Key skills include VMware Cloud Foundation, vSphere, NSX, and LCM tooling, with relevant certifications preferred. This role offers competitive market rates and has a duration of 10 weeks with potential extensions.

Qualifications

• Lead workshops for discovery and analysis of configuration and operational data.
• Deliver executive summaries and gap analyses.
• Produce HLD/LLD and operational handover materials.

Responsibilities

• Lead workshops to collect configuration and operational data.
• Deliver executive summaries, detailed findings, and gap analysis.
• Select appropriate tooling and ensure stakeholder engagement.

Skills

VMware Cloud Foundation

vSphere/ESXi

NSX

vSAN

SRDF management

LCM tooling

ITIL Foundation

Tools

SDDC Manager

vLCM

configuration/observability tools

Job description

Role: VMware Consultant
Location: Hybrid – London with occasional travel to Edinburgh
Duration: 10 weeks + with the opportunity to extend
Rate: Market Rates

Responsibilities

• Discovery and analysis: Lead workshops, collect configuration and operational data, validate dependencies and constraints, and confirm application criticality and SLAs.
• Architecture and planning
• Readiness reporting: Deliver an executive summary, detailed findings, gap analysis etc
• Select appropriate tooling and methods
• Stakeholder engagement
• Governance and documentation: Produce HLD/LLD, and operational handover materials; ensure traceability and version control.

Skills Required

• VMware Cloud Foundation, vSphere/ESXi, NSX, vSAN.
• Dell platforms commonly found in VxBlock (compute, networking, storage arrays).
• SRDF management on enterprise arrays; RP4VM administration.
• LCM tooling (SDDC Manager, vLCM), configuration/observability tools, and documentation platforms.
• One or more of the following certifications are desirable: VCP-DCV required; VCAP-DCV/VCIX/VCDX, Dell/EMC: Dell Proven Professional (storage and data center tracks), ITIL: Foundation