VMware Platform Engineer – vSAN & Datacenter Expert

Motorsport Network, LLC; Brackley; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous bonus scheme

Mercedes car lease scheme

Private medical cover

On-site GP

Life assurance

25 days holiday

Job summary

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team is seeking an IT Platform Engineer for its Brackley HQ to own and develop core IT infrastructure. You will manage VMware, vSAN, and related networking, ensuring resilient, scalable platforms, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver improvements across on-prem and hybrid environments.

The role is onsite at Brackley, requires deep hands-on virtualization expertise, and offers a competitive package with a strong bonus scheme and benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with VMware (vSphere, vCenter, ESXi) and vSAN in an enterprise environment.
• Understanding of VMware networking, including distributed switches, port groups and VLANs.
• Knowledge of storage solutions (shared, hyperconverged, JBOD, S3-compatible) and related infrastructure.
• Experience supporting Windows server platforms, with working knowledge of Linux.
• Identity management experience (Active Directory, Entra ID) including modern authentication.
• Experience with scripting and automation to streamline operational tasks.
• Understanding of datacentre environments, including cabling, cooling and power.
• Confident engaging with stakeholders across the business, translating technical detail clearly.
• Strong attention to detail, delivering high technical standards.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with changing priorities.
• Organised, proactive and able to manage multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain VMware and vSAN environment, including virtual networking and datacentres.
• Install, configure and support physical IT hardware in datacentre environments.
• Support and troubleshoot server workloads, VMs, clusters and services.
• Contribute to infrastructure security, resilience and business continuity.
• Enable self-service platforms and scalable solutions across teams.
• Drive automation to reduce manual processes and increase efficiency.
• Support out-of-hours escalations to maintain business-critical services.
• Act as a point of contact across teams for platform capabilities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to evolve infrastructure across on-prem and hybrid environments.

Skills

VMware vSphere

vCenter/ESXi

VMware networking

Storage solutions

Windows Server

Linux knowledge

Identity management

Active Directory

Entra ID

Scripting & automation

Datacentre operations

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Fast-paced environment

Multi-workstream management

Tools

VMware vSAN

Job description

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team is seeking an IT Platform Engineer for its Brackley HQ to own and develop core IT infrastructure. You will manage VMware, vSAN, and related networking, ensuring resilient, scalable platforms, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver improvements across on-prem and hybrid environments.

The role is onsite at Brackley, requires deep hands-on virtualization expertise, and offers a competitive package with a strong bonus scheme and benefits.