VMware Private Cloud Architect | Hybrid Data Center Role

IT Professional Services Limited; North East; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

IT Professional Services Limited is seeking a Technical Architect (VMware) to join its small, highly collaborative Platforms team. You will help operate, support and develop internal and customer-facing platforms, designing evidence-based solutions to drive efficiencies within the company.

This is a hybrid role based at our data centre in County Durham for around 3 days each week; candidates within commutable distance of DH2 1AQ are preferred.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, deploying and supporting VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) / vSphere private cloud environments.
• Degree in Computer Science/IT, or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong knowledge of Data Centre infrastructure — compute, storage and networking.
• Experience with capacity management, system documentation and operational processes.
• Working understanding of information/data security principles.
• Experience operating as an escalation point for 2nd/3rd-line support teams.
• Experience gathering requirements from other departments and translating these into technical solutions.
• Experience delivering work to SLAs or agreed project timelines.
• VMware certification relevant to VCF/vSphere (e.g. VCP-DCV).
• Advanced VMware certification (e.g. VCAP, VCDX).
• Certification in a public cloud platform (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• ITIL Foundation.
• Experience with VMware NSX and/or vSAN.
• Scripting/automation experience (e.g. PowerCLI, Terraform, Ansible) to support a move towards proactive/automated service.
• Experience working in a managed service or customer-facing environment.
• Experience working with Kubernetes or container environments
• Experience working with third-party suppliers and managing supplier relationships
• Experience mentoring or providing technical leadership to junior engineers

Responsibilities

• Assist in support of the Data Centre estate
• Develop, support and maintain the Private Cloud based on VMware VCF 9.1
• Working with other departments to gather requirements and develop solutions that meet their needs
• Deliver robust, secure and reliable systems that are well defined and meet agreed availability targets
• Ensure that all systems are documented effectively, processes are fit for purpose and capacity is managed
• Staying up to date on the latest trends in technologies
• Provide an escalation path for Service Desk to assist in diagnosing and fixing systems
• Securing data and infrastructure from threats
• Assist in improving operational efficiency
• Assist in increasing competitive advantage
• Move towards a proactive / automated service
• Working to SLA or agreed project timelines
• Assist with BAU when required

Skills

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) / vSpher

VMware VCF/vSphere

PowerCLI

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Data Centre concepts

ITIL Foundation

Cloud platforms AWS/Azure/GCP

Education

Degree in Computer Science/IT

Tools

NSX

vSAN

VCF/vSphere

PowerCLI

Job description

IT Professional Services Limited is seeking a Technical Architect (VMware) to join its small, highly collaborative Platforms team. You will help operate, support and develop internal and customer-facing platforms, designing evidence-based solutions to drive efficiencies within the company.

This is a hybrid role based at our data centre in County Durham for around 3 days each week; candidates within commutable distance of DH2 1AQ are preferred.