Senior VMWare Platform Engineer

Context Recruitment Limited; United States; Remoto; GBP 70.000 - 80.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Context Recruitment Limited is seeking a Senior VMware Platform Engineer to join a growing Platform Engineering team within a leading MSP focused on VMware Cloud Foundation, private cloud, Kubernetes and automation technologies. This hands-on role designs, builds and enhances enterprise cloud platforms, drives automation, and provides technical leadership across complex infrastructure and managed services.

You will mentor engineers, produce runbooks, and collaborate with Architecture, Operations

Competenze

• Extensive VMware infrastructure experience.
• Hands-on Kubernetes platform engineering experience.
• IaC skills, Terraform and Kubernetes manifests preferred.
• Automation and scripting with DevSecOps practices.
• Familiarity with GitHub/GitLab and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
• Knowledge of vSphere/ESXi/vCenter/NSX/vSAN.
• Experience with VMware Cloud Director.
• Focus on monitoring, observability and resilience engineering.

Mansioni

• Design, build and support VMware-based cloud platforms.
• Deliver complex projects across virtualization, infrastructure and Kubernetes.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD capabilities.
• Improve standardisation, efficiency and service reliability.
• Mentor engineers and act as technical escalation point.
• Create technical documentation, runbooks and standards.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Operations and Delivery teams.

Conoscenze

VMware infrastructure

Kubernetes administration

Infrastructure as Code

Automation & scripting

CI/CD pipelines

Troubleshooting & documentation

VMware Cloud Foundation

vSphere/ESXi/vCenter/NSX/vSAN

VMware Cloud Director

Monitoring & resilience

Strumenti

GitHub

GitLab

Descrizione del lavoro

Paying between £70,000-£80,000, depending on experience.

We're recruiting for a Senior VMWare Platform Engineer to join a growing Platform Engineering team within a leading Managed Services Provider focused on VMware Cloud Foundation, private cloud, Kubernetes and automation technologies.

This is a hands-on senior engineering role where you'll help design, build and enhance enterprise cloud platforms, improve automation capabilities and provide technical leadership across complex infrastructure and managed service environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and support VMware-based cloud and managed service platforms.
• Deliver complex engineering projects across virtualisation, infrastructure and Kubernetes environments.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code, automation and CI/CD capabilities.
• Drive improvements in standardisation, operational efficiency and service reliability.
• Mentor engineers and act as a technical escalation point.
• Produce technical documentation, runbooks and operational standards.
• Work closely with Architecture, Operations and Delivery teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

Skills & Experience Required

• Strong VMware infrastructure experience.
• Hands-on Kubernetes administration and platform engineering experience.
• Infrastructure as Code skills, ideally Terraform and Kubernetes manifests.
• Experience with automation, scripting and DevSecOps methodologies.
• Knowledge of GitHub, GitLab and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
• vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, NSX and vSAN
• VMware Cloud Director
• Monitoring, observability and resilience engineering

Remote based

Paying between £70,000-£80,000, depending on experience.