Senior Platform Engineer - VMware Cloud Foundation

Senior Platform Engineer (VMware Cloud Foundation) - DV Cleared Location: Yeovil (3 days onsite per week)<br /> Rate: £650-£750 per day (Inside IR35)<br /> Contract: Long-term opportunity<br /> Clearance:

Must hold active MOD DV Clearance We're looking for an experienced Senior Platform Engineer with strong VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) expertise to join a high-profile defence programme delivering secure, mission-critical infrastructure.

This role offers an excellent work-life balance, with 3 longer onsite days per week while being paid for a full 5-day week, making it ideal for contractors looking to maximise their time. The Role You'll play a key role in designing, building and supporting secure on-premise and hybrid platforms within highly secure environments.

Working as part of an experienced engineering team, you'll lead technical delivery, support platform integration, and help shape modern software-defined infrastructure.

Responsibilities Design, build and support secure VMware Cloud Foundation platforms<br />Lead technical delivery across platform engineering work packages<br />Produce and review technical designs and documentation<br />Integrate, test and optimise platform components<br />Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership<br />Work closely with project teams and stakeholders to deliver secure, resilient solutions<br />Drive automation and continuous improvement across the platform estate Essential Skills VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) including: vSphere<br />vSAN<br />NSX-T<br />Aria Suite<br />VMware and Hyper-V virtualisation<br />Windows and Linux administration<br />Software Defined Datacentre (SDDC) design and operation<br />NSX networking and micro-segmentation<br />Strong networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Firewalls)<br />Automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible or Terraform<br />Systems engineering across the full project lifecycle<br />Cyber security principles within secure enterprise or defence environments<br />Experience integrating compute, storage and networking into enterprise platforms Desirable VMware VCP certification<br />AWS or other cloud platform experience<br />Infrastructure as Code<br />Active Directory, PKI, PAM, SIEM integration<br />VxRail / Hyper-Converged Infrastructure<br />VCF lifecycle management (deployment, patching and upgrades)<br />Kubernetes and Docker<br />DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines Requirements Active MOD Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance is essential.<br />Ability to work onsite in Yeovil three days per week (extended days can be worked to condense the week).If you're a DV-cleared VMware Cloud Foundation specialist looking for a well-paid contract on a secure programme with a condensed working pattern, we'd love to hear from you