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Senior VMWare & Automation Engineer
Posted 3 days ago by 1764052379
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Hybrid working 2 days in London
Summary: The Senior VMware & Automation Engineer will lead the automation of VM lifecycle management and infrastructure provisioning in a secure, large-scale environment. This role requires a blend of VMware engineering skills and DevOps/IaC expertise to create efficient and reliable workflows. The ideal candidate will focus on optimizing automated processes while ensuring compliance and scalability in VM operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and optimise automated VM provisioning and lifecycle workflows using PowerCLI, VMware Aria, APIs, and IaC tooling.
- Define and improve automation approaches for VM creation, configuration, retirement, scaling, monitoring, and policy enforcement.
- Evaluate and recommend tooling choices (e.g., PowerCLI, Aria Automation, Terraform, Ansible) based on VMware-native features, security requirements, and operational efficiency.
- Manage and optimise VM operations across vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, and integrated VMware platforms.
- Work closely with platform SMEs (e.g., Linux/Windows experts) to ensure their work is supported by reliable and automated VM provisioning pipelines.
- Support and improve VMware ecosystem components including NSX, vSAN, DRS, backup tooling, performance monitoring, and lifecycle management.
- Maintain accurate documentation aligned with government, audit, and security requirements.
- Contribute to resilience, continuity, and disaster-recovery strategies.
Key Skills:
- 7+ years of VMware engineering experience in enterprise or government environments.
- Deep expertise with vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, VM lifecycle operations, and VMware best practices.
- Strong automation experience with PowerCLI, VMware Aria, and IaC patterns; familiarity with Terraform/Ansible in VMware contexts.
- Understanding of core VMware services including NSX, vSAN, DRS, snapshots, backups, and monitoring.
- Solid knowledge of virtual networking, storage integration, and operations in air-gapped or zero-trust environments.
- VMware certifications (VCP/VCAP) preferred; security certifications a plus.
- UK National or 5 years residency.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
We are seeking a Senior VMware & Automation Engineer to lead automated VM lifecycle management and infrastructure provisioning within a large-scale, secure environment. This role focuses on building efficient, reliable, and automated workflows on top of our existing VMware platforms. The ideal candidate combines strong VMware engineering skills with DevOps/IaC expertise to ensure consistent, scalable, and compliant VM operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and optimise automated VM provisioning and lifecycle workflows using PowerCLI, VMware Aria, APIs, and IaC tooling.
- Define and improve automation approaches for VM creation, configuration, retirement, scaling, monitoring, and policy enforcement.
- Evaluate and recommend tooling choices (e.g., PowerCLI, Aria Automation, Terraform, Ansible) based on VMware-native features, security requirements, and operational efficiency.
- Manage and optimise VM operations across vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, and integrated VMware platforms.
- Work closely with platform SMEs (e.g., Linux/Windows experts) to ensure their work is supported by reliable and automated VM provisioning pipelines.
- Support and improve VMware ecosystem components including NSX, vSAN, DRS, backup tooling, performance monitoring, and lifecycle management.
- Maintain accurate documentation aligned with government, audit, and security requirements.
- Contribute to resilience, continuity, and disaster-recovery strategies.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of VMware engineering experience in enterprise or government environments.
- Deep expertise with vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, VM lifecycle operations, and VMware best practices.
- Strong automation experience with PowerCLI, VMware Aria, and IaC patterns; familiarity with Terraform/Ansible in VMware contexts.
- Understanding of core VMware services including NSX, vSAN, DRS, snapshots, backups, and monitoring.
- Solid knowledge of virtual networking, storage integration, and operations in air-gapped or zero-trust environments.
- VMware certifications (VCP/VCAP) preferred; security certifications a plus.
- UK National or 5 years residency
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with VMware automation frameworks (Aria Automation/Orchestrator).
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, container platforms, or hybrid VMware solutions in secure environments.