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Infrastructure Engineer - Virtualization - VMWare
£43,200 - 46,800
London Road 69, Sheffield
£43,200 - 46,800
Requirements
Must:
- 15+ years total IT experience, including 12+ years in distributed systems (Linux, Windows, HA solutions, server hardware, VMware)
- Extensive experience managing VMware products (vSphere, vCenter, vROPS, vRO, vRLI, vLCM) within banking/finance environments
- Strong automation delivery experience across large-scale virtualisation infrastructure
- Deep understanding of network and storage technologies in distributed systems
- Proven leadership and team management capability
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Experience managing full infrastructure lifecycle
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of VMware engineers within a POD structure
- Own people and performance management responsibilities
- Define VMware product strategy focusing on automation, reliability, availability, performance, and scale
- Design, deploy, and manage VMware technologies including vSphere, vRO, vRLI, vROps, and vLCM
- Drive automation initiatives using PowerCLI, Python, Ansible, and vRealize Suite
- Establish and enforce engineering standards and SRE best practices
- Improve service sustainability, transformation, and platform reliability
- Oversee capacity planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity
- Manage major incidents and represent the team on critical calls
- Ensure compliance, CVE management, and adherence to regulatory standards
- Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Applications, Connectivity teams, and vendors
- Manage full hardware and software lifecycle from deployment to decommissioning
Description
We are seeking a highly experienced Infrastructure Engineer (Virtualisation) to join our Virtualisation Engineering Team in Sheffield. This is a leadership role within a VMware Engineering POD, responsible for driving product vision, automation, reliability, and service sustainability across a large-scale enterprise VMware estate. We offer a competitive daily rate for this 9+ month contract position, with a hybrid working arrangement of 3 days in the office each week.
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