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Senior VMware Engineer
£41,000 - 81,000
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Mosley Street 61, Manchester
£41,000 - 81,000
Requirements
Must:
- VMware engineering experience.
- Proven track record provisioning Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, etc.) and Windows Server VMs.
- Strong hands-on expertise in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), ESXi, vSphere, and NSX-T.
- Experience in higher education, research institutions, or multi-tenant environments preferred.
- Solid understanding of storage, networking, and security integration.
- Automation and scripting skills (PowerCLI, PowerShell, Bash, Python).
- Experience with vCenter administration and cluster design.
- Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning capabilities.
- VMware certifications (VCP-DCV, VCAP).
- Experience with automation/orchestration (VMware Aria/vRealise, Ansible).
- Hybrid cloud experience (Azure, AWS, VMware Cloud).
Responsibilities
- Provision, configure, and manage Linux and Windows VMs in enterprise clusters.
- Deploy and manage workloads within VMware Cloud Foundation environments.
- Install, configure, patch, and upgrade VMware ESXi hosts.
- Administer and optimise VMware vSphere clusters, including HA, DRS, and vMotion.
- Design and manage network virtualisation using VMware NSX-T.
- Perform VM lifecycle management (build, template creation, cloning, migration, decommissioning).
- Conduct performance monitoring, capacity planning, and resource optimisation.
- Support storage integration (SAN/NAS/vSAN) and ensure optimal IOPS performance.
- Implement and support backup, replication, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Provide advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
- Document architecture, configurations, and operational procedures.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, security, networking, and research computing teams.
Description
We are seeking a Senior VMware Engineer (Contractor) with hands-on experience to support a higher education institutions virtual infrastructure modernisation and operational support initiatives. This role offers a competitive daily rate of £525 (Inside IR35) and is based in Manchester, requiring two days onsite. The contractor will provide advanced engineering expertise across VMware technologies, ensuring stability, scalability, and performance of mission-critical academic and research systems.
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