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# Senior VMWare Platform Engineer

- **Company:** 1 Hr Ago By Context Recruitment Limited
- **Location:** Leicester, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £70,000.0 - £80,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Continuous Integration, VMware ESX Servers, Github, Linux System Administration, Storage Virtualization, VCloud, VMware Infrastructure, Virtualization Technology, VMware VSphere, Scripting, Gitlab, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Vcenter, Terraform, Devsecops, Vmware
- **Published:** October 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/senior-vmware-platform-engineer/57441652

## About the Role

* 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.

Desirable Experience

 * VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
 * vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, NSX and vSAN
 * VMware Cloud Director
 * Multi-tenant private cloud environments
 * Linux administration
 * Monitoring, observability and resilience engineering

## Description

* 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.