VMware Engineer

We're particularly interested in engineers who have enterprise-scale VMware deployment experience and who enjoy building platforms rather than simply maintaining existing environments., * Supporting the development of VCF workload domains, clusters and compute infrastructure.

• Using VCF APIs, Ansible and Python to automate deployment and configuration.
• Developing repeatable Infrastructure as Code and Git-based deployment practices.
• Automating VM provisioning, configuration and standardisation.
• Working with the wider engineering team across NSX, networking, storage and security.
• Supporting the integration of the platform with enterprise monitoring and Splunk Cloud.
• Testing, troubleshooting and validating the platform as it progresses through development.
• Helping establish engineering standards, deployment patterns and operational processes for the new environment.

You'll bring strong hands-on experience across the VMware technology stack, with particular expertise in:

• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
• vSphere and ESXi
• Enterprise-scale VMware deployments
• Greenfield VMware platform builds
• VMware compute architecture and cluster design
• VMware APIs and infrastructure automation
• Ansible and/or Python
• Infrastructure as Code and Git/source control
• Understanding of NSX and software-defined networking

We're looking for someone who can do more than administer VMware. You'll ideally have built and deployed large-scale VMware environments and be comfortable working through the technical challenges that come with developing a new platform.

Experience with VCF Automation/Aria, NSX, CI/CD or GitOps, Splunk Cloud, Kubernetes and enterprise networking would be advantageous.

National Grid is developing a new greenfield computing environment within its IT portfolio, built around VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and the wider VMware technology stack., This is a chance to join National Grid at an early stage of a significant greenfield technology initiative and help shape a new enterprise VMware platform from the ground up. You'll work alongside an experienced engineering team, contributing to technical decisions and helping develop a platform that is automated, scalable, secure and production ready. Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and passion into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an all-encompassing environment that helps them thrive. Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered. Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly. Pontoon is an employment consultancy and operates as an equal opportunity's employer.