Vmware Consultant in Manchester

VMWare vDefend Architect – Fully Remote – £715 per day Umbrella – CONTRACT

We are recruiting for a VMWare Cyber SME for a leading Government organisation.

The role will be fully remote for the duration of the contract.

You will join an experienced VMware team who work with the business on two core workstreams, detailed below :

Workstreams a

• Focused on the Design and Deployment of ATP security features

Workstreams b

• Focused on overall VMware vDefend security features.

Backlog vDefend Firewall (DFW)

• Assist deployment of the platform to support NSXi
• Assist DFW policy Creation
• Assist DFW Rule Migrations
• Assist in defining the operating model
• Assist in defining standardization goals
• Assist in defining / scaling policy structure
• Assist in defining / scaling policy operations
• Assist in building Common Services Policy (Macro)
• Assist in building Infrastructure Policy (Meso)
• Assist in building Application Policy (Micro)
• Assist with Identity Firewall
• Assist with Logging and Monitoring
• Assist with Operational Metrics
• Assist with Capacity management
• Assist with Visibility

vDefend Advance Threat Protection (ATP)

• Assist with enabling ATP
• Assist policy enablement (IPS/IDS)
• Assist in testing and validate
• Assist Malware Prevention tuning
• Assist threat assessment
• Assist logging and monitoring
• Assist operational metrics
• Assist in advance use cases to detect attacks
• Assist with Initial investigation using evidence chain
• Assist with Threat Scenario Development
• Assist with Logging and Monitoring
• Assist with Product upgrades and patching
• Assist with the Initial Investigation
• Assist with Custom dashboards
• Assist with Attack Lifecycle Evidence Chain
• Assist Day two activities NSX vDefend
• Assist enablement

Interviews ASAP, Ideally start in January 2026.