At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the design and implementation of cutting-edge VMware Cloud platforms.
- Company: Join a leading Defence prime in a dynamic, classified environment.
- Benefits: Competitive pay up to £900 p/d with flexible working hours.
- Other info: Opportunity to mentor engineers and influence technical strategy.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in secure platform engineering for critical environments.
- Qualifications: Experience with VMware technologies and secure platform engineering required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Yeovil HQ (3-4 days a week with condensed hours) Up to £900 p/d Inside IR35 DV clearance is ideal but SC considered for the right candidate We are supporting a Defence prime based in the Yeovil area with multiple DV cleared positions, these roles are working within a classified environment, so we are only able to consider candidates with ideally DV clearance but will consider SC for experienced candidates with the relevant experience.
As a Principal Platform Engineer, you'll be at the heart of designing, building and evolving enterprise-scale software-defined platforms that enable our customers to operate with confidence in some of the most demanding environments.
What you’ll be doing Lead the architecture, design and implementation of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) platforms.
Design secure software-defined datacentre solutions across compute, storage and networking.
Capture and translate customer requirements into robust technical designs and implementation plans.
Own technical delivery for complex work packages, providing estimates, technical oversight and progress reporting.
Champion secure-by-design principles throughout the engineering lifecycle.
Mentor and develop engineers, sharing knowledge and raising technical capability across the wider team.
Work closely with customers and stakeholders to present solutions and influence technical decisions.
Contribute to technical strategy, innovation and future platform capabilities.
What we’re looking for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), including v Sphere, v SAN, NSX and Aria Suite.
VMware virtualisation technologies and software-defined datacentre platforms.
Windows and Linux operating systems.
Platform networking including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing and firewalls.
NSX, network virtualisation and micro-segmentation.
Secure platform engineering within enterprise, government or defence environments.
Systems engineering across the full delivery lifecycle.
Integrating compute, storage and networking into enterprise platforms.
VMware VCAP certification.
AWS or other cloud platform experience.
Infrastructure as Code and Dev Sec Ops practices.
Experience with Vx Rail and hyper-converged infrastructure.
VCF lifecycle automation, upgrades and patching.
Active Directory, PKI, PAM, SIEM and enterprise monitoring integrations.
Kubernetes and container platform experience. #J-18808-Ljbffr
