At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and build secure software-defined platforms for demanding environments.
- Company: Leading Defence prime in Yeovil with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, flexible hours, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Work in a dynamic environment with potential for career advancement.
- Why this job: Join a mission-driven team and make a real impact in defence technology.
- Qualifications: Experience with VMware technologies and secure platform engineering.
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.
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We think you need these skills to ace Platform Engineer in Yeovil
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
vSphere
vSAN
NSX
Aria Suite
Windows Operating Systems
Linux Operating Systems
