Senior Platform Engineer

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Active MOD Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance is essential.
• Strong VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) expertise, including vSphere, vSAN, NSX-T and Aria Suite.
• Experience with VMware and Hyper-V virtualisation.
• Windows and Linux administration experience.
• Software Defined Datacentre (SDDC) design and operations experience.
• Strong networking knowledge, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and firewalls.
• Automation experience using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible or Terraform.
• Systems engineering experience across the full project lifecycle.
• Understanding of cyber security principles within secure enterprise or defence environments.
• Experience integrating compute, storage and networking into enterprise platforms.
• Ability to work onsite in Yeovil three days per week, with extended days available to condense the week.
• VMware VCP certification is desirable.
• AWS or other cloud platform experience is desirable.
• Infrastructure as Code experience is desirable.
• Experience with Active Directory, PKI, PAM and SIEM integration is desirable.
• Experience with VxRail / Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is desirable.
• Experience with VCF lifecycle management, including deployment, patching and upgrades, is desirable.
• Kubernetes and Docker experience is desirable.
• DevSecOps and CI/CD pipeline experience is desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build and support secure VMware Cloud Foundation platforms.
• Lead technical delivery across platform engineering work packages.
• Produce and review technical designs and documentation.
• Integrate, test and optimise platform components.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Work closely with project teams and stakeholders to deliver secure, resilient solutions.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement across the platform estate.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Active Directory
• Ansible
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevSecOps
• Docker
• Hyper-V
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• PowerShell
• Python
• Security
• TCP/IP
• Terraform
• VMware
• Windows
• DevOps

More:

We are hiring an experienced Senior Platform Engineer for a long-term defence programme delivering secure, mission-critical infrastructure. This is a contract opportunity based in Yeovil with three onsite days per week, and extended days can be worked to condense the week. The role sits inside IR35 at a rate of £650-£750 per day. We offer the opportunity to work within a high-profile, highly secure environment as part of an experienced engineering team focused on modern software-defined infrastructure and secure on-premise and hybrid platforms.

last updated 30 week of 2026