Senior Infrastructure Engineer / Virtualisation

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on experience with VMware ESXi
• Strong hands-on experience with vCenter
• Strong hands-on experience with VMware HA Configuration
• Strong hands-on experience with vSAN
• Strong hands-on experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
• Strong hands-on experience with VMware NSX
• Strong hands-on experience with VMware Aria
• Extensive infrastructure engineering and virtualisation experience
• Experience supporting complex enterprise environments
• Strong troubleshooting and operational support capabilities
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary technical teams
• Experience with public cloud migration programmes
• Exposure to hybrid-cloud environments
• Advanced VMware platform design and implementation experience
• VMware Certified Professional - Data Centre Virtualization (VCP-DCV)
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP)
• VMware NSX Certification

Responsibilities:

• Support and maintain VMware-based virtualisation platforms
• Deliver infrastructure improvements and project-based work
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex platform issues
• Implement and configure new virtualisation services
• Work closely with wider infrastructure and operational teams
• Contribute to service optimisation, resilience, and performance improvements
• Provide technical knowledge transfer and documentation where required

Technologies:

• Cloud
• Support
• VMware
• DevOps

More:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer with strong expertise across the VMware virtualisation stack to join a high-performing infrastructure team supporting critical enterprise platforms and services. This is an excellent opportunity to work on a combination of business-as-usual operations and project delivery activities, helping maintain and enhance a complex virtualised infrastructure environment. The role is hybrid, with 3 days on site per week in Milton Keynes, inside IR35, at £565 per day, for 6 months with scope to extend. You will work alongside a team of skilled infrastructure specialists, supporting and developing virtualisation services across a large-scale technology estate. The role combines operational support, platform administration, infrastructure improvements, and the deployment of new services and capabilities. You will help maintain platform stability, support ongoing projects, and contribute to future technology initiatives, including cloud migration and modernisation programmes.

last updated 38 week of 2026