VMware Engineer

Are you a forward-thinking VMware platform engineer? Would you like to be part of an award-winning cloud business?

If yes, we have new opportunities for VMware platform engineers to join our team in both Corsham and Farnborough. You must have experience within a large-scale environment, be passionate about VMware, Linux, and cloud technologies. In this role you will work collaboratively with our internal operational and project teams to deploy and operate our VMware platform providing cloud services to our customers.

You will be able to understand customer needs, business goals and implement technical solutions to ensure the best levels of performance, service and availability to customers. A typical day may involve working to deliver new product solutions, automating service delivery and proactive and preventative system administration.

Essential skills

• VMware vSphere, including networking & storage.
• Scripting experience
• Linux System Administration
• Operational support of critical 24/7 IT services
• Experience of customer resolution
• Hands-on, self-organised, innovative, accountable, versatile
• Learning agility; able to evidence self-taught development

Desirable skills

• Exposure to VMware NSX and vCloud
• VMWare qualifications
• Experience of automation
• Microsoft SQL
• PowerShell
• Python
• Ansible
• Cisco qualifications

About the Company

UKCloud provides an unbeatable, secure UK public cloud. Focused solely on serving the UK Public Sector. We are committed to assurance and security while delivering flexible, agile and value-based cloud hosting to our customers.

Formed in 2012, UKCloud is based in Farnborough (Hampshire) and Corsham (Wiltshire). We have a team of 250+ people and we continue to grow! We are looking for people who want a rewarding career in a business who truly invest in you as an individual.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary plus 10% bonus
• 25 days' holiday increasing to 30 days over length of service, half a day birthday leave, charity day
• Flexible working
• Contributory pension
• Healthcare
• Life cover
• Access to free parking
• Active social and charity events
• Cycle to work scheme
• Onsite facilities
• Friday breakfasts, fruit and soft drinks

UKCloud is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible applicants. Applicants must be eligible to work and live in the UK and will be required to undergo and maintain appropriate UK government security clearance.

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