Job title: Senior VCF Engineer
Job type: Contract
Emp type: Full-time
Pay interval: Hourly
Pay rate: Negotiable
Location: Farnborough
Job published: 20/03/2026
Job ID: 42363
Contact name: Emma Homann, Georgia Field, Mark Burgess
Phone number: +441962442047, , +441962442045
Contact email: emma@talentlocker.co.uk, Georgia@Talentlocker.co.uk, mark@talentlocker.co.uk

Job Description

Senior VCF Engineer

Rate: £600-650pd | Location: Onsite - Bristol | Contract: 6 months - possible extension 

Are you looking for an opportunity to take the lead on high-assurance VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.x deployments? We have an exciting role for a Senior VCF Engineer to join a high-security UK project onsite. You’ll drive VCF orchestration, NSX networking & security, Aria Operations, and storage integration, ensuring a secure, resilient, and fully managed private cloud. This role is ideal for engineers with expert-level VCF/NSX experience and experience in MOD, government, or national infrastructure environments.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead end-to-end deployment of Management and Workload Domains using SDDC Manager, VCF Installer (Cloud Builder), and VCF Operations.

  • Design and implement NSX virtual networking topologies, including Tier-0/Tier-1 gateways, load balancers, and Distributed Firewall (DFW) micro-segmentation policies.

  • Configure and optimize Aria Operations, Aria Logs, and Aria Automation for proactive management and automation.

  • Integrate NetApp ONTAP storage with performance and path redundancy in mind.

  • Manage patching and upgrades of the full VMware stack (ESXi, vCenter, NSX, Aria) via VCF’s Lifecycle Management (LCM) workflows.

  • Collaborate on identity and authentication security for all management planes.

Essential Skills & Experience:

  • Expert-level knowledge of VMware Cloud Foundation (v8.x/9.x) and multi-site/multi-cluster architectures.

  • Deep experience with VMware NSX, particularly security-driven networking and overlay-to-underlay integration.

  • Proficient with Aria Operations, Aria Logs, and Aria Automation.

  • Experience in UK High-Security environments (MOD, Government, or National Infrastructure).

Preferred Certifications:

  • VCP-VMC – VMware Certified Professional: VMware Cloud

  • VCIX-NV – VMware Certified Implementation Expert: Network Virtualization