Platform Engineer (Virtualization)

Virtualisation Platform Engineer

Location: Manchester

Rate: £650 (a day)

Duration: 6 Months (Initially)

Ir35: Inside (Must use an umbrella company)

About the Role:
We're seeking an experienced Virtualisation Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain the platforms and tooling that underpin our infrastructure provisioning and delivery lifecycle. You'll work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to automate infrastructure, enhance observability, and embed best practices in VMware Hypervisor and DevOps.

Key Responsibilities:

Build and maintain on-prem and cloud infrastructure (VMware Hypervisor, vSphere, OpenStack, AWS, GCP, Azure).
Apply deep knowledge of operating systems and networking (Windows, Linux, firewalls, and load balancers - Palo Alto, F5).
Manage and optimise containerised environments (Kubernetes, Docker).
Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments.
Ensure reliability, scalability, and performance across all systems.
Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform and scripting languages.
Promote DevOps and SRE principles across the engineering function.What We're Looking For:

Proven experience as a Virtualisation Platform Engineer or similar role.
Strong understanding of virtualisation platforms and container orchestration tools.
Proficiency with automation and scripting (Terraform, Bash, Python).
Experience with monitoring, alerting, and incident response tools.
A passion for engineering excellence, automation, and operational efficiency