Senior VMware Engineer

Job in Greater London, London, Greater London, W1B, England, UK

Listing for: Cognizant

Full Time position
Listed on 2026-07-06

Job specializations:

IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Network Engineer, IT Infrastructure

Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 70000 - 90000 GBP Yearly GBP 70000.00 90000.00 YEAR

Location: Greater London

The Senior VMware Engineer is a technical specialist responsible for leading the design, build, and migration of on-premises VMware environments to Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE). This role sits at the centre of the migration programme, providing authoritative technical guidance across cluster architecture, HCX deployment, and live cutover operations. The engineer will work closely with platform teams, GCP architects, and programme management to ensure migrations are executed reliably, on schedule, and with clearly defined rollback procedures.

Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end VMware platform build including cluster design and vSAN configuration
Assist with GCVE environment setup and validate cloud-side readiness
Drive HCX configuration — service mesh, network extension, and replication profiles
Own migration execution including wave planning, cutover windows, and rollback procedures
Author and maintain migration runbooks and technical documentation
Provide real-time troubleshooting and technical decision authority during cutovers

Key Skills & Experience

Hands-on VMware infrastructure experience in enterprise environments.
Deep expertise in vCenter Server, ESXi host management, and vSphere lifecycle operations.
Proven experience designing and operating vSAN clusters, including policy management and performance tuning.
Hands-on HCX deployment experience: service mesh pairing, network extension, and bulk/vMotion migrations.
Strong understanding of VMware networking: vDS, port groups, VLAN, MTU, and overlay networking.
Experience authoring migration runbooks and executing live cutovers in production environments.
Ability to make real-time technical decisions under pressure during cutover windows.
Prior GCVE or VMware Cloud (VMC on AWS) deployment experience.
Familiarity with NSX-T/NSX for networking and micro-segmentation.
Working knowledge of GCP networking: VPC, Cloud Interconnect, private service networking.
Experience with cloud migration tooling, wave planning, and CMDB/asset inventory management.
Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform, Ansible) for VMware automation.
VMware certifications: VCP-DCV, VCAP, or VCDX (preferred but not mandatory).

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