Specialist Platform Engineer

Contract position Minimum requirements: Demonstrable experience in server hardware, VMware, Linux Server, and Windows Server in a large enterprise function. VMware certification is required (must be current). AWS certification is advantageous. Core VMware competencies: vSphere (ESX, vCenter) Aria Automation 8 (vRA) Troubleshooting, integration, orchestration - critical Aria Automation Config (Salt) Troubleshooting and integration - critical VMware NSX - beneficial Cisco UCS (Intersight managed). Working knowledge of Pure storage, Arista and/or Cisco Data Centre Networking, Dell OpenManage (not critical, but definitely useful) Responsibilities: Positively contribute to, define and implement the development/engineering lifecycle (end to end) and lead lifecycle improvements over successive releases Produce simple, extensible, and maintainable features with very few defects. Continually works to find and fix defects Leverage platform (service design and code) and engineering technical expertise to proactively identify risks and prevent defects Identify patterns that reveal errors and unanticipated problems, and influence telemetry analytics design decisions Identify and Apply metrics to drive the quality and stability of code Ensure consistent, usable, forward-looking, maintainable test infrastructure Apply object orientated design in development and draw from a large base of design patterns Uphold our technical principles of: self-service, scalability, re-usability, resilience &