Cloud Engineering Specialist- VMware

Job Description

Job Req ID: 59324

Posting Date: 4th June 2026

Function: Cloud Infrastructure

Location: Manchester / London / Ipswich

Ending Date: 18th June 2026

About the role

Network Cloud is responsible for delivering BT’s strategic private cloud platforms, which underpin a wide range of BT services and support business-critical and regulated workloads.
The Network Cloud VMware Platforms team designs, builds and operates VMware-based private cloud infrastructure. This includes VMware Cloud Foundation, compute and storage platforms, and integration with modern networking and security services.
This role is critical to ensuring BT’s private cloud platforms are secure, resilient and scalable. The infrastructure delivered by this team provides shared, multi-tenant services consumed by multiple internal BT programmes and platforms.
In this role, you will contribute to the design, standardisation and operation of BT’s compute and virtualisation architecture. You will work across VMware Cloud Foundation, vSphere and storage platforms, collaborating closely with network, security and operations teams to deliver reliable and consistent cloud infrastructure.
Your work will directly influence the stability, performance and scalability of BT’s private cloud platforms and support BT’s wider cloud and digital transformation strategy.

This role is hybrid (3 days in office) & can be based in either Manchester / Ipswich / London

SC Clearance eligibility is required for the role

What you’ll be doing

• Design, build and support VMware-based private cloud infrastructure.
• Contribute to High Level and Low Level Designs aligned to BT architecture and engineering standards.
• Support the deployment and lifecycle management of VMware Cloud Foundation environments.
• Operate and optimise compute and storage platforms, including performance, availability and capacity planning.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex, high-severity infrastructure issues.
• Work closely with network and security teams to integrate compute platforms with NSX and underlay networks.
• Contribute to automation and infrastructure-as-code initiatives to improve consistency and efficiency.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, diagrams, runbooks and operational procedures.
• Drive standardisation across platforms to ensure operational consistency and reliability.
• Provide technical guidance and support to other engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Undertake additional tasks as required in support of wider Network Cloud objectives.
• On-call support: Participation in an on-call rota (approximately 1 week in every 3), providing out-of-hours cover on a 24x7 basis. This is an on-call responsibility and does not mean continuous working during that period.
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Essential Skills / Experience

This role requires strong operational and design expertise in VMware and compute infrastructure, with the ability to operate confidently in large-scale enterprise environments.

Required skills

• VMware vSphere and vCenter
• VMware Cloud Foundation
• Compute and virtualisation platform design and operation
• Storage technologies including vSAN or equivalent
• Experience producing High Level and Low Level Designs
• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills
• Solid understanding of IP networking fundamentals
• Ability to work across both design and operational activities

Experience Required for the Role

• 3 years or more in a hands-on infrastructure role, including 2nd and 3rd line support, AND 3 years+ Design Experience.
• Solid understanding of IP networking fundamentals and data centre infrastructure.
• Experience working with multi-tenant private cloud or shared infrastructure platforms.
• Exposure to multi-site or multi-data-centre environments.
• Knowledge of public or hybrid cloud concepts.
• Relevant professional certifications such as VMware VCP, Cisco CCNA or CCNP, or equivalent experience.
• Microsoft certifications such as MCSA, or equivalent experience.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to work effectively across teams.

Desirable Skills / Experience

Desirable skills

• Automation and scripting experience such as Ansible, Python or similar
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code approaches
• Exposure to private or hybrid cloud platforms
• Familiarity with regulated or multi-tenant environments
• Cisco Compute Technologies

Our Package

• On target 10% on target bonus​
• BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%​
• From January 2025, equal family leave: receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.​
• Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.​
• 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service​
• 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues​
• 2 weeks carer’s leave ​
• World-class training and development opportunities​
• Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.