Redcentric
Senior Delivery Engineer
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Redcentric | Senior Delivery Engineer
Home based - UK based only
Must be eligible to gain SC Clearance
Direct reports
May provide technical leadership and work coordination for Delivery Engineers. Formal line management responsibility will vary depending on organisational.
Job Description
Aim of the Role
The Senior Delivery Engineer – VMware & Microsoft is a senior, hands-on project delivery role within the COO function. The role is responsible for implementing, migrating, transforming, testing, documenting, and transitioning customer solutions across VMware and Microsoft technology domains, with a strong preference for practical Azure skills.
Working within customer project teams and under the guidance of the Technical Delivery Team Lead, the role translates approved designs, project requirements, migration plans, and delivery work packages into well-engineered outcomes. It supports discovery, design validation, implementation, testing, cutover, documentation, knowledge transfer, and operational handover.
The role requires senior-level delivery capability across private cloud, virtualisation, Windows infrastructure, identity, Microsoft 365, and hybrid cloud platforms. It works closely with Project Managers, Architects, Service Delivery, and Operations teams to achieve successful customer and service-transition outcomes aligned with Redcentric’s managed service model.
Person Specification
The role holder works under general direction within approved solution designs, project governance, and defined engineering standards. They are expected to take ownership of assigned workstreams, make sound technical decisions, coordinate delivery activities, and escalate significant design, customer, commercial, or service-transition risks appropriately.
Attributes, Behaviours, and Skills
- Senior, practical, hands-on, quality-focused, and accountable.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and delivery-management skills.
- Clear, credible, and customer-focused communication.
- Able to work across technology boundaries and translate approved designs into implementation outcomes.
- Comfortable leading technical activities, mentoring colleagues, and coordinating delivery dependencies.
- Service-minded, with a focus on security, supportability, operational readiness, and customer outcomes.
- Curious, pragmatic, and committed to continuous professional development.
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Experience
Required and desirable experience includes:
- Delivering customer-facing infrastructure, migration, and cloud projects across VMware and Microsoft technologies.
- Owning complex project work packages and delivering outcomes to agreed scope, quality, governance, and timescales.
- Delivering VMware migration, upgrade, transformation, or implementation projects using vSphere, vCenter, and ESXi.
- Delivering Microsoft infrastructure projects involving Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, and related services.
- Practical Azure delivery experience and hybrid cloud integration is strongly preferred.
- Working within Professional Services, Project Delivery, or Consultancy environments using controlled delivery frameworks.
- Producing implementation plans, migration runbooks, as-built records, knowledge-transfer material, and operational handover packs.
Knowledge
VMware Technology and Platforms
- Strong working knowledge of VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter administration.
- Understanding of high availability, DRS, lifecycle management, virtual networking, and storage integration.
- Awareness of VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN, NSX-T, VMware Cloud Director, VCF Operations, and VCF Automation.
- Understanding of private cloud, tenant isolation, role-based access, resource allocation, and service lifecycle principles.
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Microsoft Infrastructure and Services
- Strong working knowledge of Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and related services.
- Understanding of Microsoft Entra ID, hybrid identity, access, and security concepts.
- Administration and configuration principles for Microsoft 365 services.
- Awareness of Microsoft SQL Server, IIS, endpoint, collaboration, and common Windows application workloads.
Azure and Hybrid Cloud (Desirable)
- Azure compute, networking, and storage services.
- Azure identity, governance, and security controls.
- Azure Monitor, Backup, Site Recovery, and Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Hybrid connectivity and integration between Azure and on-premises platforms.
- Azure Landing Zone principles, policy, cost awareness, and resource governance.
- Infrastructure as Code using Bicep, ARM templates, Terraform, or equivalent tooling.
Security and Operations
- Identity and access management, least privilege, and secure configuration practices.
- Change control, vulnerability remediation, and operational readiness.
- Monitoring, logging, resilience, backup, and supportability considerations.
- Testing, validation, and controlled production change.
Qualifications and Certifications
Relevant qualifications or certifications may include:
- VMware Certified Professional, including VCP-DCV, VCP-NV, VCP-CMA, or a relevant VCF certification.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Security Engineer Associate, or another relevant Azure certification.
- Microsoft 365, Windows Server, or identity-related certifications.
- ITIL or equivalent service management qualification.
- Other role-appropriate vendor, industry, or professional certifications.
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