IT Expert Principal


Company:	Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary:	£500 to £550 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Hatfield, AL10 9TW
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	3 Sept 2026
Closing date:	10 Sept 2026

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Summary

Join a leading independent technology and services provider as a VCF9 VMWare Associate

Job Title: VCF9 VMWare Associate

Location: Hatfield

Start/End Date: 01/09/2026 to 01/03/2027

Contract Duration: 6 Months

Rate: UMB - £500 to 550/day (Inside IR35)

Key Requirement

Require a VMware Principal Consultant with strong experience and expertise in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.

The candidate must hold the VCP-VCF certification and should also be preparing for the VCF 9 release certification.

Additional VMware specialisations are preferred, particularly vRealize Automation (Aria Automation) and vRealize Operations (Aria Operations), as these skills are currently in high demand.

Broader automation skills, including PowerShell, Python, and JavaScript, will be beneficial for delivering automation projects.

The candidate will lead the design and deployment of VMware solutions and drive further customisation of customer VCF environments to maximise the benefits of VCF 9 features, including upgrade activities to VCF 9.

This is an Associate role that may support various assignments based on evolving customer requirements.

This is a design & architectural role

Daily tasks vary from designing VMware VCF solutions, deploying VCF solutions to automation tasks - as per the job description.

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