{"id":4043215,"url":"https://alion.io/job/national-physical-laboratory-senior-platform-engineer-vmware","title":"Senior Platform Engineer - VMWare","company":{"id":1766463,"name":"National Physical Laboratory","domain":"npl.co.uk","url":"https://alion.io/company/npl-co-uk","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Eploy","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":6,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":19,"computed_at":"2026-11-11T05:49:22Z"}},"role":"DevOps","role_family":"DevOps","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Teddington, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Active Directory","optional":false},{"name":"Ansible","optional":false},{"name":"Bash","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"PKI","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Terraform","optional":false},{"name":"VMWare","optional":false},{"name":"Windows Server","optional":false},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T05:16:04Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-10","last_verified_at":"2026-11-11T18:28:10Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"About the Role\nOur world-leading Time & Frequency department are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer with experience in VMWare and Virtualisation.\nThis is an exceptional opportunity to join the global authority in precision timing at a defining moment for UK digital infrastructure.\nBacked by a government investment of £180 million in the National Timing Centre (NTC) programme, we are developing a world-first resilient time distribution capability that will provide industry with a robust complement to satellite systems (such as GPS) - which are increasingly vulnerable to disruption from solar storms, jamming and spoofing.\nThis will underpin essential services, including\nTelecommunications, \nOnline banking, \nEmergency response, \nTransport networks, and \nWider digital and data-driven operations.\nTogether, these services form the backbone of modern society - and your leadership will help ensure they remain secure, reliable and robust even if global navigation satellite systems fail.\nRESPONSIBILITIES:\nDesign, implement and support VMware platforms and virtual infrastructure services (vCenter, ESXi and vSAN environments) - ensuring they remain secure, resilient, stable and highly available.\nSupport and development of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) platforms - delivering secure, scalable and high-performing end-user services.\nManage and support Windows Server and Active Directory services - ensuring the secure and reliable delivery of core infrastructure capabilities.\nApply security best practice and platform hardening - supporting privileged access management, PKI and certificate services, monitoring, logging and data protection.\nDeliver platform upgrades, migrations and lifecycle management - ensuring infrastructure remains secure, compliant and fit for future needs.\nDevelop and maintain automation, scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions - improving consistency, efficiency and service reliability.\nTroubleshoot complex infrastructure, platform and network issues - supporting business continuity, disaster recovery and ongoing service improvement.\n\nNOTE:Travel to customer and operational sites as required to support deployment, implementation and operational activities.\nAbout You\nYou’re currently a Platform Engineer, Infrastructure, Systems Administration orTechnical Consultant; with\nStrong experience with On-Prem Enterprise Linux Environments - including the design, implementation and support of Linux-based services. \nStrong capability in automation, scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - using tools such as Bash, Ansible, Terraform and Python. \nExperience delivering secure, resilient and highly available systems across infrastructure and platform environments. \nStrong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to engage across technical and non-technical audiences. \nExperience producing technical documentation, operational procedures and implementation plans.\nDESIRABLE:\n\nExperience with VMware (vCenter, vSAN) - including administration, maintenance and optimisation of virtualised infrastructure environments. \nExperience supporting Kubernetes and containerised platforms within enterprise-scale environments. \nRelevant Linux, Infrastructure, Security or DevOps/Automation certifications.\nWe actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in specific departments means that nationality, residency and security requirements can be more tightly defined than others. You will be asked about this throughout the recruitment process. To work at NPL, you will need to obtain BPSS security clearance.\nFor this role you will need to have an SC clearance with no restrictions, or you must have the ability to obtain an SC clearance.\nPlease note: Applications will be reviewed, and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert therefore we may at any time bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as practical.\nAbout Us\nThe National Physical Laboratory (NPL)\nis a world-leading centre of excellence that provides cutting-edge measurement\nscience, engineering and technology to underpin prosperity and quality of life\nin the UK. Find out more about what it is like working here - The measure of us - Overview\nNPL and DSIT have strong commitments to\ndiversity and equality of opportunity, and welcome applications from candidates\nirrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion,\nor age, providing they meet the required criteria. Applications from women,\ndisabled and black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates in particular are\nencouraged. All disabled candidates (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) who\nsatisfy the minimum criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview under\nthe Disability Confident Scheme.\nAt NPL, we believe our success is a result of the diversity and talent of our\npeople. We strive to nurture and respect individuals to ensure everyone feels\nvalued by treating everyone on the basis of their own individual merits and\nabilities regardless of their own or perceived identity, as part of our\ncommitment to diversity & inclusion, we ensure we’re creating an\nenvironment where all our colleagues feel supported and welcome. More about\nthis on our Diversity & Inclusion page.\nWe are committed to the health and\nwell-being of our employees. Flexible working and social activities are\nembedded in our culture to create a positive work-life balance, along with a\nbroad range of rewards, benefits and recognition. Our values are at the heart of what we do, and they shape the way\nwe interact, develop our people and celebrate success.\nTo ensure everyone has an equal chance,\nwe’re always willing to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.\nIf you would like to discuss, please contact us.\nSkills\nGeneral Skills - LABORATORY, General Skills - MARKETING, General Skills - TRAINING, General Skills - Science, General Skills - PRESENTATION SKILLS, General Skills - Engineering, General Skills - engineer, General Skills - stakeholder management, Data Analyst - Python, Vulnerability Research - Linux","description_format":"text","description_chars":6136,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Testing, Inspection & Certification","Research Institutes","Standards & Industry Bodies"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-10T22:54:24Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"GB","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker)","filings_12m":null,"filings_prev_12m":null,"green_card_filings_12m":null,"median_offered_wage_usd":null,"route":"Skilled Worker","cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-11T07:38:50+00:00","sources":["UK Home Office: register of licensed sponsors (workers)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":19,"reasons":["conf:2","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-11T05:49:22Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/national-physical-laboratory-senior-platform-engineer-vmware","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/national-physical-laboratory-senior-platform-engineer-vmware.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-11T20:26:07Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":39916,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-12T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1766463},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1766463"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fnational-physical-laboratory-senior-platform-engineer-vmware"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fnational-physical-laboratory-senior-platform-engineer-vmware"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fnational-physical-laboratory-senior-platform-engineer-vmware"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/national-physical-laboratory-senior-platform-engineer-vmware\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fnational-physical-laboratory-senior-platform-engineer-vmware"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4043215}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"npl.co.uk","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4043215},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}