The posting
Overview of the role
Phoenix is a leading UK IT solutions and managed service provider, with a deep specialism in the public sector. We work with organisations across government, healthcare, defence, public safety, education, housing, and the charity sector - helping them modernise with confidence across cloud, data and AI, cyber security, and managed services.
Through strategic partnerships with the world's leading technology providers - and a trusted place on the major public sector frameworks - our work has a direct impact on the services that millions of people rely on every day.
Due to continued growth, we are hiring a VCF Consultant to join our Infrastructure practice. This role is focused on the design, deployment, and operational handover of private and hybrid cloud solutions built on the VMware by Broadcom portfolio.
What will you be doing?
- Technical Design & Delivery: Lead client discovery workshops, gather functional and non-functional requirements, and produce High-Level and Low-Level Designs (HLDs/LLDs) for data centre and cloud infrastructure projects.
- Platform Implementation: Deploy, configure, and test VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments, managing the technical transition through to operational readiness and handover.
- Consultative Advisory: Provide objective technical guidance to clients navigating infrastructure modernisation, ensuring deployed solutions align with their long-term operational and commercial goals.
- Pre-Sales Support: Assist commercial teams when required by scoping new opportunities and providing product demonstrations.
Why should you apply?
At Phoenix, our ambition is to be the UK's leading IT solutions and managed service provider - and we know that only happens because of our people. Culture isn't an afterthought here; it's the thing we work hardest on.
We're proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work®, and to be recognised on their UK Best Workplaces lists for Women, Wellbeing, and Development. These aren't badges we chase - they're the result of how we genuinely choose to treat each other, and how seriously we take our colleagues' careers, health, and lives outside of work.
When you join Phoenix, you can expect:
- A culture built on trust and belonging: set out clearly in our Culture Blueprint, lived day-to-day, and reflected in our consistently strong colleague feedback.
- Real investment in your development: structured learning pathways, funded industry certifications, mentoring, and the encouragement to stretch into new areas.
- A workplace that takes wellbeing seriously: from mental health support and flexible working to active employee networks and a leadership team that listens.
- A commitment to equity and inclusion: where we actively work to make Phoenix a brilliant place to build a career, whoever you are.
- Work that matters: supporting the public sector organisations that keep the UK running, from government and healthcare to defence, public safety, education, housing, and the charities serving the most vulnerable in our communities.
- Working with the best of the industry: alongside genuine experts, and with strategic partnerships across the world's leading technology providers, you'll be at the front of the conversations shaping how UK public services modernise.
We believe in encouraging, supporting, and skilling our people up so that you can be the very best you can be at work - and we'd love you to consider being part of it.
Take a look at our Culture Blueprint to get a real sense of who we are.
What are we looking for?
Key Skills & Experience:
- Proven track record delivering complex infrastructure and Software-Defined Data Centre (SDDC) engagements within technical consultancy or senior enterprise delivery environments, managing projects from initial discovery and design through to implementation and completion.
- Strong hands-on expertise in the design, deployment, configuration, and optimisation of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), VMware vSphere, and core SDDC infrastructure technologies.
- Practical experience implementing, configuring, and supporting VMware Aria Operations (vRealize Operations) for performance monitoring, capacity management, and operational visibility.
- Deep understanding of infrastructure architecture, enterprise platforms, virtualisation, and datacentre transformation programmes.
- Experience performing lifecycle management activities across VMware environments, including platform upgrades, patching, certificate replacement, credential rotation, and operational maintenance of VCF estates.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with technical teams, project stakeholders, and senior leadership while producing clear, high-quality technical documentation and solution designs.
- Knowledge of the wider VMware ecosystem, including:
- Networking & Security: VMware NSX, Avi Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks), and VMware Advanced Network & Security Services.
- Resilience & Disaster Recovery: VMware HCX, VMware Live Recovery, Site Recovery Manager (SRM), and vSphere Replication.
- Cloud & Modern Applications: vSphere with Tanzu, VMware Cloud Director (vCD), and Private AI with NVIDIA.
- Experience supporting hybrid cloud, migration, modernisation, and business continuity initiatives within enterprise-scale environments.
- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and technical leadership capabilities across complex virtualised infrastructure platforms.
Practical stuff
Where is the role based? Primary location is our HQ in Pocklington (YO42) but this role can be remote with occasional visits to the HQ and to customers
How many interviews? Following a screen with the Recruitment Team you can expect a two-stage interview process, one online and one in-person.
What are the benefits? You can read about the benefits on offer here 😊
*Important* BPSS Check
As part of our recruitment process due to the nature of the work we do, all employees are required to undertake a Baseline Personal Security Standard (BPSS) check. While some employees require further security clearance, the BPSS check is a must-have requirement and all offers of employment are conditional pending the passing of this check
Have you made it this far?
If you’re still reading, we think there’s a strong chance you might be our kind of person.
Here’s the thing, though — research suggests that 60% of women and underrepresented people might have already talked themselves out of applying. Even if you don’t check every box above, we want to encourage you to introduce yourself.
We believe a diversity of perspectives and experiences makes a team stronger — and the stronger our team, the more successful we will be.
