IT Platform Engineer – VMware Infrastructure

About the role

Akkodis is seeking an IT Platform Engineer with strong VMware expertise to support a cutting‑edge Software Defined Defence Space R&D programme. You will be responsible for deploying, managing and optimising virtualised infrastructure used by engineering and development teams.

Key responsibilities

• Support and maintain VMware‑based infrastructure platforms.
• Configure, manage and optimise virtual machine environments.
• Ensure infrastructure availability, resilience and performance.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to support development and test environments.
• Assist with troubleshooting, upgrades and system improvements.
• Contribute to platform security, backup and operational best practices.
• Support hybrid and remote infrastructure environments as required.

Required profile

• Strong experience with VMware platform administration and support.
• Proven ability to manage virtualised server environments.
• Good understanding of infrastructure, networking and storage concepts.
• Experience supporting enterprise IT platforms and engineering environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills.

Required skills

• VMware virtualization technologies.
• Windows Server administration.
• Linux server administration.
• Cloud or hybrid infrastructure concepts.
• Infrastructure‑as‑code or automation tooling.
• Networking and storage fundamentals.