Senior Consultant — DevOps and Automation Location

Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra or Melbourne Working Arrangement

Hybrid. Onsite customer work may be required. Some travel may be required.

Clearance

Required

Australian citizens with an existing clearance or the ability to obtain one are strongly preferred.

Company

Overview

Cleared Professional Services provides specialist consulting, architecture and engineering capability across Defence, National Security and regulated environments.

Our Sovereign Cloud

Practice focuses on VMware Cloud Foundation and sovereign cloud platforms, delivering secure, compliant and high performing private cloud solutions.

We are seeking a Senior Consultant to deliver technical consulting across VMware Cloud Foundation and sovereign cloud projects. You will implement approved designs, automate platform operations, troubleshoot issues and produce clear technical documentation. This role is delivery focused, with a strong emphasis on automation, consistency and high quality technical outcomes.

Consultants who build deeper design capability will have a clear pathway into architecture roles. Duties and Responsibilities

Deliver consulting work aligned to approved architectures and Statements of Work

Build, configure, validate and maintain VCF environments

Lead assigned workstreams with autonomy

Produce accurate and reusable as built documentation

Identify and escalate design issues, delivery risks and scope concerns early

Support customer workshops, technical discussions and operational handovers

Contribute implementation patterns, known issues and reusable artefacts to the practice

Maintain accurate timesheets, status updates and delivery reporting Education/Certifications Required

4+ years hands on experience with VMware Cloud Foundation or related VMware technologies

Recent hands on experience with VCF 9 or VCF 5.2 / vSphere 8

Experience delivering infrastructure,



virtualisation, cloud or private cloud consulting engagements Knowledge/Skills Required

Solid experience across vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN and NSX

Experience implementing solutions from existing designs

Strong troubleshooting capability across platform, infrastructure and networking

Experience producing customer facing technical documentation

Experience working in structured delivery environments

Ability to work directly with customer technical teams Highly Desirable

Deep automation experience with VCF 9.1 All Apps

Experience with VMware Aria Automation, Aria Orchestrator, PowerCLI, Terraform, Ansible and Git workflows

Ability to automate Day 0, Day 1 and Day 2 operations

Strong NSX experience including segmentation, gateways, distributed firewall, load balancing and identity integration

Understanding of how networking and security design affects automation and workload onboarding Desirable

Experience delivering VCF across greenfield builds, expansion, upgrades and lifecycle management vSAN and storage delivery experience

Enterprise Linux administration

Experience enabling VKS, Tanzu or similar Kubernetes platforms Employment Benefits

Clear progression pathway into architecture roles

Work within a high performing sovereign cloud practice

Exposure to complex, regulated and mission critical environments

Support for certification progression including VCF 9 Administrator and VCAP specialisations

Collaborative team culture with strong mentoring and knowledge sharing Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences. Veterans

Defence and Federal Government industry experience is highly desirable. We strongly encourage veterans and individuals with Defence experience to apply. Your unique skills and background are highly valued, and we are committed to supporting your transition into this role.

📌 Senior VMware DevOps Consultant (Canberra)
🏢 Cleared Professional Services
📍 Canberra