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.
Job Description
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 escape 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
Strong 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
Robust NSX experience including segmentation, gateways, distributed firewall, load balancing and identity integration
Understanding of how networking and security design affects automation and workload onboarding
Experience delivering VCF across greenfield builds, expansion, upgrades and lifecycle management
vSAN and storage delivery experience
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.
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📌 Senior Vmware Devops Consultant (Canberra)
🏢 Cleared Professional Services
📍 Canberra