Position: NSX-T Engineer / Architect Location: Farnborough Day Rate: Market Rate SC Clearance Required

Our defence client is seeking a highly skilled VMware NSX-T Engineer/Architect to play a key role in designing and delivering secure, resilient, and scalable network solutions across mission-critical environments. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of software-defined networking within a complex, high-security landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, and administration of VMware NSX-T, including logical switching, routing, distributed firewalls, and micro-
• Architect robust Layer 2/3 network solutions, with deep expertise in BGP, OSPF, STP, VLANs, and trunking.
• Implement advanced firewalling and security controls, including segmentation strategies, IDS/IPS, and zero-trust methodologies.
• Support and optimise L4/L7 load balancing and high-availability patterns.
• Deploy and enhance SD-WAN architectures to ensure resilient, high-performance connectivity.
• Drive network automation using Python, Ansible, or vendor APIs to streamline configuration and validation.
• Manage core network services such as DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and addressing strategies.
• Enhance monitoring and observability through telemetry, flow analysis, alerting, and performance tuning.

To learn more, please do reach out to Tom Royston via email on