Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe's leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

This is a great opportunity to join the Virtual Data Center (VDC) team at Sky, supporting our existing group-wide software-defined datacenter (SDDC) capability, and helping to expand and evolve the product into new areas.

What you'll do:

* Assist with the architecture, design, implementation, and support of large-scale SDDCs, throughout Europe
* Work within the larger organisation to help integrate the offerings of other teams into the solution, helping to turn them into an easily consumable catalog of products.
* Work with key stakeholders to deliver complex, high-profile technical projects, into the private clouds, including clearly communicating technical challenges and progress.
* Driving technical excellence in everything we do and contributing to a culture of automation, security, and operational efficiency

What you'll bring:

* A passion for automation, and creating services which help Sky's internal development teams deliver against their objectives
* Programming / scripting to a production level (Python, PowerShell, vRO JavaScript)
* Experience with VMware products such as vRealize Automation (vRA), vRealize Orchestration (vRO), Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) and VMware NSX
* Knowledge of configuration management / IaaS toolsets such as Ansible, SaltStack, Terraform and Puppet
* Familiarity with continuous integration principles and tooling, such as Concourse, Jenkins and CodeStream
* Proven track record of delivering automation solution using Infrastructure as code
* Good knowledge of working with private-cloud solutions, ideally with VMware products or other relevant products
* Ability to work well under pressure, deliver to deadlines and take ownership of issues to ensure success for our customers, both internally and externally

Department overview:

We're the Product Hub. We're the team behind your favourite Sky products, and the platforms that power them. We make every moment magical, everywhere. Our team is made up of self-motivated, big thinkers who have a knack for solving problems and find new ways to captivate millions of customers by putting them at the heart of everything we do. From Sky Glass, Sky Q, Peacock and NOW to news and sports apps, we make entertainment even better and we can't wait to get started on what's next.

Content Technology and Innovation:

Our Content Technology and Innovation team delivers high-quality content to homes, customer devices, businesses and commercial partners across our European markets. With over 2500 colleagues from around the world, we combine our strategic insights, engineering know-how and operational excellence to use the most innovative technologies to create and distribute our award-winning content.

The Rewards:

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

* Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
* A generous pension package
* Private healthcare
* Discounted mobile and broadband
* Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Where you'll work:

Livingston Watermark House:

Our lively campus is a free shuttle bus away from Livingston South train station and the town centre. Plus there's onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.

You'll be well fed at our subsidised canteen, and you can keep in shape at our onsite gym. Or play a game of pool or table tennis.

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we've been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we've committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We've also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.

And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.