Working Locations: Sheffield, Manchester, Belfast, Birmingham, Glasgow, London
Working Style: 3 days a week in office, 2 days from home
Why this job matters
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced VMware Kubernetes Platform Engineer, responsible for designing, building, and operating cloud native applications and platform capabilities on Kubernetes running on VMware (e.g., TKG / VKS). The role focuses on enabling scalable, resilient, and secure container platforms while supporting development teams through automation, tooling, and best practices.
This role sits at the intersection of platform engineering, application development, and DevOps/SRE.
What you’ll be doing
Kubernetes & Platform Development
* Working closely with an agile development team of Kubernetes engineers to design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes clusters on on-prem cloud platforms.
* Develop and manage Kubernetes resources including clusters, namespaces, deployments, services, ingress, ConfigMaps, CRDs and secrets.
* Implement platform capabilities such as logging, monitoring, networking, security, and backup for Kubernetes workloads.
Support multi cluster and multi environment Kubernetes deployments (dev, test, prod).
Application Enablement
* Work closely with application teams to understand workloads and technical requirements to onboard to Kubernetes platforms.
* Define and promote best practices for containerisation, deployment, and runtime operations.
* Troubleshoot application and platform issues across Kubernetes, containers, and VMware infrastructure.
Automation & DevOps
* Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Kubernetes.
* Automate platform provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
* Develop Helm charts or equivalent templating solutions for application and platform components.
* Integrate Kubernetes with enterprise tooling (identity, security, networking, observability).
Reliability, Security & Operations
* Implement security controls including RBAC, network policies, image scanning, and secrets management.
* Configuration of PKI, certificates, and software supply chain security, in the context of cloud and Kubernetes environments.
* Contribute to platform reliability through SRE practices such as SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
* Support 24/7 operational readiness through automation, runbooks, and monitoring.
* Participate in incident resolution and continuous improvement activities.
What you'll bring
ESSENTIAL:
Kubernetes & Containers
* Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
* Strong engineering experience in delivering, designing, building and supporting Enterprise Scale Kubernetes platforms.
* Experience with On Prem Kubernetes platforms (VKS/TKG preferred).
* Solid understanding of container technologies (Containers, container runtimes).
* Experience with Kubernetes networking, storage, and ingress controllers.
* Strong Linux OS experience
Automation & Tooling
* Familiarity with modern cluster provisioning such as CAPI and cluster management via Gitops.
* Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar).
* CI/CD tooling experience (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
* Experience with Helm or equivalent Kubernetes packaging tools.
* Scripting experience (Python, Go or similar).
NICE TO HAVE:
VMware & Infrastructure
* Experience working with virtualised infrastructure.
* Understanding of networking, load balancing, and storage in VMware environments.
* Familiarity with hybrid or private cloud architectures.
Observability & Security
* Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
* Knowledge of Kubernetes security best practices and enterprise security requirements.
* Understanding of identity and access management in Kubernetes environments.
Qualification
* Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other related fields ent in Kubernetes environments.
What's in it for you
* 10% on target bonus
* BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
* Life Assurance Cover
* Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages, BT TV with TNT Sports and NOW Entertainment
* Receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.
* Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
* 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
* 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
* 2 weeks carer’s leave
* World-class training and development opportunities
* Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes
About us
BT Group was the world’s first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK’s most recognised and cherished brands – BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.
Over the next two years, we will complete the UK’s largest and most successful digital infrastructure project – connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.
While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come. This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK’s best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country’s biggest infrastructure companies.
Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented. BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.
A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:
Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.
We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.
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