Contract Opportunity – VMware Kubernetes Platform Engineer
Start: April / May 2026
Duration: Initial 6 months (likely extension)
Location: Remote (UK) with occasional onsite meetings
Engagement: Via a leading global technology solutions provider supporting a major UK telecommunications and digital infrastructure organisation.
We are seeking an experienced VMware Kubernetes Platform Engineer to support the design, build, and operation of enterprise-scale Kubernetes platforms running on VMware. The role sits within a cloud and infrastructure engineering team and focuses on enabling secure, scalable container platforms for development teams.
Key Responsibilities
* Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes clusters on VMware platforms (e.g., TKG / VKS).
* Manage Kubernetes resources including clusters, namespaces, deployments, services, ingress, ConfigMaps and secrets.
* Implement platform capabilities such as networking, logging, monitoring, security and backup.
* Work with application teams to onboard workloads and promote best practices for containerisation and deployment.
* Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Kubernetes environments.
* Automate infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible or similar).
* Implement security controls including RBAC, network policies and image scanning.
* Support operational reliability through monitoring, automation and incident response.
Essential Skills
* Strong Kubernetes experience in production environments.
* Experience with on-prem Kubernetes platforms (TKG / VKS preferred).
* Solid understanding of containers and container runtimes.
* Strong Linux administration skills.
* Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
* Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
* Experience with Helm or similar Kubernetes packaging tools.
* Scripting skills (Python, Go or similar).
Desirable
* Experience with VMware-based infrastructure.
* Knowledge of observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
* Understanding of enterprise Kubernetes security and IAM.
* Experience supporting large-scale enterprise platforms.
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