VMware Kubernetes Platform Engineer - Systems Integrator

Ready to be part of a team that empowers IT partners with industry‑leading support?

Join a UK‑based IT services provider trusted by hundreds of resellers and channel partners to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of professional, managed, support, connectivity, and maintenance services. The organisation helps partners simplify complexity, extend their technical capabilities, and deliver outstanding outcomes for their end‑customers across networking, cloud, security, and data centre modernisation.

The role combines hands-on engineering with platform design, automation, and operational responsibilities, including CI/CD integration, Infrastructure as Code, and security and reliability practices. Ensure platform services are highly available, secure, and aligned with organisational standards, while continuously improving performance, observability, and operational efficiency.

Apply now to contribute to a service‑driven environment where technical expertise solves real challenges and helps partners grow with confidence!

Key Responsibilities:

• Kubernetes Platform 
• Design & Engineering:
  • Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters on VMware platforms (e.g. TKG/VKS), ensuring scalability, resilience, and performance across multi-environment setups (dev, test, prod).
• Application Enablement & Support:
  • Work closely with development teams to onboard applications to Kubernetes, define containerisation best practices, and troubleshoot platform and workload issues.
• Automation & DevOps Integration:
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (e.g.Terraform, Ansible), and develop Helm charts for application and platform deployments.
• Platform Operations, Reliability & SRE:
  • Ensure platform reliability through monitoring, SLIs/SLOs, incident management, and continuous improvement, supporting 24/7 operational readiness.
• Security & Governance Implementation:
  • Implement Kubernetes security controls including RBAC, network policies, secrets management, PKI, and supply chain security, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.

Requirements:

• Kubernetes & Container Expertise:
  • Strong hands-on experience running Kubernetes in production, particularly on VMware platforms (TKG/VKS), with solid knowledge of networking, storage, and ingress.
• Cloud, VMware & Infrastructure Knowledge:
  • Experience with virtualised environments, hybrid/private cloud architectures, and underlying infrastructure including networking and load balancing.
• Automation, IaC & CI/CD Tooling:
  • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps), and Kubernetes packaging tools like Helm.
• Scripting & Programming:
  • Strong Scripting skills (e.g. Python, Go) to support automation, tooling, and platform enhancements.
• Observability & Security Practices:
  • Experience with monitoring/logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and a solid understanding of Kubernetes security, identity management, and enterprise best practices.

Contract Details:

• Job Title: Kubernetes VMware Platform Engineer 
• Contract Type: Initial 6 month contract (Outside IR35)
• Location: Fully Remote

Salary:

• £450 per day