VMware Kubernetes Platform Engineer

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 (eg, 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.