VMware Kubernetes Platform Engineer, £500 per day outside IR35
Posted 3 days ago by Bench IT Limited
£500 Per day
Outside
Remote
Remote working , UK
Summary: The VMware Kubernetes Platform Engineer role involves designing, building, and operating cloud-native applications on Kubernetes within a large organization. The position emphasizes creating scalable and secure container platforms while supporting development teams through automation and best practices. This role integrates platform engineering, application development, and DevOps/SRE methodologies. The position is remote and offers a competitive daily rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and operate cloud-native applications on Kubernetes running on VMware.
- Enable scalable, resilient, and secure container platforms.
- Support development teams through automation, tooling, and best practices.
Key Skills:
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
- Experience with On Prem Kubernetes platforms (VKS/TKG preferred).
- Solid understanding of container technologies.
- Experience with Kubernetes networking, storage, and ingress controllers.
- Strong Linux OS experience.
- Familiarity with modern cluster provisioning and 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).
Salary (Rate): £500 per day
City: undetermined
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
VMware Kubernetes Platform Engineer, £500 per day outside IR35
6 months rolling, Remote Working
Bench IT require an experienced VMware Kubernetes Platform Engineer to join a large organisation starting ASAP. The VMware Kubernetes Platform Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and operating cloud native applications and platform capabilities on Kubernetes running on VMware (eg, 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.
The successful engineer should have the skills and experience included below;
- Kubernetes & Containers
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
- 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 (eg, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
- Experience with Helm or equivalent Kubernetes packaging tools.
- Scripting experience (Python, Go or similar).
VMware Kubernetes Platform Engineer, £500 per day outside IR35
6 months rolling, Remote Working