Skillset: Tanzu/VKSThe request is for a Senior Consultant highly skilled with VKS and VMware Private AI. The allocation would be for 1552 hours, starting ASAP. The customer is comfortable with either a client or partner Senior Consultant. However, the candidate must hold a Canadian citizenship and possess a Secret Clearance issued by the government of Canada and must also be willing to be on site in Ottawa (Canada) 5 days/week. Description and OverviewThe VKS Senior Consultant will build, configure, and validate VKS in line with architecture designs, supporting customer teams through Day-1 and Day-2 operations. Key Responsibilities
- Deploy and configure VKS in VCF 5.2+ hands-on experience with VCF 9 exposure
- Integrate VKS with NSX networking and vSAN storage policies.
- Implement monitoring and lifecycle management via VCF Operations for Containers.
- Troubleshoot deployment and integration issues, providing timely resolution.
- Document build procedures, runbooks, and operational guides.
- Support workload onboarding and provide knowledge transfer to customer teams.
- Collaborate closely with the Architect to ensure successful outcomes.
Required Skills & Experience
- 3+ years VMware consulting or delivery experience.
- Hands-on experience deploying VKS (formally TKG) and related VMware components.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes operations, container networking, and storage integrations.
- Hands-on experience with VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2; exposure to or training in VCF 9.
- Experience with NSX, vSphere, and SDDC Manager.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in customer environments.
- Understand network requirements for Supervisor Clusters (Management, Workload, Ingress, Egress CIDRs).
- Experience with CI/CD tooling and container registries.
- Familiarity with GitOps and automation frameworks (Helm, ArgoCD, Jenkins, etc.).
Pay: $90.00-$100.00 per hour
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Ottawa, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Application question(s):
- How many years of hands-on experience do you have with VMware Kubernetes Service (VKS) (formerly Tanzu Kubernetes Grid - TKG)?
- Which versions of VMware Cloud Foundation have you worked with?
Work Location: In person
