VMware Kubernetes Service; VKS) Consultant-Freelancing

Experience:

15+ Years

Position:
Consultant / Senior Consultant

Location:

[Location] | [Hybrid/Remote]

Employment Type:

Consultant

We are looking for an experienced VMware Kubernetes Service (VKS) Consultant with 15+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud technologies. The candidate should have strong hands‑on expertise in Kubernetes, VMware vSphere, VKS/Tanzu, Linux, networking, storage, security, automation, and production support. The role will involve designing, implementing, managing, upgrading, securing, and troubleshooting enterprise Kubernetes platforms running on VMware infrastructure.

You will work closely with enterprise client stakeholders, platform engineers, and Cloud Ops teams to evaluate existing hypervisor environments, design containerization strategies, automate deployment pipelines, and ensure enterprise‑grade security and compliance for Kubernetes workloads.

• Design, deploy, configure, and manage Kubernetes clusters using VMware Kubernetes Service (VKS) / Tanzu.
• Manage VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, HA, DRS, vMotion, clusters, and VM resources supporting Kubernetes.
• Perform Kubernetes cluster provisioning, scaling, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Troubleshoot production Kubernetes issues including Pod failures, Crash Loop Back Off , Image Pull Back Off , Pending Pods, Node Not Ready, OOMKilled, DNS, API Server, and scheduling issues.
• Configure and troubleshoot Kubernetes Services, Ingress, CNI, DNS, Load Balancing, and Network Policies.
• Manage Kubernetes persistent storage including PV, PVC, Storage Class, CSI, and dynamic provisioning.
• Work with VMware storage technologies such as vSAN, VMFS, and NFS.
• Implement Kubernetes security controls including RBAC, authentication, authorization, secrets, TLS, and Network Policies.
• Monitor Kubernetes platforms using Prometheus, Grafana, and centralized logging/alerting tools.
• Automate infrastructure and Kubernetes operations using Ansible, Terraform, Bash, Python, and Git.
• Support CI/CD and Dev Ops integration with Kubernetes environments.
• Perform capacity planning, performance optimization, backup/restore, and disaster recovery activities.
• Provide L3/L4 production support, incident management, troubleshooting, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Develop technical documentation, operational runbooks, and knowledge-transfer materials.
• Work with networking, storage, security, application, and Dev Ops teams to resolve complex infrastructure issues.

• Strong hands‑on experience in Kubernetes administration and production support.
• Good understanding of Kubernetes architecture and components.
• Experience with Pods, Deployments, Stateful Sets, Daemon Sets, Services, Ingress, Config Maps, Secrets, Name spaces, Jobs/Cron Jobs.
• Experience with PV/PVC, Storage Classes, CSI, RBAC, Service Accounts, Resource Requests/Limits, Taints/Tole rations, and Affinity.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes networking, CNI, DNS, Ingress, Load Balancing, and Network Policies.
• Experience with Kubernetes cluster upgrades, patching, scaling, backup, and recovery.
• Hands‑on experience with Helm and YAML.
• Strong troubleshooting and RCA capabilities.

• Strong experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter.
• Hands‑on experience with VMware Kubernetes Service (VKS) and/or Tanzu Kubernetes.
• Understanding of Kubernetes integration with VMware infrastructure.
• Experience with HA, DRS, vMotion, clusters, resource management, and capacity planning.
• NSX/NSX‑T experience is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of vSAN is preferred.
• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF):
  Experience with VCF SDDC Manager, automated workload domain deployments, and VCF‑integrated VKS is a strong added…