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Job Title: Senior SRE / DevOps Engineer – Kubernetes & VMware 8/VCF
Location: Hybrid Downtown Seattle
Duration: 6 months
Note: Targeting a beginning of July start date
Job Description:
Senior SRE / DevOps Engineer – Kubernetes & VMware 8/VCF (Contract)
Role Summary
We are seeking a Senior SRE / DevOps Contractor with strong experience in enterprise Kubernetes platforms, VMware 8 (vSphere 8), and modern CI/CD practices. The ideal candidate has deep hands?on expertise with VKS (VMware Kubernetes Service), GitOps workflows using Flux, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). This role will support highly available, production grade container platforms and VMware 8–based infrastructure environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and operate managed Kubernetes and container platforms, with a strong focus on VKS
- Implement and maintain GitOps and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Flux or Argo CD
- Build and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools
- Support and optimize VMware 8 (vSphere 8) environments, including vCenter
- Integrate Kubernetes platforms with VMware 8–based infrastructure
- Act as an SRE / DevOps partner to engineering teams, focusing on reliability, scalability, and automation
- Troubleshoot complex platform issues across Kubernetes, containers, VMware 8, and CI/CD pipelines
- Write and maintain high quality, production ready code for automation and platform tooling
- Collaborate across infrastructure, platform, and application teams in an enterprise environment
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong VKS (VMware Kubernetes Service) expertise
- Managed Kubernetes & container platform experience in enterprise/production environments
- VMware 8 (vSphere 8) experience, including:
- vCenter 8 administration and operations
- Kubernetes integrations with VMware infrastructure
- GitOps & CI/CD expertise, including:
- GitHub Actions
- Flux or Argo CD
- Strong Infrastructure as Code (IaC) skills
- SRE / DevOps experience, including automation, observability, reliability engineering, and incident response
- Strong coding ability (automation, scripting, platform tooling)
Nice to Have / Preferred
- Experience working within the Broadcom / Carvel ecosystem
- Deep understanding of container networking, security, and observability
- Experience supporting hybrid or on prem VMware based Kubernetes platforms
- Background in large scale enterprise environments