VMware Kubernetes Platform Engineer (Platform Engineering)

TL;DR

VMware Kubernetes Platform Engineer (Platform Engineering): Designing, building, and operating cloud-native applications and platform capabilities on Kubernetes running on VMware with an accent on enabling scalable, resilient, and secure container platforms. Focus on automation, tooling, best practices, and supporting development teams through robust infrastructure.

Location: Hybrid (Sheffield, Manchester, Belfast, Birmingham, Glasgow, London), requiring 3 days a week in office and 2 days from home.

Company

hirify.global is the UK's largest telco, transforming its digital infrastructure with significant investments in full fibre broadband and 5G.

What you will do

• Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes clusters on on-prem cloud platforms, including multi-cluster and multi-environment deployments.
• Develop and manage Kubernetes resources (clusters, namespaces, deployments, services, ingress, CRDs) and implement platform capabilities (logging, monitoring, networking, security, backup).
• Collaborate with application teams to understand workloads, onboard to Kubernetes platforms, and define best practices for containerisation and operations.
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automate platform provisioning with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), and develop Helm charts.
• Integrate Kubernetes with enterprise tooling and implement security controls including RBAC, network policies, image scanning, and secrets management.
• Contribute to platform reliability through SRE practices, support 24/7 operational readiness, and participate in incident resolution.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments (VKS/TKG preferred).
• Solid understanding of container technologies, runtimes, Kubernetes networking, storage, and ingress controllers.
• Strong Linux OS experience.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) and CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
• Scripting experience (Python, Go).
• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other related fields.

Nice to have

• Experience working with virtualised infrastructure and understanding of networking, load balancing, and storage in VMware environments.
• Familiarity with hybrid or private cloud architectures.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Knowledge of Kubernetes security best practices and enterprise security requirements, including identity and access management.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary with a 10% on target bonus and a strong pension scheme (minimum 5% employee, 10% BT contribution).
• Comprehensive benefits including Life Assurance Cover and exclusive colleague discounts on BT broadband, BT TV with TNT Sports, and NOW Entertainment.
• Enhanced parental leave (18 weeks at full pay) for all parents.
• Enhanced women’s health support, including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, and period care.
• 25 days annual leave (increasing with service), 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues, and 2 weeks carer’s leave.
• Access to world-class training and development opportunities and options to join BT Shares Saving schemes.