Role: Senior Consultant

FT/PT: Full Time

Skillset: Tanzu/VKS

Customer Location: Onsite in Ottowa, Canada

Canada Security Clearance

Onsite 100% in Ottawa

Start Date: 9/14/2026

End Date: 4/2/2027

Effort (Hours): 1,160

VKS, Private AI, microservices, Kubernetes in general, stakeholder management, previous DND experience in addition to the secret clearance and darksite 5 days a week in Ottawa. (preferably local)

The request is for a Senior Consultant highly skilled with VKS and VMware Private AI.

Description and Overview The 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 9 environments.
- 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).
- Kubernetes CKA or CKAD certification.
- Experience with CI/CD tooling and container registries.
- Familiarity with GitOps and automation frameworks (Helm, ArgoCD, Jenkins, etc.).

Certifications





- Preferred - VMware Certified Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator (2V0-17.25)
- Optional - VMware Cloud Foundation Architect (2V0-13.25)

Skills Checklist Hands-On VKS Deployment

- Deploy and configure VKS (VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service)
- Implement VKS workload domains in VCF 9
- Configure Kubernetes RBAC and namespace management
- Perform cluster validation and testing

Integration & Configuration

- Integrate VKS with NSX networking and security
- Configure AVI load balancer for Kubernetes services
- Implement vSAN storage policies and CNS integration
- Set up VCF Operations for container monitoring
- Configure container registry and image management

Kubernetes Operations

- Kubernetes cluster operations and troubleshooting
- Container networking configuration and validation
- Storage class configuration and persistent volumes
- Workload onboarding and application deployment
- Namespace and resource quota management

Troubleshooting & Problem-Solving

- Diagnose VKS deployment and integration issues
- Resolve Kubernetes cluster and workload problems
- Analyze logs and perform root cause analysis
- Network and storage troubleshooting for containers

Documentation & Knowledge Transfer

- Create build procedures and runbooks
- Document operational guides and best practices
- Build as-built documentation for VKS workplace
- Conduct knowledge transfer sessions with customer teams
- Support Day-1 and Day-2 operations activities

Collaboration & Delivery

- Work closely with the Architect on design alignment
- Execute build plans per architecture specifications
- Support customer technical teams during implementation
- Professional customer-facing communication
- Coordinate with project manager on deliverables

Technical Foundations

- VCF 5.2+ hands-on experience with VCF 9 exposure
- NSX, vSphere, and SDDC Manager experience
- Container registries and image management
- CI/CD tooling familiarity (Jenkins, GitLab, etc.)
- GitOps and automation frameworks (Helm, ArgoCD)

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