Senior Tanzu-VKS Consultant

Consulting Solutions; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Consulting Solutions seeks a Senior VKS Consultant to lead deployment and integration of VMware Private AI in client environments in Ottawa. You will configure VKS, integrate with NSX and vSAN, and drive Day-1 and Day-2 operations onsite 5 days a week.

The role requires 3+ years of VMware consulting experience, hands-on VKS (TKG) deployment, Kubernetes operations knowledge, and CKAD/CKA certification. Canadian citizenship and Government secret clearance may be prerequisites.

Qualifications

• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation and VKS.

Responsibilities

• Build, configure, and validate VKS per architecture designs for Day-1 and Day-2 operations.
• 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 and provide timely resolution.
• Document build procedures, runbooks, and operational guides.
• Support workload onboarding and knowledge transfer to customer teams.
• Collaborate with Architect to ensure design alignment and successful outcomes.
• Perform cluster validation and testing; handle CI/CD tooling and container registries.
• Provide customer-facing communication and coordinate with project manager on deliverables.

Skills

VMware consulting

VKS deployment

Kubernetes ops

Container networking

Storage integrations

CI/CD tooling

GitOps automation

CKA/CKAD

Container registries

Team collaboration

Education

VCF Admin cert (2V0-17.25)

VCF Architect cert (2V0-13.25)

Tools

NSX

vSAN

VCF 5.2+/9 exposure

Kubernetes

vSphere

SDDC Manager

Jenkins

GitLab CI

ArgoCD

Job description

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. 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.

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.).

Job Qualifications

• Preferred - VMware Certified Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator (2V0-17.25)
• Optional - VMware Cloud Foundation Architect (2V0-13.25)
• Deploy and configure VKS (VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service)
• Configure Kubernetes RBAC and namespace management
• Perform cluster validation and testing
• Integrate VKS with NSX networking and security
• Implement vSAN storage policies and CNS integration
• Set up VCF Operations for container monitoring
• Configure container registry and image management
• 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
• 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
• Create build procedures and runbooks
• Document operational guides and best practices
• Build as-built documentation for VKS environment
• Conduct knowledge transfer sessions with customer teams
• Support Day-1 and Day-2 operations activities
• 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
• 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)

Consulting Solutions and its family of companies is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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