We are heading up a recruitment drive for a global consultancy that require a Platform Engineer to join them on a major project that's based in Corsham.
Job Title - Platform Engineer
Day Rate - £500/day
Location - Corsham 2/3 days per week
iR35 determination - OUTSIDE IR35
Duration - 12 month

• Manage Kubernetes offering
• Make enhancements to the Kubernetes
• Automation of cloud deployments and day 2 operational tasks in a cloud service provider environment
• Infrastructure (not software development) DevOps
• Creation of operating procedures and knowledge articles/process
• Creation and on-going updates to detailed system design and configuration documentation.
• Contribute and add input to on-going designs and service improvements

Must have operational experience in a production setting with VMWare Cloud Foundation operations, including:

• VMWare Tanzu (Iaas Control Plane, VKS)
• Aria Automation (formally VRA)
• VMware Aria Orchestrator

Experience in DevOps within an infrastructure and network context

Linux operating system (Ubuntu preferred) design, deploy and troubleshoot

Windows OS, Active Directory and windows centric core services design, deploy and troubleshoot

Familiar with ITIL service management

Security best practices, system and OS level security hardening (CISCAT benchmarking etc) security vulnerability scanning tools such as Nessus

GITOPs experience

Experience in Terraform, Ansible and ideally packer in an air gapped environment

Desirable knowledge:

k8/container/Tanzu Kubernetes grid exposure/experience