Designation: Senior Platform Engineer VMware Kubernetes Services (VKS)

Experience: 6 to 14 Years

Location: Mumbai/ Navi Mumbai

Role Overview:

We are looking for a highly skilled Kubernetes Platform Engineer to support, engineer, and operate VMware Kubernetes Services (VKS) environments. The role will primarily focus on implementation, administration, and operational support of VKS-based container platforms. Given that VKS is relatively new, strong enterprise Kubernetes expertise is the primary hiring criterion.

Key Responsibilities:
- Implement, administer, and support VMware Kubernetes Services (VKS).
- Perform Kubernetes cluster deployment, upgrades, patching, scaling, and lifecycle management.
- Design, deploy, and operate highly available Kubernetes clusters.
- Troubleshoot Kubernetes control plane, networking, storage, ingress, certificates, and workload issues.
- Administer Tanzu Application Services (TAS)/Pivotal Cloud Foundry environments.
- Develop automation using Shell/Bash, Python, and Ansible roles/playbooks.
- Own Day-2 operations including incidents, changes,



problems, service requests, vulnerability remediation (VACA closure), RCAs, and major/minor fixes.
- Participate in DR readiness assessments, planning, execution, validation, and reporting.

Mandatory Skills:
- Robust Kubernetes administration and engineering experience.
- Linux/Unix administration (RHEL, Linux, Ubuntu).
- Shell/Bash scripting and Python scripting.
- Ansible role development and automation.
- Production support and ITIL operations.

Desirable Skills:
- VMware Kubernetes Services (VKS).
- Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG), Tanzu Mission Control.
- VMware vSphere.
- Monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk.

Preferred Profile:
- 6+ years of infrastructure/platform engineering experience.
- Strong Kubernetes-focused background with ability to quickly adapt to VKS.
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale production environments.

Hiring Note This role is centered on

📌 Senior Platform Engineer (Mumbai)
🏢 Kotak Mahindra Bank
📍 Mumbai