Job highlights

- Preferred Certifications: . VMware Certified Professional - Application Modernization (VCP-AM). .

Certified Kubernetes

Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD). .

Certified Kubernetes Security

Specialist (CKS)

- Qualifications: Bachelor s degree in Computer Science,Software Engineering,or a related field,or equivalent practical experience

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Architect (vSphere Kubernetes VKS + Tanzu) Location: India, Mumbai/Bangalore

Work Experience: 12+ Years

Requirements

- Senior Leadership: Broad IT architecture experience spanning enterprise virtualization, cloud-native storage, and Software-Defined Data Centers (SDDC).

- Tanzu Architecture Expertise: Minimum of 5 years actively architecting and deploying vSphere with Tanzu, TKGS, TKGm, and vSphere Kubernetes Service environments.

- Networking Infrastructure: Deep expertise in vSphere 7/8, NSX-T/NSX Data Center, NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi), and Persistent Storage for Kubernetes.

- Core Kubernetes Capabilities: In-depth knowledge of upstream Kubernetes, Cluster API, Container Network Interface (CNI), Container Storage Interface (CSI), and container registries.

- Soft Skills Communication: Exceptional presentation, client management, and verbal/written communication skills. Ability to articulate high-level container strategies to executives while delivering deep-dive technical guidance to system engineers.

Preferred Certifications:

- VMware Certified Professional - Application Modernization (VCP-AM).

- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).

- Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS).





Qualifications: Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

- Customer Engagement Requirement Analysis: Lead design workshops with client stakeholders, DevOps teams, and enterprise architects to translate complex business needs into secure, scalable container strategies.

- Architectural Design Documentation: Author end-to-end High-Level Designs (HLD), Low-Level Designs (LLD), operational runbooks, and migration pathways for vSphere with Tanzu, Supervisor Clusters, and Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) workloads.

- Deployment Platform Architecture: Design and oversee the implementation of vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS), Tanzu Control Planes, NSX Advanced Load Balancers (Avi), and vSAN Cloud Native Storage (CNS) integrations.

- DevOps Ecosystem Integration: Integrate up-to-date CI/CD pipelines, container registries (Harbor), log/monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Fluent Bit), and service meshes into the Tanzu platform.

- Technical Governance Team Leadership: Guide, mentor, and lead technical deployment engineers through hands-on implementation, day-2 operations, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management activities.

- Security Governance: Define Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), vSphere Namespaces, network policies, and security posture across Kubernetes clusters to meet enterprise compliance standards.

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📌 Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Architect (vSphere Kubernetes VKS + Tanzu) (Mumbai)
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📍 Mumbai