Search JobsJob DescriptionThe Elevator Pitch: Why will you enjoy this new opportunity?You will work directly with the world’s largest organizations on their most important DevOps challenges. You will develop deep technical expertise on VMware Tanzu products and Kubernetes to help client teams build, manage, and scale modern application platforms. Successful Platform Teams need more than just tools and technology - you’ll help teams transform the way they approach Platform and Site Reliability Engineering, adopting processes and practices that help solve user problems and unlock business value. This role will appeal to those who value: Close collaboration with customersContinuous feedback through the delivery of small iterations of working softwareBuilding platforms with end users in mindInvesting time to learn - and share - new technologies and ways of workingWhat is the primary need, technical challenge, and/or problem you will be responsible for?The VMware Tanzu Labs Platform Services team is responsible for accelerating customer adoption of emerging technologies and our cloud native platforms. We help our customers deliver business outcomes using a product-centric balanced team and a streamlined pathway to production, freeing application teams to deliver value to their customers.Our Product Managers and Solution Architects work directly with customer counterparts to transfer knowledge, culture, and practices.Success in the Role: What are the performance goals over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing?We need someone who is motivated to learn more about Kubernetes and the cloud native landscape of technologies, building on their current skills and experience (whatever level that may be) to solve problems and deliver outcomes with VMware Tanzu customers. You’ll be coached and mentored by supportive teammates every step of the way.You will achieve business outcomes on multiple customer engagements, leading to great customer feedback. You will possess deep knowledge of the VMware Tanzu portfolio of products and be able to teach customers to adopt them successfully.You will drive improvements in the team’s collective knowledge, practices and tooling to help us iterate on our practices for future engagements. You will complete the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam within your first year.What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?You’ll work with customers on engagements as part of a small team, either at the customer’s office across Europe or remotely. You can choose to work remotely from home or from a VMware office. Engagements typically are 2-6 weeks, but can last up to 3 months. Between client engagements you’ll work with others in our team on internal initiatives and invest time in personal learning goals.Your work will include: Deployment and optimization of complex platform infrastructure architecturesHelping advance customer thinking and awareness within the Cloud Native spaceInstalling and optimizing Kubernetes clusters and dependenciesParticipating during pre-delivery Discovery Workshops with customers to refine proposed solutionsEstablishing continuous delivery pipelines for deployment of Tanzu and related platform products in a customer’s infrastructureWorking with customer platform engineers to minimize and automate toil through adoption of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) PracticesDesigning and implement continuous integration and continuous delivery processes to deliver customer apps to production, fostering a culture of continuous process improvementProviding operational assistance and guidance for Tanzu platform products including; monitoring, management, disaster recovery, security compliance/auditing, networking, storage, service brokers and build packsWorking with customer platform teams to establish Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), and Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) for their offerings, along with associated monitoringContinuously learning and be at the leading edge of VMware and wider industry trendsHelping with pre-sales, conferences and general Kubernetes evangelism as time permitsWhat is leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like?We’re a supportive team with a passion for learning and sharing our knowledge. Although our work may be technical we get the greatest sense of achievement from helping to build platform teams with our customers. We bring our culture with us when we partner with customers supporting them as they gain new skills, build their confidence and set them up for long term success with sustainable processes and practices. The Tanzu Labs Platform Services team is geographically spread across Europe. You can choose to either be based in a VMware office or from home. You will have a Line Manager within the team to provide support and guidance. You can read more about the team on the VMware Tanzu Labs website.What are the benefits and perks of working at VMware? You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Below are some highlights, or you can view the complete benefits package by visiting www.benefits.vmware.com. Employee Stock Purchase Plan Medical Coverage, Retirement, and Parental Leave Plans for All Family Types Generous Time Off Programs 40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community Rethink's Neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilities Financial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, training, course work, etc.) Wellness reimbursement and online fitness and wellbeing classesCompany matching of donations made via the VMware Foundation up to $3,141.59 annually.VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at VMware are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. VMware encourages applicants of all ages. VMware will provide reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law. Search Jobs
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