Cloud Platform Engineer

DescriptionKforce is immediately seeking an experience Cloud Platform Engineer in support of our enterprise storage and compute customer based in Fort Collins, CO. Summary:Our client's GreenLake Cloud Platform Engineering (CCP) team is seeking an experienced contract engineers to support the SilverCreek on-prem platform initiative. These individuals will augment the existing engineering team responsible for delivering, validating, maintaining, and automating the deployment of CCP infrastructure and platform services within highly secure, disconnected customer environments. The ideal candidates will possess deep hands-on experience with VMware-based infrastructure, Linux systems administration, cloud management platforms, infrastructure automation, Kubernetes ecosystems, and deployment of software into air-gapped environments. This role is highly technical and requires engineers who are comfortable operating across infrastructure, automation, platform engineering, deployment validation, security hardening, and operational troubleshooting.Key Responsibilities:* Deploy, configure, and maintain VMware vSphere/ESXi environments supporting HPE GreenLake workloads* Support CCP platform packaging, delivery, installation, and lifecycle management for SilverCreek deployments* Assist with infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and release validation activities* Develop and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure automation* Automate provisioning workflows through Morpheus or equivalent cloud management platforms* Support Git-based CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform delivery* Create automated deployment validation frameworks, health checks, smoke tests, and infrastructure testing solutions* Design and support software delivery into disconnected or highly restricted environmentsRequirementsVMware Infrastructure (Highest Priority):* VMware vSphere / ESXi administration* VMware vCenter management* Cluster configuration and operations* Datastore management* High Availability (HA)* Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)* Virtual machine lifecycle managementPlatform Automation:* Terraform (required)* Infrastructure as Code methodologies* Git-based workflows* CI/CD automation* API-driven infrastructure provisioningLinux Administration:* Advanced Linux systems administration* Performance tuning and troubleshooting* Operating system lifecycle management* Shell scripting and automationKubernetes Ecosystem:* Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting* Helm package management* Container lifecycle management* Cluster operations and supportCloud Management Platforms:Experience with one or more of:* HPE Morpheus (preferred)* VMware Aria/vRealize* CloudBolt* Comparable private cloud platformsPreferred:Air-Gapped Deployments:* Offline package management* Artifact bundling and promotion* Disconnected software delivery* Container image curation and management* Private registries and repositoriesImage & VM Engineering:* Golden image creation* VM template management* OVF/OVA workflows* Cloud-init* Sysprep* PackerNetworking & Storage:* VLAN configuration and troubleshooting* VMware vSwitches* DNS, DHCP, and NTP services* NFS* iSCSI* vSANSecurity & Compliance:* STIG implementation* FIPS-compliant environments* Security hardening* Certificate management* Secure infrastructure deployment practicesSoftware Packaging:* Container image management* Helm chart packaging and vendoring* RPM repository administration* DEB repository administrationValidation & Testing:Experience with one or more:* Goss* pytest* Ansible validation frameworks* Infrastructure testing automationJob TypeContractCompensation51 - $69