GKE SME – Tanzu/PCF to GKE Migration

Job Title: GKE SME – Tanzu/PCF to GKE Migration Location – Remote Long Term Contract Job Summary We are seeking a highly skilled GKE SME with deep expertise in cloud-native platforms, container orchestration, and enterprise-grade migrations. The primary responsibility is to lead and execute the migration of existing applications and workloads from VMware Tanzu / Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on Kubernetes experience, Google Cloud proficiency, and a solid understanding of application modernization best practices. Key Responsibilities Migration & Architecture Lead end-to-end migration from Tanzu/PCF to GKE, including assessments, planning, execution, and validation. Design target-state GKE architecture, including cluster configuration, node pools, autoscaling, networking, and IAM. Modernize existing PCF workloads for containerization and Kubernetes compatibility. Develop migration playbooks, strategies, and best practices. Containerization & Deployment Containerize PCF applications using Docker and optimize images for GKE deployment. Build CI/CD pipelines using Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Tekton. Implement service mesh, API gateways, and cloud-native networking as required. Cloud Engineering & Operations Configure and manage GKE clusters, including monitoring, logging, scaling, and upgrades. Implement GCP services such as Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, VPC, Load Balancers, Cloud IAM, Secret Manager, etc. Ensure security, compliance, and governance alignment of workloads migrated to GKE. Troubleshoot production issues related to Kubernetes, networking, and application runtime. Automation & SRE Practices Use IaC tools like Terraform or Google Deployment Manager for cluster provisioning. Implement observability using Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus, Grafana, etc. Drive SRE principles—SLIs, SLOs, capacity planning, resilience engineering.