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OpenStack Solution Architect

Henderson ScottNorth West England, UK🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 15 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This contract offers an exciting chance to build a cutting-edge private cloud platform from the ground up, leveraging your deep OpenStack expertise to drive innovation and deliver a highly available, secure solution. You'll thrive in this role if you possess strong infrastructure engineering and Linux systems experience, and are passionate about architecting enterprise-scale cloud environments. Apply now to contribute your technical leadership to a impactful greenfield project with hybrid flexibility.

Quick Overview

Work Type
On Site
Schedule
Temporary/Casual
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Solution Architect - OpenStack

6-Month Initial Contract | Inside IR35
Hybrid - 1-2 Days Per Week On Site (flexibility depending on your location)

We're looking for an experienced Solution Architect with deep OpenStack expertise to lead the design and delivery of a greenfield private cloud platform.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in building an enterprise-scale OpenStack environment from the ground up. You'll combine architecture leadership with hands-on engineering expertise, working closely with technical teams to deliver a highly available, secure-by-design, self-service cloud platform.



Responsibilities

  • Design and architect a production-ready OpenStack environment from scratch.

  • Define the target architecture and technical roadmap.

  • Challenge existing technical approaches and introduce industry best practice.

  • Work alongside engineering teams through design, build, deployment and support.

  • Deliver a highly available, resilient and scalable private cloud platform.

  • Embed Secure by Design principles throughout the solution.

  • Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

  • Produce architecture documentation, standards and technical designs.

  • Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.



Essential Skills

  • Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise OpenStack environments.

  • Strong infrastructure engineering background.

  • Experience building OpenStack platforms from greenfield.

  • Linux systems engineering.

  • High Availability (HA) and resilient infrastructure design.

  • Networking, storage and virtualisation expertise.

  • Infrastructure as Code using Ansible and/or Terraform.

  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.



Desirable Experience

  • Ceph

  • Kubernetes

  • KVM

  • Open vSwitch (OVS) / OVN

  • Neutron, Nova, Keystone, Glance, Cinder and Heat

  • Secure by Design

  • Automation and CI/CD

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high-profile programme where you'll have the autonomy to shape the architecture, influence technical direction and deliver a modern enterprise private cloud platform.

If you're interested in finding out more, please apply with your latest CV or get in touch for a confidential discussion.


Skills

OpenStack
Ansible
Kubernetes
Stakeholder Management
Terraform

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