OpenShift GitOps & Virtualisation Architect, £575-675 per day inside IR35

OpenShift GitOps & Virtualisation Architect, £575-675 per day inside IR35

6 months rolling, Remote Working

Bench IT require an experienced OpenShift GitOps & Virtualisation Architect to join a project starting ASAP working remotely. This resource will own the automation, governance and platform life cycle architecture for the OpenShift estate. They will be responsible for defining how OpenShift Container Platform and OpenShift Virtualisation environments are deployed, governed, upgraded and operated at scale using Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM), OpenShift GitOps and Argo CD.

A key responsibility will be reviewing and maturing an existing GitOps implementation, assessing current approaches and helping define the future-state operating model for both container and virtual machine platforms. The role will also help shape VMware-to-OpenShift Virtualisation migration patterns and application modernisation strategies, including the containerisation of suitable workloads.

This is a hands-on architecture role. The successful candidate must be capable of defining standards, producing architecture deliverables, guiding implementation teams and providing technical leadership across GitOps, OpenShift Virtualisation, multi-cluster governance and platform automation.

Skillset and background:

• Proven OpenShift architecture experience
• Expert-level experience with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM)
• Expert-level experience with Argo CD and OpenShift GitOps
• Strong experience designing and operating multi-cluster OpenShift environments
• Experience reviewing, rationalising and maturing GitOps implementations in large enterprise environments
• Strong hands-on experience with OpenShift Virtualisation and KubeVirt
• Experience designing and operating OpenShift Virtualisation platforms for enterprise VM workloads
• Experience defining VMware-to-OpenShift Virtualisation migration strategies and operating models
• Experience assessing application estates for containerisation and defining modernisation pathways
• Strong understanding of GitOps governance, Policy-as-Code and platform life cycle management
• Experience designing disaster recovery and recovery orchestration models for OpenShift platforms
• Ability to produce High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), standards and reference architectures
• Strong stakeholder management and technical leadership skills
• Red Hat OpenShift, ACM, GitOps or OpenShift Virtualisation certifications would be advantageous

OpenShift GitOps & Virtualisation Architect, £575-675 per day inside IR35

6 months rolling, Remote Working