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OpenShift Architect
£130,000 - 143,000
Stackstudio Digital Ltd.
Trafalgar Square, South East London
£130,000 - 143,000
Requirements
Must:
- Strong experience in designing and implementing OpenShift architectures and migration strategies.
- In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes, containerization, and orchestration.
- Expertise in VMware tools and technologies (e.g., vSphere, vCenter, NSX).
- Hands-on experience with Pure Storage solutions (e.g., FlashArray, FlashBlade).
- Expertise in networking concepts (e.g., ingress, load balancing, DNS) and storage solutions (e.g., persistent volumes, dynamic provisioning).
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Github, ArgoCD) and DevOps workflows.
- Strong understanding of high availability, scalability, and security principles in cloud-native environments.
- Proven experience in workload and application migration to OpenShift or similar platforms.
- Proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform).
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
- OpenShift certifications (e.g., Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration) (desirable).
- Experience with multi-cluster and hybrid cloud OpenShift deployments (desirable).
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., oTel, Grafana, Splunk stack) (desirable).
- Knowledge of OpenShift Operators and Helm charts (desirable).
- Experience with large-scale migration projects (desirable).
Responsibilities
- Design the target architecture for OpenShift, including cluster topology, networking, and storage solutions.
- Define and implement best practices for OpenShift cluster setup, including multi-zone and multi-region deployments.
- Ensure the architecture supports high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.
- Assess existing infrastructure, applications, and workloads to determine migration readiness.
- Develop detailed migration plans, including strategies for containerization, workload transfer, and data migration.
- Implement migration processes, ensuring minimal downtime and disruption to business operations.
- Identify and mitigate risks associated with the migration process.
- Design and implement OpenShift solutions that integrate seamlessly with VMware virtualized environments.
- Leverage VMware tools (e.g., vSphere, vCenter, NSX) to optimize OpenShift deployments.
- Configure and manage Pure Storage solutions (e.g., Flash Array, Flash Blade) to provide high-performance, scalable storage for OpenShift workloads.
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines tailored for the OpenShift environment.
- Integrate DevOps workflows with OpenShift-native tools and third-party solutions.
- Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring processes to streamline application delivery.
- Ensure the architecture and migration plans are scalable to meet future growth and workload demands.
- Implement security best practices, including role-based access control (RBAC), network policies, and encryption.
- Conduct regular security assessments and audits to maintain compliance with organizational standards.
- Work closely with development, DevOps, and operations teams to align architecture and migration plans with business needs.
- Provide detailed documentation of the architecture, migration strategies, workflows, and configurations.
- Offer technical guidance and training to teams on OpenShift architecture, migration, and best practices.
Description
We are a forward-thinking company located in London and Sheffield, offering a hybrid working model, allowing our team to work in the office approximately ten days a month. We are searching for an experienced OpenShift Architecture and Migration Design Specialist to lead initiatives in designing, planning, and executing OpenShift architecture and migration strategies. We prioritize a collaborative environment and seek individuals who are ready to drive innovative solutions within our dynamic team.
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