Senior OpenShift Architect

Job description

Senior OpenShift Architect (Contract)

Duration: 3-month initial engagement with strong potential for extension (6-12+ months)

Location: Remote (EST hours, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM); occasional travel may be required, with expenses covered.

Overview

Seeking a senior-level OpenShift Architect/Engineer to lead platform initiatives from planning through execution. This role requires deep hands-on expertise, strong architectural skills, and the ability to work independently while partnering closely with customer teams.

Responsibilities

- Assess and improve OpenShift platform readiness and operational maturity.

- Design and implement OpenShift networking solutions.

- Troubleshoot cluster health, capacity, storage, and workload issues.

- Enhance GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices.

- Advance Ansible Automation Platform capabilities and operational automation.

- Provide platform lifecycle and upgrade planning guidance.

- Create technical documentation, standards, and operational runbooks.

- Deliver hands-on coaching and knowledge transfer to team members.

Required Qualifications

- OpenShift Virtualization certification required.

- Extensive experience architecting, implementing, and managing enterprise OpenShift environments.

- Strong Kubernetes, OpenShift networking, and container platform expertise.

- Experience with GitOps, CI/CD, automation, and version control.

- Advanced Ansible Automation Platform experience.

- Proven ability to solve complex technical challenges and drive projects independently.

- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Technologies

- Red Hat OpenShift

- Kubernetes

- Ansible Automation Platform

- GitOps & CI/CD

- Infrastructure as Code

- Linux & Windows

- Version Control Systems