Senior OpenShift Engineer

Role Title: OpenShift Sr Engineer
Location: Sheffield/Hybrid (3 days per week onsite)
Duration: 12 months
Rate: £463 per day inside ir35

Role Description:
As an OpenShift Sr Engineer you will be responsible for designing, building, and optimizing OpenShift environments to host workloads migrated from VMware. This role focuses on cluster architecture, integration with enterprise systems, automation, and ensuring high availability and security of the platform.

Key Responsibilities:
* Design and build OpenShift cluster architectures to support VMware workload migration.
* Perform cluster installation, upgrades, and configuration to ensure stability and scalability.
* Integrate OpenShift with enterprise systems, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools.
* Implement networking components including CNI plugins, ingress controllers, and load balancers.
* Configure and manage storage integration for persistent workloads.
* Develop automation scripts and templates for cluster provisioning and lifecycle management.

Required Skills & Qualifications:
* Strong hands-on experience with OpenShift/Kubernetes engineering, including cluster installation and upgrades.
* Proficiency in Linux system administration and troubleshooting.
* Knowledge of networking concepts (CNI, ingress, load balancers) and storage integration.
* Experience with containerization technologies and orchestration best practices.
* Familiarity with automation tools (Ansible, Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines.

If you are interested in this role or wish to apply, please feel free to submit your CV.