Openshift Platform Architect

Role & responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end architecture and design of Red Hat OpenShift platform across on-prem and/or cloud environments.
• Define and implement the migration strategy from VMware-based infrastructure to OpenShift container platform.
• Architect and oversee infrastructure components including compute, storage, virtualization, and OS layers.
• Design and implement networking architecture including SDN, ingress/egress, load balancing, DNS, and service mesh.
• Define and enforce platform security architecture including RBAC, IAM, network policies, secrets management, image security, and compliance controls.
• Establish platform standards, governance, and best practices for containerization and Kubernetes workloads.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, DevOps, and application teams to ensure seamless adoption.
• Act as the primary technical authority and escalation point for OpenShift-related initiatives.
• Provide advisory support to senior leadership and stakeholders on platform roadmap, scalability, resilience, and cost optimization.
• Lead capacity planning, high availability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization strategies.
• Support automation initiatives using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines.

Required Skills & Experience

• 15+ years of IT experience with 8+ years in OpenShift/Kubernetes architecture.

• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift (OCP 4.x preferred).

• Proven experience leading VMware to OpenShift or virtualization-to-container migrations.

• Deep knowledge of:

• Kubernetes architecture and container orchestration

• Infrastructure design (compute, storage, networking)

• Enterprise networking (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancers, firewalls)

• Platform security and compliance frameworks

• Experience with VMware vSphere and virtualization platforms.

• Strong understanding of hybrid cloud architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP preferred).

• Expertise in automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or similar.

• Experience with CI/CD, DevSecOps, GitOps practices.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.