OpenShift Architect (On-Prem Infrastructure & GitOps), £650 per day inside IR35
6 months initially, Remote Working
Bench IT require an experienced OpenShift Architect to lead the technical design, build, and implementation of our on-premises Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) infrastructure. In this end-to-end technical role, you will take full ownership of the platform life cycle - facilitating design workshops, building GitOps-driven architectures, driving application onboarding, and executing greenfield deployments from scratch in a highly regulated environment.
Key Responsibilities
End-to-End Execution: Drive all technical deliverables across the full project life cycle, from initial concept and High-Level Design (HLD)/Low-Level Design (LLD) to hands-on build and infrastructure implementation.
Greenfield OCP Deployment: Deploy, configure, and validate on-premises Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform clusters from scratch across multiple client environments.
Application Onboarding & Team Engagement: Actively engage with platform engineering and application teams to establish onboarding patterns, developer workflows, and migration strategies to successfully onboard applications onto the platform.
Advanced On-Premises Container Networking: Architect and implement enterprise container networking architectures, including OVN-Kubernetes, User-Defined Networks (UDN), Multus CNI (for multi-network Pod interfaces), NMState/NNCP for host node networking, MetalLB/BGP for on-prem load balancing, Ingress/Egress routing, and Service Mesh (Istio/Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh).
GitOps & Continuous Delivery: Implement GitOps practices using Argo CD/OpenShift GitOps for automated, version-controlled cluster provisioning, configuration management, and application life cycle management.
Virtualization & Workload Migration: Design and advise on OpenShift Virtualization (OVE) architectures, leading virtual machine migration strategies away from Legacy hypervisors (specifically Broadcom/VMware vSphere).
Infrastructure & Security Integration: Integrate platform architecture with enterprise storage (CSI, persistent storage solutions), physical datacenter hardware, and strict security baselines.
Design Workshops & Stakeholder Communication: Lead interactive architecture workshops, effect...
OpenShift Architect (On-Prem Infrastructure & GitOps), £650 per day inside IR35 employer: Bench IT Limited
As an Infrastructure Cabling and Connectivity Designer in London, you will thrive in a dynamic work culture that values innovation and collaboration. Our company offers competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and ample opportunities for professional growth, ensuring that you can develop your skills while contributing to cutting-edge projects in complex data centre environments. Join us to be part of a supportive team that prioritises employee development and fosters a rewarding career path.
