At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the design and delivery of a cutting-edge OpenStack private cloud platform.
- Company: Join a high-profile programme with a focus on innovation and technical excellence.
- Benefits: Flexible hybrid work, competitive pay, and the chance to shape enterprise architecture.
- Other info: Autonomy to influence technical direction and excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by building a modern, secure cloud environment from scratch.
- Qualifications: Proven OpenStack expertise and strong infrastructure engineering skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
We're looking for an experienced Solution Architect with deep OpenStack expertise to lead the design and delivery of a greenfield private cloud platform. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in building an enterprise-scale OpenStack environment from the ground up. You'll combine architecture leadership with hands-on engineering expertise, working closely with technical teams to deliver a highly available, secure-by-design, self-service cloud platform.
Responsibilities
- Design and architect a production-ready OpenStack environment from scratch.
- Define the target architecture and technical roadmap.
- Challenge existing technical approaches and introduce industry best practice.
- Work alongside engineering teams through design, build, deployment and support.
- Deliver a highly available, resilient and scalable private cloud platform.
- Embed Secure by Design principles throughout the solution.
- Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Produce architecture documentation, standards and technical designs.
- Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
Essential Skills
- Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise OpenStack environments.
- Strong infrastructure engineering background.
- Experience building OpenStack platforms from greenfield.
- Linux systems engineering.
- High Availability (HA) and resilient infrastructure design.
- Networking, storage and virtualisation expertise.
- Infrastructure as Code using Ansible and/or Terraform.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
Desirable Experience
- Ceph
- Kubernetes
- KVM
- Open vSwitch (OVS) / OVN
- Neutron, Nova, Keystone, Glance, Cinder and Heat
- Secure by Design
- Automation and CI/CD
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high-profile programme where you'll have the autonomy to shape the architecture, influence technical direction and deliver a modern enterprise private cloud platform. If you're interested in finding out more, please apply with your latest CV or get in touch for a confidential discussion.
OpenStack Solution Architect employer: Henderson Scott
Henderson Scott is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Glasgow that fosters collaboration and innovation. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, we provide opportunities for professional development and a hybrid working model that promotes work-life balance. Join us to be part of a team that values effective communication and impactful delivery in the realm of systems integration.
