Senior Technical Lead - VMware and OpenShift
Location: Sheffield
Work type: Hybrid, 2 days per week onsite and 3 days remote
Our client (major financial services) is seeking an experience Technical Lead to take ownership of key technology domains and migration workstreams within a large-scale enterprise platform modernisation programme.
The role combines deep technical expertise with strong delivery leadership. Successful candidates will be accountable for driving progress, resolving complex technical challenges and ensuring successful outcomes within their assigned area of responsibility.
A critical aspect of the role is the ability to engage confidently with senior engineering leaders, architects, programme stakeholders and executive sponsors, building credibility quickly and influencing decisions at all levels of the organisation.
Mandatory Experience & Technical Skills
- Deep technical expertise and hands-on experience in VMware vSphere environments, including enterprise-scale virtualisation platforms.
- Deep technical expertise and hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift and container platform technologies.
- Experience leading technology migration or platform modernisation workstreams.
- Proven ability to engage credibly with senior technical, architecture and executive stakeholders.
- Experience driving delivery within large, complex enterprise environments.
- Strong technical judgement, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- The ability to operate independently with minimal supervision.
- A track record of owning outcomes and delivering results rather than acting solely in an advisory capacity.
Experience in one or more of the following areas would be advantageous:
- Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies.
- Enterprise compute platforms and x86 infrastructure.
- Enterprise networking technologies and architecture.
- Storage platforms and data services.
- Infrastructure architecture across compute, storage and networking domains.
- Large-scale migration factory or transformation programmes.
- Operational resilience and regulated environments.
About Korn Ferry
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Senior Technical Lead - VMware & OpenShift in Sheffield employer: Korn Ferry
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