Cloud Platform Engineer / RedHat Linux, OpenStack & OpenShift at Virgin Media O2
Location: Birmingham, Leeds, London, Manchester, Reading, Sheffield
Job Family: Digital & Technology
Job Type: Full Time
Posted Date: 06-Jan-2026
Reference #: 70230
Senior Level: Mid-Senior level
Employment Type: Full‑time
Job Function: Engineering and Information Technology; Industry: Telecommunications
The Cloud Platform Engineer will be responsible for VMO2’s on‑premise Cloud Infrastructure with responsibility for Builds, Upgrades, Configuration, Automation, Maintenance and Continuous Improvement. We require a technically skilled candidate with expertise in Linux Administration, coupled with RedHat solutions including OpenStack Cloud and/or OpenShift. VMO2’s IT Private Cloud is the platform upon which most critical business applications reside and must deliver 99.999% availability. The Cloud Platform Build Engineer is accountable for ensuring that the cloud platforms meet the availability and performance target set out to deliver business critical services. This role works alongside other engineering functions and requires a broad and extensive understanding of managing cloud environments across core technologies.
Key Responsibilities
- As a leading technical resource for the Cloud Platform, make technical decisions that define the parameters for delivering optimum performance and customer experience.
- Accountable for the performance of the cloud environment throughout its lifecycle, ensuring the latest software, security patches and system upgrades are applied within defined SLA’s.
- Constantly improve speed to market by ensuring continuous deployment through automation targeting 100% of day‑to‑day tasks being automated.
Must‑haves
- Excellent Linux administration experience, particularly in RedHat.
- Experience with high availability applications, monitoring, and logging tools.
- Strong knowledge of virtualization technologies.
- Networking experience.
Other Desired Skills
- RedHat certification, RHCSA/RHCE/RHCVA.
- Experience in developing orchestration tools, automation tools using Ansible.
- Experience of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment using Agile methodologies.
- Experience building, configuring and operating a RedHat OpenStack cloud.
- Experience with container‑based technologies such as OpenShift, Docker and Kubernetes.
Benefits
Working at Virgin Media O2, you get a comprehensive reward package bursting with benefits, and extras you can add if you’d like. These are designed to support both you and your loved ones, ensuring you’re covered no matter what life throws your way.
Next Steps
Once you’ve submitted an application, the next steps likely include a technical and competency‑based interview. Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert, so we may bring the closing date forward. If you’re offered a job, it will be conditional on passing background checks – all roles require a criminal record check and some roles a financial probity check.
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