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.
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