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Openshift Architect
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Openshift Architect
This is an architect/engineer hybrid role. We need someone with good product knowledge of Openshift top to bottom with hands-on engineering expertise.
Primary role at this stage is to develop our solutions and business processes on our new Openshift platform.
Role Description
The role is part of the Virtualization Engineering Team within Distributed Compute in CTO Enterprise Services.
A VMware Engineering POD Lead is responsible for guiding the development and delivery of VMware products ensuring they meet business needs and customer expectations. Responsible for VMware Products Vision and Strategy with a focus on automation, availability, reliability, performance, and scale. Managing complex environmental issues, collaborating with wider teams such as Operations, Applications Engineering, Connectivity, and vendors. Establish and enforce engineering standards and SRE best practices through platform constraints and high-fidelity system modelling.
The successful applicant will be undertaking all processes and procedures that underpin an effective and efficient engineering solutions to support business-critical services hosted on VMware shared platform. Jobholder will also be responsible for driving the Service Sustainability Transformation and SRE initiatives within team, drive automation of routine tasks, and ensure improved service reliability through engineering solutions.
In This Role You Will
- Lead and mentor a team of VMware engineers within the POD structure
- Responsible for people and performance management of the team
- Design, deploy, and manage VMware vSphere, VRO, vRLI, and related technologies
- Oversee day-to-day operations, troubleshooting, and performance tuning of the virtual environment
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure solutions for business needs
- Drive automation initiatives using tools such as PowerCLI, Ansible, or vRealize Suite
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- Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards, and best practices
- Participate in capacity planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity activities
- Stay updated with the latest VMware technologies and industry trends
- Engage key stakeholders to ensure product success and value, communicate issues, progress, and resolutions for critical incidents, liaise between operations and engineering teams
- Continuously monitor compliance and mitigate risks using tools like vRealize Operations, ensure adherence to regulatory standards, and internal policies
- Manage and improve product offerings throughout their lifecycle using Agile methodologies, assess resource needs for critical services
- Share regular product updates with stakeholders, ensure products are updated and compliant with supported versions, communicate CVEs promptly
- Provide technical direction and leadership, ensuring best practices in VMware products, distributed systems, servers, and storage
- Handle crisis situations efficiently, representing the team in major incident calls, and providing technical expertise
- Implement robust monitoring and logging systems to proactively manage platform health
- Ensure system availability and performance, meeting defined SLAs and SLOs
- Plan for future capacity needs and optimize system performance through tuning and scaling
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To Be Successful in This Role You Should Meet the Following Requirements:
- Extensive years of total IT experience with large-scale IT Infrastructure experience with Distributed Systems, Ex Linux Windows High Availability Solutions, Server Hardware, and VMware products
- Diploma, BE, BTech, MTech, MSc in Computer Science, IT preferred, or any engineering field considered or equivalent
- Proven leadership and team management skills
- Experienced in managing and maintaining VMware products vSphere, vCenter, vROPS, vRO, vRLI, vRLCM within the banking, finance domain
- Proven ability to lead and drive engineering deliveries through automation using PowerCLI, Python, Ansible, vRO workflows in large-scale virtualization infrastructure
- Strong understanding of network and storage technologies in relation to distributed systems, especially the VMware platform
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, leadership, and problem-solving skills
- Proficient in managing the entire lifecycle of hardware and software, from planning and deployment to maintenance and decommissioning
Skills
Mandatory Skills: CI/CD Architecture, Kubernetes, Openshift, Oracle Linux Administration, VMWare Tanzu
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