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OpenShift Engineering SME
6-Month Contract (Likely Extension) | £650 per day
3 Days Remote & 2 Days Onsite in London
Overview
We are partnering with a leading Financial Services organisation seeking an experienced OpenShift Engineer to take ownership of their enterprise container platform. This is a critical role focused on designing, building, and operating a secure, scalable, and highly available OpenShift environment supporting business-critical services.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Engineering & Operations
- Own the full OpenShift lifecycle (Day 0, Day 1, Day 2 operations)
- Manage upgrades, patching, and version compatibility across OCP, RHCOS, and Operators
- Ensure platform reliability, performance, and high availability
Security & Compliance
- Implement and maintain robust security controls (RBAC, SCC, network policies, image governance)
- Ensure adherence to regulatory and compliance standards within a Financial Services environment
- Proactively manage vulnerabilities and CVEs
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Automation & Infrastructure as Code
- Develop and maintain automation using Ansible, Terraform/OpenTofu, and GitOps (ArgoCD/OpenShift GitOps)
- Drive Infrastructure as Code best practices across the platform
Networking, Storage & Integration
- Manage OpenShift networking (OVN-Kubernetes, ingress/egress, load balancing)
- Oversee storage integration (CSI drivers, provisioning, performance tuning)
- Integrate with enterprise services (LDAP/AD, OIDC, DNS, PKI, monitoring, logging, ServiceNow)
Skills & Experience Required
- 12+ years’ experience in Linux/platform engineering
- 3+ years hands-on experience with OpenShift/Kubernetes in enterprise environments
- Proven track record managing production OpenShift clusters at scale
- Strong expertise in Kubernetes architecture (networking, storage, security, CRDs, controllers)
- Solid Linux administration (RHEL/RHCOS) and scripting skills
- Experience with automation tools (Ansible, Terraform/OpenTofu, GitOps)
- Strong understanding of observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, logging platforms)
- Experience integrating enterprise identity/security (LDAP, AD, OIDC, certificates)
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Desirable Experience
- OpenShift or Kubernetes certifications (e.g. EX280, EX380, CKA, CKS)
- Experience with OpenShift Virtualisation / KubeVirt
- Background in Financial Services or regulated environments
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