Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer
Core
Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer responsible for day-to-day support, maintenance, and automation of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and wider Red Hat Linux server estate for Ministry of Defence programmes.
Role type
Senior hands-on IC Platform Engineer
Builds
Production and non-production OpenShift environments, automated infrastructure pipelines, and secure container platforms.
Domain
Defense / Cybersecurity / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Red Hat OpenShift administration (v3 & v4), Kubernetes, Docker, RHEL (8 & 9), Linux/UNIX administration, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, scripting (Python/PowerShell/Ruby/Java), fault diagnosis, performance tuning, 24x7 on-call support.
Preferred skills
DevOps/CI/CD process architecture, Red Hat certifications (RHCE, RHSA, OpenShift Specialist), secure high-availability environment experience.
Technologies
OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, RHEL, Ansible, GitLab, Jenkins, HPUX, Solaris, CentOS.
Responsibilities
Implement and support Red Hat OpenShift enterprise; ensure availability, reliability, and performance of container platforms; perform patching, upgrades, and migrations; automate infrastructure tasks and monitoring; diagnose faults and plan mitigations; participate in 24x7 on-call rotation; review designs for best practices.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC