Senior Openshift Architect

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and design scalable, secure, and highly available OpenShift Container Platform solutions.
• Lead cloud-native transformation initiatives involving containerization, microservices, CI/CD, and DevSecOps pipelines.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, platform engineers, and DevOps teams to align solutions with business needs.
• Define and enforce OpenShift governance policies, including RBAC, multitenancy, networking, and security.
• Develop architecture artifacts including HLDs, LLDs, roadmaps, and runbooks.
• Work closely with product owners and technical leads to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Conduct architecture reviews and performance assessments of OpenShift clusters.
• Stay current with Red Hat ecosystem developments and advise on platform upgrades and integrations.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven expertise in Red Hat OpenShift (v4.x preferred) and Kubernetes architecture.
• Strong knowledge of container orchestration, microservices architecture, and DevSecOps practices.
• Hands-on experience with Helm, Operators, Istio/Service Mesh, and GitOps (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux).
• Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, image registries, and security hardening.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) and scripting (e.g.,Bash, Python).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid environments.
• Experience with monitoring and logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

 Preferred Certifications:

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration / OpenShift Architect
• Kubernetes Certified Administrator (CKA) / Kubernetes Certified Application Developer (CKAD)
• AWS/Azure/GCP Architect certifications are a plus