OpenShift Architect – EOS Design & Migration-London, Hybrid 3 Days Week Mandatory**

• URGENT & Immediate joiner needed • Inside IR 35 | B2B Contract Role: EOS Design / OpenShift Architect Location: London (3 Days/Week Onsite) Experience: 8–10 Years Job Description: OpenShift Architecture & Migration Design Specialist to lead the architecture, design, and migration of enterprise workloads onto OpenShift. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in OpenShift, Kubernetes, VMware, and Pure Storage, with proven experience designing scalable, secure, and resilient container platforms.Key Responsibilities • Architecture Design • Design the target architecture for OpenShift, including cluster topology, networking, and storage. • Implement best practices for multi-zone / multi-region deployments. • Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery. • Migration Design & Optimization • Assess existing infrastructure and workloads for migration readiness. • Develop migration plans for containerization, workload transfer, and data migration. • Execute migration with minimal downtime. • Identify and mitigate migration-related risks. • VMware & Pure Storage Integration • Design OpenShift architecture compatible with VMware environments. • Work with VMware tools (vSphere, vCenter, NSX) for optimized deployments. • Configure Pure Storage (FlashArray / FlashBlade) for scalable, high-performance storage. • Ensure seamless integration of OpenShift, VMware, and Pure Storage. • CI/CD Pipelines & DevOps • Build CI/CD pipelines tailored for OpenShift. • Integrate GitOps tools and DevOps workflows (Jenkins, GitHub, ArgoCD). • Automate deployments, scaling, and monitoring. • Scalability & Security • Architect solutions for future scalability. • Implement RBAC, network policies, encryption, and other security controls. • Conduct periodic audits and assessments. • Collaboration & Documentation • Work closely with DevOps, development, and operations teams. • Deliver complete documentation and configurations. • Provide technical guidance and knowledge transfer.Required Skills • OpenShift architecture & migration experience • Kubernetes, containers, orchestration • VMware (vSphere, vCenter, NSX) • Pure Storage (FlashArray / FlashBlade) • Networking: Ingress, load balancing, DNS • Storage: PV/PVC, dynamic provisioning • CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub, ArgoCD • Automation: Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform • Experience with HA, security, scalability • Excellent communication & problem-solvingPreferred Skills • Red Hat OpenShift certifications • Multi-cluster / hybrid cloud deployments • oTel, Grafana, Splunk Stack • Helm charts & Operators • Large-scale migration experience