Openshift SME

OpenShift Engineering SME 6-Month Contract (Likely Extension) | £520 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 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) Desirable Experience • OpenShift or Kubernetes certifications (e.g. EX280, EX380, CKA, CKS) • Experience with OpenShift Virtualisation / KubeVirt • Background in Financial Services or regulated environments