Red Shift Engineer

Red Hat OpenShift Engineer Rate: £675/day Contract: Inside IR35 Location: Remote, UK-based only Sector: NHS or Central Government is ESSENTIAL Overview We are supporting a programme in the NHS that is seeking an experienced Red Hat OpenShift Engineer to support the build, operation, and optimisation of container platforms underpinning critical digital and data services. The role focuses on designing and running secure, resilient OpenShift platforms, working closely with platform, cloud, security, and application teams. Key Responsibilities • Design, build, and operate Red Hat OpenShift clusters in production environments • Support OpenShift deployments across cloud and hybrid infrastructure • Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for containerised workloads • Ensure platform security, resilience, and performance in line with public sector standards • Work closely with security architects to embed security-by-design and compliance controls • Support application teams with containerisation, deployment, and troubleshooting • Contribute to platform documentation, operational runbooks, and best practices Required Experience • Strong hands-on experience as an OpenShift Engineer or Platform Engineer • Proven experience building and operating Red Hat OpenShift in enterprise environments • Solid Kubernetes expertise, including networking, storage, and ingress • Experience running OpenShift on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and on-prem • Strong Linux and Red Hat ecosystem experience • Experience working within the NHS or UK central government is essential • Understanding of public sector security and compliance requirements (for example NCSC guidance, DSPT) Nice to Have • Experience supporting data platforms, analytics, or AI/ML workloads on OpenShift • Exposure to GitOps tooling (for example Argo CD) and Infrastructure as Code • Experience working in highly regulated or mission-critical environments • Strong stakeholder and communication skills • Apply now or email dom@briodigital.io for more information.